Para biathlon: no globes for the French
On Tuesday, the 2024/2025 Para Biathlon World Cup came to a close in Torsby (Sweden). The IBU took the opportunity to award the crystal globes in each of the categories.
In the standing category, Canada’s Mark Arendz (1,070), with seven wins from eleven races, won comfortably ahead of Germany’s Marco Maier (917) and Ukraine’s Serhii Romaniuk (819). Fifth place for Benjamin Daviet (775) and ninth for Karl Tabouret (600), first U23.
On the women’s side, Ukrainian Oleksandra Kononova (1,002) was crowned champion, ahead of Canadian Natalie Wilkie (935) and her compatriot Iryna Bui (906).
In the visually impaired category, the Ukrainians took the top six places overall : the big one went to Iaroslav Reshetynskyi (1,004) ahead of Anatolii Kovalevskyi (936), Oleksandr Kazik (935), Dmytro Suiarko (865), Maksym Murashkovskyi (833) and Ihor Kravchuk (777). Anthony Chalençon (776), with five podiums to his name, is seventh after missing one of the winter stages.
In the women’s category, it was Germany’s Leonie Maria Walter (1,075), just ahead of her compatriot Johanna Recktenwald (1,020), who took the crystal globe. Ukrainian Oksana Shyshkova (880) rounded off the podium.
In the seated category, Kazakhstan’s Yerbol Khamitov (1,005) won the men’s overall classification ahead of Ukraine’s Oleksandr Aleksyk (816) and Great Britain’s Scott Meenagh (806).
The women’s globe went to Germany’s Anja Wicker (940), who finished on the podium in all eleven of the winter’s events. American Kendall Gretsch (820) paid for her deadlocks to finish second despite eight victories. China’s Wang Shiyu (705) was third.
Finally, the Nations Cup was won by Ukraine (3,205) ahead of Germany (3,170) and Canada (2,730). Seventh place for the French team, with a total of 2,151.
The complete overall rankings for the 2024/2025 Para Biathlon World Cup
Standing
Men
Ladies
Visually impaired
Men
Ladies
Sitting
Men
Ladies
Nations Cup
- The full programme for the Torsby World Cup, the final stage of the 2024/2025 season
- Torsby World Cup: Anthony Chalençon (guided by Florian Michelon) wins the sprint
- Torsby World Cup: Benjamin Daviet dominates the individual race ahead of Karl Tabouret, third place for Anthony Chalençon (guided by Florian Michelon)
- Torsby World Cup: France’s Anthony Chalençon, Karl Tabouret and Benjamin Daviet qualify for the sprint pursuit, Chloé Pinto is out
- Torsby World Cup: Anthony Chalençon and his guide Florian Michelon second in the sprint pursuit, third place for Karl Tabouret
