Biathlon: Hanna Oeberg puts on a demonstration in Idre Fjäll
On Saturday morning, on the snowfarm inIdre Fjäll (Sweden), it was the women who kicked off the Swedish opening races of the 2025 biathlon. Over an 8km sprint on a short 2,000 metre loop, the level of competition was nothing short of World Cup standard.
It has to be said that Hanna Oeberg, with 10/10 and an impressive time on cross-country skis, the best of the morning, was the boss. In 20 min 27 sec 1, she beat her little sister Elvira Oeberg (9/10) by 34 sec 9 and Linn Gestblom (10/10) by 40 sec 8.
Returning to a snow race for the first time in over 600 days, she made a magnificent comeback just two weeks before the start of the World Cup.
Italian Lisa Vittozzi (9/10) had to make do with fourth place, just over a minute behind the day’s winner. Anna Magnusson (8/10) follows close behind in fifth place, while Germany’s Marlene Fichtner (10/10) is sixth. The top 10 is then completed by Johanna Nordqvist (10/10), Ella Halvarsson (8/10), Julia Tannheimer (8/10) and Regina Ermits (10/10).
Sara Andersson (8/10) was twelfth, while Selina Grotian (9/10) was thirteenth, Sophia Schneider (9/10) fourteenth, Vanessa Voigt (9/10) eighteenth, Janina Hettich-Walz (6/10) nineteenth, Elsa Taenglander (7/10) twenty-sixth and Tuuli Tomingas (6/10) thirty-sixth.
Full results
Result_Women_Sprint_Official_Saturday- Two sprints without penalty laps: the full programme for the Swedish opening races at Idre Fjäll
- The Swedish national team begins its final preparation camp on the snow of Idre Fjäll
- Sprint test in Idre Fjäll: Anna Magnusson and Martin Ponsiluoma win with 10/10
- Germany goes on a two-week training camp in Idre Fjäll… except for Franziska Preuss, who will finish her preparation in Obertilliach
- The Italian stars head for Scandinavia: Lisa Vittozzi and Lukas Hofer go to Idre Fjäll and then Östersund, while Tommaso Giacomel and Dorothea Wierer go to Geilo.
- Change of programme at Idre Fjäll due to lack of snow
- Idre Fjäll: no Swedish opening races for Anna-Karin Heijdenberg and Johanna Skottheim, who are ill
