A high number of misses — and one athlete who managed to shoot almost perfectly.
Already at the first shooting stage, Eric Perrot and Quentin Fillon Maillet each made three mistakes and immediately dropped back into the middle of the pack.
After the second prone stage, only Sturla Laegreid and Emilien Jacquelin among the leaders remained flawless. Meanwhile, Philipp Nawrath, who was running third, was already trailing by 1:22 — a huge gap, though the race would soon see an even larger one.
At the first standing stage, Emilien Jacquelin missed twice, while Sturla Laegreid stayed perfect and headed onto the penultimate lap with a comfortable 56-second lead. Sebastian Samuelsson, who had “replaced” Nawrath in third place, was already 1:40 behind.
At the final shooting stage, Laegreid allowed himself just one miss and headed onto the last lap at a relaxed pace — something he could easily afford. His closest rival, Emilien Jacquelin, made three more mistakes on the final standing stage but still held onto second place, finishing two and a half minutes behind. Such a gap had not been seen even during Johannes Boe’s years of dominance.
Campbell Wright surprisingly moved into third place for a time, but right behind him were Martin Uldal and Sebastian Samuelsson, while another group — Hofer, Nawrath and Claude — followed about ten seconds further back. None of them, however, managed to reach the leading trio.
Uldal made his move closer to the finish and surged ahead to take third place. The American finished fourth, and the Swede fifth.
| Name | № | Shooting | - | Time | ||
| 1 |  |
Sturla Laegreid Holm | = | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | 34:41.0 |
| 2 |  |
Emilien Jacquelin | = | 0+0+2+3 | 5 | +2:33.4 |
| 3 | |
Martin Uldal | ▲ 8 | 3+0+1+1 | 5 | +2:46.7 |
| 4 |  |
Campbell Wright | ▲ 17 | 0+0+1+1 | 2 | +2:49.0 |
| 5 |  |
Sebastian Samuelsson | ▲ 2 | 0+1+0+4 | 5 | +2:52.4 |
| 6 | |
Fabien Claude | ▲ 22 | 1+1+2+0 | 4 | +3:05.3 |
| 7 |  |
Lukas Hofer | ▲ 6 | 0+1+2+0 | 3 | +3:14.7 |
| 8 |  |
Philipp Nawrath | ▼ 5 | 1+1+3+1 | 6 | +3:18.1 |
| 9 | |
Johannes Dale-skjevdal | ▲ 8 | 0+2+0+3 | 5 | +3:25.5 |
| 10 | |
Johan-Olav Botn | ▼ 4 | 0+2+1+2 | 5 | +3:28.3 |
| 11 | |
Eric Perrot | ▲ 1 | 3+0+2+2 | 7 | +3:38.6 |
| 12 | |
Vetle Sjastad Christiansen | ▲ 7 | 0+2+1+1 | 4 | +3:42.1 |
| 13 |  |
Dmytro Pidruchnuy | ▲ 12 | 0+0+3+0 | 3 | +3:50.4 |
| 14 |  |
Arttu Heikkinen | ▲ 10 | 0+2+1+1 | 4 | +4:03.1 |
| 15 |  |
Vitezslav Hornig | ▼ 6 | 1+2+2+1 | 6 | +4:06.1 |
| 16 | |
Mikulas Karlik | ▲ 4 | 2+1+3+1 | 7 | +4:08.3 |
| 17 | |
Isak Frey | ▼ 13 | 0+3+2+1 | 6 | +4:08.8 |
| 18 | |
Quentin Fillon Maillet | ▼ 13 | 3+2+2+2 | 9 | +4:09.0 |
| 19 | |
Oscar Lombardot | ▼ 11 | 1+0+3+2 | 6 | +4:20.4 |
| 20 | |
Emilien Claude | ▲ 2 | 1+0+2+1 | 4 | +4:24.3 |
| 21 | |
Martin Ponsiluoma | ▲ 18 | 2+1+3+2 | 8 | +4:28.6 |
| 22 | |
Braunhofer Patrick | ▲ 15 | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | +4:29.7 |
| 23 | |
Olli Hiidensalo | ▼ 9 | 0+1+3+2 | 6 | +4:30.9 |
| 24 | |
Justus Strelow | ▲ 17 | 0+0+3+1 | 4 | +4:31.7 |
| 25 | |
Maxime Germain | ▲ 4 | 1+0+3+1 | 5 | +4:37.7 |
| 26 | |
Leonhard Pfund | ▲ 8 | 1+1+2+1 | 5 | +4:44.0 |
| 27 | |
Philipp Horn | ▼ 1 | 0+2+2+3 | 7 | +4:45.4 |
| 28 |  |
Joscha Burkhalter | ▲ 14 | 0+2+1+1 | 4 | +4:57.9 |
| 29 | |
Victor Brandt | ▼ 11 | 2+1+1+3 | 7 | +5:03.7 |
| 30 | |
Sebastian Stalder | ▲ 23 | 0+0+3+0 | 3 | +5:06.8 |
| 31 |  |
Rihards Lozbers | ▲ 16 | 3+0+1+1 | 5 | +5:08.8 |
| 32 | |
Jeremy Finello | ▲ 16 | 1+2+2+3 | 8 | +5:12.2 |
| 33 | |
Tuomas Harjula | ▲ 5 | 0+0+3+3 | 6 | +5:18.6 |
| 34 | |
Christoph Pircher | ▼ 4 | 0+3+1+2 | 6 | +5:21.8 |
| 35 |  |
Anton Vidmar | ▼ 12 | 1+0+2+2 | 5 | +5:23.9 |
| 36 | |
Niklas Hartweg | ▼ 9 | 0+1+3+3 | 7 | +5:25.5 |
| 37 | |
Renars Birkentals | ▲ 22 | 1+1+2+0 | 4 | +5:26.0 |
| 38 | |
David Zobel | ▲ 22 | 0+0+3+0 | 3 | +5:27.6 |
| 39 |  |
Kristo Siimer | ▼ 24 | 1+0+4+2 | 7 | +5:29.1 |
| 40 | |
Lucas Fratzscher | ▲ 9 | 0+0+4+2 | 6 | +5:30.4 |
| 41 |  |
Vladimir Iliev | ▼ 31 | 3+2+2+2 | 9 | +5:37.1 |
| 42 | |
Andrejs Rastorgujevs | ▼ 6 | 2+0+2+2 | 6 | +5:39.7 |
| 43 | |
Nicola Romanin | ▲ 9 | 0+0+3+3 | 6 | +5:44.9 |
| 44 | |
Lovro Planko | ▲ 2 | 1+0+1+4 | 6 | +6:03.3 |
| 45 | |
Vitalii Mandzyn | ▼ 12 | 1+2+0+3 | 6 | +6:05.1 |
| 46 | |
Jesper Nelin | ▼ 14 | 3+1+0+3 | 7 | +6:06.3 |
| 47 |  |
Pavel Magazeev | ▲ 9 | 2+1+1+1 | 5 | +6:10.9 |
| 48 | |
Tomas Mikyska | ▼ 3 | 3+2+0+0 | 5 | +6:25.5 |
| 49 | |
Michal Krcmar | ▼ 33 | 1+1+4+2 | 8 | +6:26.8 |
| 50 | |
Jakov Fak | ▲ 5 | 2+1+2+1 | 6 | +6:43.7 |
| 51 |  |
Thierry Langer | ▼ 8 | 1+2+2+1 | 6 | +7:00.8 |
| 52 | |
Jake Brown | ▲ 6 | 1+0+4+2 | 7 | +7:07.6 |
| 53 |  |
Fabian Muellauer | ▼ 2 | 2+1+3+4 | 10 | +7:17.6 |
| 54 |  |
Vytautas Strolia | ▼ 10 | 3+3+2+2 | 10 | +7:40.0 |
| 55 |  |
Jakub Borgula | ▼ 24 | 1+3+3+2 | 9 | +7:46.3 |
| 56 | |
Mark-markos Kehva | ▼ 6 | 1+1+3+2 | 7 | +7:54.4 |
| 57 |  |
Zachary Connelly | = | 2+2+1+3 | 8 | +8:52.6 |
| 58 | |
Adam Runnalls | ▼ 23 | 2+2+2+4 | 10 | +8:55.3 |
| 59 |  |
Jan Gunka | ▼ 5 | 3+2+3+3 | 11 | +8:59.5 |
| 60 | |
Patrick Jakob | ▼ 20 | 2+3+1+2 | 8 | +9:22.1 |
