Tommaso Giacomel waits for his moment and wins the Hochfilzen sprint

After hovering around the podium last week, Tommaso Giacomel finally seized his opportunity in Hochfilzen. The clear dominance of the Norwegians had denied him a medal earlier, but this time many of the favorites made too many shooting mistakes — and even without them, Giacomel looked strong enough to take the win.

One of the early contenders for victory was Emilien Jacquelin. The Frenchman was flying on the track, but three penalty loops on the second shooting range ended his chances.

Martin Ponsiluoma also showed strong form, but even a single miss was enough to knock the Swede out of the fight — not only for the win, but even for the podium, as the final standings were extremely tight.

Whether the Norwegians misjudged their ski choice or their form dipped slightly compared to Östersund, the result was the same: neither Botn nor Lægreid, despite shooting a perfect 10 out of 10, could match the pure skiing speed of the top three and both finished outside the podium.

Second place went to Eric Perrot, with Philipp Horn finishing third. Like the winner, both the Frenchman and the German shot clean. And believe it or not, this marked the first World Cup podium of Philipp Horn’s career. Despite being part of Germany’s main team for more than six years, he finally claimed his first medal.

	Click on the flag to select team	Shooting	-	Time
1	Tommaso Giacomel	0+0	0	23:04.5
2	Eric Perrot	0+0	0	+4.0
3	Philipp Horn	0+0	0	+6.0
4	Johan-Olav Botn	0+0	0	+9.1
5	Holm Laegreid Sturla	0+0	0	+23.0
6	Martin Ponsiluoma	0+1	1	+25.0
7	Campbell Wright	0+0	0	+28.6
8	Sjastad Christiansen Vetle	0+0	0	+35.1
9	Sebastian Samuelsson	1+1	2	+39.2
10	Quentin Fillon Maillet	1+0	1	+45.6
11	Fabien Claude	0+2	2	+46.6
12	Jesper Nelin	0+0	0	+47.0
13	Joscha Burkhalter	0+0	0	+47.7
14	Emilien Jacquelin	0+3	3	+50.1
15	Philipp Nawrath	0+1	1	+52.4
16	Johannes Dale-skjevdal	0+2	2	+55.8
17	Sean Doherty	0+0	0	+1:02.0
18	Isak Frey	0+1	1	+1:03.1
19	Justus Strelow	0+1	1	+1:06.9
20	Sebastian Stalder	0+0	0	+1:11.3
21	Oscar Lombardot	1+1	2	+1:17.8
22	Vitezslav Hornig	0+1	1	+1:18.7
23	Thierry Langer	0+1	1	+1:20.9
24	Grzegorz Galica	0+0	0	+1:25.0
25	Konrad Badacz	0+1	1	+1:26.4
26	Vytautas Strolia	0+2	2	+1:27.1
27	Tuomas Harjula	1+1	2	+1:27.8
28	Lukas Hofer	0+2	2	+1:30.3
29	David Zobel	0+2	2	+1:31.7
30	Vitalii Mandzyn	1+1	2	+1:37.4
31	Simon Eder	0+0	0	+1:39.3
32	Runnalls Adam	0+1	1	+1:40.7
33	Vladislav Kireyev	0+1	1	+1:42.3
34	Paul Schommer	0+1	1	+1:43.2
35	Florent Claude	0+2	2	+1:46.0
36	Emilien Claude	1+0	1	+1:46.3
37	Lovro Planko	1+2	3	+1:46.6
38	Miha Dovzan	0+2	2	+1:47.2
39	Fabian Muellauer	2+1	3	+1:49.6
40	Mikulas Karlik	2+1	3	+1:49.7
41	Danilo Riethmueller	0+3	3	+1:50.1
42	Malte Stefansson	1+2	3	+1:51.0
43	Michal Krcmar	0+2	2	+1:51.4
44	Bogdan Tsymbal	1+0	1	+1:53.1
45	Patrick Braunhofer	1+0	1	+1:55.8
46	Renars Birkentals	0+2	2	+1:56.0
47	Simon Kaiser	2+2	4	+1:56.1
48	Dmytro Pidruchnuy	3+0	3	+1:58.0
49	Coltea	0+1	1	+2:00.5
50	Mark-markos Kehva	1+0	1	+2:01.2
51	Rene Zahkna	0+1	1	+2:04.4
52	Martin Uldal	0+2	2	+2:04.6
53	Asset Dyussenov	0+1	1	+2:04.7
54	Maxime Germain	0+2	2	+2:09.7
55	Didier Bionaz	1+2	3	+2:10.0
56	Jakob Kulbin	0+1	1	+2:10.4
57	David Komatz	0+3	3	+2:14.0
58	Elia Zeni	2+0	2	+2:14.5
59	Bogdan Borkovski	1+1	2	+2:15.5
60	Jakov Fak	0+2	2	+2:18.0
61	Aleksandrs Patrijuks	0+1	1	+2:18.3
62	Olli Hiidensalo	0+3	3	+2:21.5
63	Jeremy Finello	1+3	4	+2:24.1
64	Anton Sinapov	1+0	1	+2:26.2
65	Dmitrii Shamaev	0+1	1	+2:28.4
66	Blagoy Todev	1+2	3	+2:28.5
67	Sondre Slettemark	1+0	1	+2:34.1
68	Melker Nordgren	1+1	2	+2:34.2
69	Anton Vidmar	2+1	3	+2:35.1
70	Matthias Riebli	1+0	1	+2:36.8
71	Kristo Siimer	2+1	3	+2:39.1
72	Victor Brandt	1+1	2	+2:39.7
73	Jakub Stvrtecky	2+3	5	+2:43.2
74	Jonas Marecek	1+3	4	+2:44.6
75	Christoph Pircher	1+1	2	+2:47.0
76	Pavel Magazeev	2+0	2	+2:47.2
77	Marek Mackels	1+0	1	+2:47.3
78	Fredrik Muehlbacher	1+1	2	+2:47.6
79	Maksim Makarov	0+1	1	+2:54.3
80	Rihards Lozbers	4+0	4	+2:55.2
81	Vladimir Iliev	2+2	4	+2:55.3
82	Mihail Usov	1+0	1	+3:01.7
83	Logan Pletz	1+1	2	+3:04.8
84	Jan Gunka	2+2	4	+3:05.0
85	Vebjoern Soerum	3+1	4	+3:09.7
86	Jasper Fleming	0+3	3	+3:12.5
87	Maksim Fomin	2+2	4	+3:16.2
88	Jakub Borgula	2+2	4	+3:18.0
89	Antonio Flore Raul	1+0	1	+3:20.0
90	Marcin Zawol	2+1	3	+3:21.9
91	George Buta	1+1	2	+3:27.9
92	Sam Parmentier	1+1	2	+3:33.5
93	Arttu Heikkinen	1+4	5	+3:38.4
94	Martin Matko	2+2	4	+3:41.5
95	Phoenix Sparke	1+2	3	+3:44.5
96	Xingyuan Yan	3+1	4	+3:47.7
97	Vadim Kurales	2+2	4	+3:48.5
98	Georgi Dzhorgov	2+2	4	+4:30.6
99	Tomas Kaukenas	2+2	4	+4:30.8
100	Matic Bradesko	1+2	3	+4:44.6
101	Artur Iskhakov	3+1	4	+4:49.9
102	Alexander Starodubets	2+2	4	+4:53.9
103	Weel Rosbo Jacob	2+2	4	+4:58.0
104	Cang Gu	1+3	4	+5:12.9
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	Jimi Klemettinen		0

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Biathlon 2018-2019 - Focusbiathlon

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World Cup, 9th event, Holmenkollen
Time CET

19.03.2026 - 16:15 - Sprint 7.5 km, Women

20.03.2026 - 16:15 - Sprint 10 km, Men

21.03.2026 - 13:45 - Pursuit 10 km, Women

21.03.2026 - 16:15 - Pursuit 12.5 km, Men

22.03.2026 - 13:45 - Mass start 12.5 km, Women

22.03.2026 - 16:30 - Mass start 15 km, Men

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#	Name	Pts
1	Eric Perrot	1263
2	Holm Laegreid Sturla	984
3	Johan-Olav Botn	968
4	Sebastian Samuelsson	918
5	Emilien Jacquelin	876
6	Tommaso Giacomel	797
7	Sjastad Christiansen Vetle	736
8	Martin Ponsiluoma	727
9	Philipp Nawrath	716
10	Johannes Dale-skjevdal	697
11	Quentin Fillon Maillet	689
12	Martin Uldal	609
13	Campbell Wright	604
14	Lukas Hofer	552
15	Isak Frey	538

#	Name	Pts
1	Lou Jeanmonnot	1135
2	Hanna Oeberg	958
3	Lisa Vittozzi	935
4	Karin Oeberg Elvira	922
5	Suvi Minkkinen	881
6	Julia Simon	827
7	Anna Magnusson	803
8	Oceane Michelon	651
9	Maren Kirkeeide	639
10	Camille Bened	600
11	Justine Braisaz-bouchet	597
12	Tereza Vobornikova	510
13	Dorothea Wierer	456
14	Vanessa Voigt	433
15	Paulina Batovska Fialkova	405

#	Nation	Pts
1	Norway	7466.0
2	France	7027.0
3	Sweden	6696.0
4	Germany	6180.0
5	Italy	5724.0
6	Republic Czech	5536.0
7	Usa	5340.0
8	Finland	5204.0
9	Switzerland	5051.0
10	Slovenia	4708.0
11	Ukraine	4618.0
12	Estonia	4391.0
13	Austria	4185.0
14	Poland	4055.0
15	Latvia	3722.0

#	Nation	Pts
1	Sweden	6956.0
2	France	6920.0
3	Norway	6402.0
4	Italy	6037.0
5	Germany	5815.0
6	Republic Czech	5582.0
7	Finland	5524.0
8	Austria	5291.0
9	Switzerland	5270.0
10	Poland	4860.0
11	Slovakia	4812.0
12	Slovenia	4578.0
13	Usa	4507.0
14	Ukraine	4260.0
15	Estonia	3916.0