Biathlon: start of the Ruhpolding World Cup this Wednesday with the women’s relay
The fifth leg of the 2025/2026 Biathlon World Cup kicks off this Wednesday in Ruhpolding (Germany) with a women’s relay. The race starts at 2.30pm in the Chiemgau Arena.
With bib number 1, France will be represented by Lou Jeanmonnot, Océane Michelon, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Julia Simon for this last relay before the 2026 Olympic Games.
Facing them will be Sweden(Johanna Skottheim, Linn Gestblom, Elvira Oeberg, Hanna Oeberg), Norway(Marthe Kraakstad Johansen, Juni Arnekleiv, Karoline Knotten, Maren Kirkeeide), Germany(Vanessa Voigt, Julia Tannheimer, Janina Hettich-Walz, Franziska Preuss), Finland(Inka Hämäläinen, Sonja Leinamo, Venla Lehtonen, Suvi Minkkinen) and Italy(Hannah Auchentaller, Dorothea Wierer, Michela Carrara, Lisa Vittozzi).
Switzerland,Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and the United States will also be closely watched.
The complete start list
Women’s relay – 2.30pm
C51B2_v1-11- The full programme for the Ruhpolding World Cup, the fifth stage of the 2025/2026 season
- Ruhpolding World Cup: Norway with Johan-Olav Botn, still uncertain, Sturla Holm Lægreid, Juni Arnekleiv and Siri Skar
- Dorothea Wierer and Lisa Vittozzi are back after their stalemate: Italy with eleven for Ruhpolding
- Sophia Schneider and Danilo Riethmueller retained, Philipp Horn still sidelined: the German squad for the World Cup in Ruhpolding
- Ruhpolding: Sweden’s selection for the fifth round of the World Cup
- Lisa Theresa Hauser back from illness, first for Lukas Haslinger: Austria’s selection for the Ruhpolding World Cup
- Emilien Claude replaces Valentin Lejeune, women’s squad unchanged: France’s selection for the Ruhpolding World Cup
- “I’ll be thinking about the Olympics if I get my selection”: after a winter disrupted by illness, Emilien Claude returns to the World Cup in Ruhpolding
- Jeanne Richard, Emilien Claude and Oscar Lombardot in favourable positions for Olympic qualification: lessons from the French selection for Ruhpolding
- Ruhpolding World Cup: Slovakia with Paulina Batovska Fialkova, back from a training camp in Lavazè
- Ruhpolding: Belgium unveils its eight-strong biathlon squad
- Coralie Langel’s second World Cup appearance and Jeremy Finello’s comeback: Switzerland announces its squad for Ruhpolding
- Ruhpolding: Slovenia led by Anamarija Lampic and still without Jakov Fak
- The Czech Republic’s selection for the Ruhpolding World Cup
- Ruhpolding: Lisa Vittozzi and Dorothea Wierer line up for the Italian relay
