KARMENIEMI Tommi

His voice sets the rhythm, his calm keeps the partnership steady, and his bond with an athlete ensures that together, they glide through the intensity of Para Biathlon as one—proving that trust, communication, and resilience can turn two skiers into a single force on the snow. For the last three seasons, Florian Michelon has been the guide of successful French Para Biathlete Anthony Chalencon, who competes in the vision impaired category.

The Ukrainian national men’s team has begun its preparation for the Olympic season with a refreshed lineup and new training focuses. Unlike the traditional approach, when rejuvenation usually occurs after the Olympic Games, Nadiia Bilova, the head coach of the men’s team, has taken a slightly different path.

Three days of competition at the Swedish Roller Biathlon Championships in Lima produced six different Gold medalists: Johanna Skottheim, Ella Halvarsson, Hanna Oeberg, Jesper Nelin, Martin Ponsiluoma, and Sebastian Samuelsson, the only competitor finishing on the podium in every competition.

It’s been a long 18 months since Linn Gestblom’s (nee Persson) last World Cup competition and most recent shoulder surgery, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. The Sweden star is training consistently, still at a reduced level but gaining strength each day.

2023/24 was Juni Arnekleiv’s breakthrough season which she kicked off with her first individual World Cup podium, Single Mixed and Relay podiums all in the Oestersund season-opener.

2024 IBU World Cup Total Score winner Lisa Vittozzi capped her return to competition with a dominant 15:55.6 win in the Blink Women’s Mass Start this evening. Just after Vittozzi’s joyful win, fast shooting Martin Uldal, after two earlier penalties. cleaned the final standing stage, sealing his second win of the weekend, taking the Blink Men’s Mass Start in 13:43.1.

France’s Lou Jeanmonnot, after not qualifying for the shooting duel final out-sprinted Italy’s Lisa Vittozzi, winning the women’s super sprint at Blink with a single penalty in 15:28.4. Eric Perrot made it a French double, taking the men’s title in a photo-finish 13:42.9 over Norway’s Sturla Holm Laegreid.

Siegfried Mazet will be stepping down as Head Coach of the Norwegian Biathlon Men's Team after the Olympic Season 2025-2026. This was announced by the Norwegian Biathlon Federation in a press release earlier this afternoon. Mazet had taken on the role in 2016, guiding the team to over 150 World Cup victories in his decade-long tenure.

The four-day Blinkfestivalen kicked off “Rollerski Season” today with Lysebotn Opp cross-country race, two days before some of biathlon’s biggest stars line up for the biathlon competitions as the Olympic season grows closer each day.

After winning the World Cup Total Score, the Italian biathlon star missed the 2024–25 season due to injury. Now, Lisa Vittozzi is training for a comeback — with her sights set on the 2026 home Olympic Games.