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City Biathlon returns to Dresden this Sunday for its 2025 edition with another international field including 2024 men’s champion Jakov Fak battling French stars Eric Perrot and Quentin Fillon Maillet among others. The women’s field sports IBU World Cup Total Score runner-up Lou Jeanmonnot, her teammate IBU Under 23 Champion Oceane Michelon and 2024 third place finisher Karoline Offigstad Knotten. There is also a real treat for fans as Johannes Thingnes and Tarjei Boe, the recently retired Norwegian superstars, will compete in the Legends Race.

With less than six months to go until the Olympic biathlon competition begins at Milano-Cortina 2026, 186 of the 210 Olympic quota places have already been awarded to National Olympic Committees (NOCs), allowing fans to look ahead with excitement at what is to come at next year’s Games.

Dorothea Wierer, Tommaso Giacomel and the entire Italian team are preparing for their home Olympics at Milano-Cortina in 2026 with smiles, professionalism and the dream of making history.

Laura Dahlmeier was not only an incredible athlete but also a kind-hearted person who shed her light everywhere she went. To celebrate her birthday, we collected stories from fans and the IBU media team. They go to show the true character behind the achievements. Take a moment to remember Laura with the stories!

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.