Biathlon: Norwegian biathletes to fly to Loop One Festival by helicopter
From 6 October until 23 October, Norway’s elite national biathlon team will be on altitude training camp at the Col de Lavazè (Italy). While this training camp is an important part of the Scandinavians’ Olympic preparations, several members of the group will have to leave their Italian holiday resort for Munich (Germany) to take part in the Loop One Festival.
The Norwegians will make the trip in one hour by helicopter, doing the round trip on Sunday instead of wasting training time on the road.
The managers have found this to be the best solution, even though it may not be what we want in terms of sustainability,” says Sturla Holm Lægreid in an interview with NRK. It’s the only way to limit the damage in the middle of a high altitude holiday.
Costing 14,000 euros, and requiring two helicopters, this express round trip will be paid for by the prize money of the athletes taking part in the Loop One Festival.
Norway’s selection for the Loop One Festival in Munich 🇩🇪
Men
- Sturla Holm Lægreid (Bærums Skiklub) 🇳🇴
- Johannes Dale-Skjevdal (Fet SK) 🇳🇴
- Isak Frey (Bærums Skiklub) 🇳🇴
- Vebjoern Soerum (Søndre Ål sportsklubb) 🇳🇴
- Martin Uldal (Birkenes IL) 🇳🇴
Ladies
- Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (Fossum IF) 🇳🇴
- Ragnhild Femsteinevik (Hålandsdal IL) 🇳🇴
- Maren Kirkeeide (Markane IL) 🇳🇴
- Karoline Knotten (Vingrom IL) 🇳🇴
The programme for the Loop One Festival in Munich 🇩🇪
Saturday 18 October
- 10.30am-10.50am: seated shooting trials
- 10.50am-11.10am: Stand-up shooting trials for the visually impaired
- 11.15am: Para biathlon single seated mixed relay
- 11.55am: Para biathlon single mixed relay for the visually impaired
- 12.35pm: men’s para biathlon standing mass start
- 3.15pm-3.45pm: Young men’s and women’s shooting trials
- 16:00: young men’s mass-start
- 16:30: young women’s mass-start
- 17:00: para-biathlon and youth prize-giving ceremonies
Sunday 19 October
- 10:20-10:50: Men’s shooting trials
- 11.00: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat 1
- 11.20am: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat 2
- 11.40am: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 3
- 12.00: Men’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 4
- 12.20pm-12.50pm: Women’s shooting trials
- 13:00: Ladies’ super sprint qualifying heat 1
- 1.20pm: Women’s super sprint qualifying heat 2
- 1.40pm: Women’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 3
- 2.00 pm: women’s super sprint qualifying heat no. 4
- 3.42pm: men’s super sprint final
- 4.23pm: Women’s super sprint final
- 5.00 pm: men’s and women’s prize-giving ceremony
- The full programme of the Loop One Festival in Munich, the show organised by the IBU to open the 2025/2026 season.
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- Loop One Festival: Belgium with Maya Cloetens, Florent Claude, Lotte Lie and Thierry Langer
- Finland, led by Suvi Minkkinen, six for the Loop One Festival
- Loop One Festival: Italy in Munich with Lisa Vittozzi, Tommaso Giacomel and Dorothea Wierer
- Loop One Festival: the Czech Republic without Marketa Davidova, but with Tereza Vobornikova, Michal Krcmar and Vitezslav Hornig
- Australia represented at Munich’s Loop One Festival
- Munich: Slovenia with Anamarija Lampic, but without Jakov Fak for the Loop One Festival
- Loop One Festival: Sweden selects Ella Halvarsson and Martin Ponsiluoma, the Oeberg sisters and Sebastian Samuelson stay at home
- Loop One Festival: three Americans to take part in Munich show, no Canadians
- Without Sebastian Stalder and Niklas Hartweg, with Lena Haecki-Gross: Switzerland’s selection for the Loop One Festival
- Loop One Festival: Austria led by Simon Eder and Lisa Theresa Hauser, Anna Gandler also selected
- Maren Kirkeeide, Sturla Holm Lægreid, Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Martin Uldal or Karoline Knotten: Norway with its best at Loop One Festival
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- Three Estonians, two Lithuanians, no Latvians: the Baltic countries’ selections for the Loop One Festival
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