Biathlon: time for the women’s sprint in Ruhpolding
After two days of relay events, the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding (Germany) will feature a women’s sprint on Friday. At 2.30pm, Switzerland’s Lea Meier – as she did a week ago in Oberhof (Germany) – will kick off the race, bib no. 1 on her back.
Next up are Inka Hämäläinen (4), Hannah Auchentaller (5), Lucinda Anderson (6), Jessica Jislova (9), Anamarija Lampic (11), Selina Grotian (12) and Kamila Zuk (13).
American Deedra Irwin (16) will launch the blue group, followed by Anna Gandler (17), Ella Halvarsson (18), Marthe Kraakstad Johansen (19), Regina Ermits (20), Anna-Karin Heijdenberg (21), Janina Hettich-Walz (22), Milena Todorova (23), Franziska Preuss (24), Anne Bunemann de Besche (25), Polona Klemencic (26), Julia Tannheimer (28), Ukaleq Slettemark (29), Lucie Charvatova (30), Jeanne Richard (32), Sophia Schneider (33), Maya Cloetens (34), Tereza Vobornikova (36), Lisa Theresa Hauser (38) and Anastasiya Kuzmina (39).
Camile Bened (40) from Chablais will open the red group of favourites, followed by Amy Baserga (42), the yellow and red number Lou Jeanmonnot (44), Natalia Sidorowicz (45), Anna Magnusson (46), Paulina Batovska Fialkova (47), Karoline Knotten (48), Lena Haecki-Gross (49), Julia Simon (50), Lisa Vittozzi (52), Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (54), Vanessa Voigt (56), Océane Michelon (58), Suvi Minkkinen (60), the blue bib Maren Kirkeeide (62), Johanna Skottheim (63), Dorothea Wierer (64), Elvira Oeberg (66), Hanna Oeberg (68) and Sonja Leinamo (69).
At the end of the race, Juni Arnekleiv (70), Joanna Jakiela (72), Aita Gasparin (73), Lena Repinc (74), Linda Zingerle (77), Yuliia Dzhima (79), Lora Hristova (80), Siri Skar (81), Lotte Lie (82), Coralie Langel (87), Iva Moric (92), Gaia Brunello (94), Eve Bouvard (97), Shawna Pendry (98), Darcie Morton (102) and Lydia Mettler (105).
The complete start list
Women’s sprint – 2.30pm
C51A_v1-26-1- The full programme for the Ruhpolding World Cup, the fifth stage of the 2025/2026 season
- Caroline Colombo: my best memory of… Ruhpolding
- 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
- Johan-Olav Botn finally withdraws from the Ruhpolding World Cup
- Ruhpolding: no relay for Tommaso Giacomel, rested
- “She’s not feeling 100%”: why isn’t Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold taking part in the Ruhpolding relay?
- Ruhpolding: Norway, led by an immense Maren Kirkeeide, wins the relay ahead of Italy and Sweden, with France fourth
- “There were better than us today”: the scarecrows of the last relay before the 2026 Olympics, how Les Bleues let the podium slip away in Ruhpolding
- “It’s the craziest thing I’ve ever experienced”: with an incredible Maren Kirkeeide, the Norwegians won their first relay since March 2024.
- The top three teams in 3 seconds: the Ruhpolding relay, the closest relay in the history of women’s biathlon
- Ruhpolding: Emilien Jacquelin withdraws from the relay, Oscar Lombardot replaces him
