Sturla Laegreid wins the Holmenkollen pursuit in a photo finish

Laegreid, Perrot and Jacquelin — yesterday’s podium trio — held onto their positions, and there were no changes among them throughout the race.

Martin Ponsiluoma tried to close the gap to the leading trio, but couldn’t do so over the first two laps. After the second prone stage, the Swede picked up two penalty loops, ending his chances. Jacquelin also missed once, reducing the leading group to a duel between Perrot and Laegreid.

At the third shooting stage, both leaders shot clean, so the situation on the track remained unchanged, and the suspense lasted not only until the final shooting but all the way to the finish line.

Laegreid entered the finishing straight first, and Perrot tried to pass him from behind. It came down to a photo finish, which showed that Laegreid won by half a boot length.

Emilien Jacquelin comfortably secured third place. Ponsiluoma and Botn, of course, were unable to make up the 30-second deficit.

    Name Shooting - Time
1 Norway Sturla Laegreid Holm = 0+0+0+0 0 30:31.4
2 France Eric Perrot 1 0+0+0+0 0 0.0
3 France Emilien Jacquelin 1 0+1+0+1 2 +1:11.2
4 Sweden Martin Ponsiluoma = 0+2+0+1 3 +1:25.3
5 Norway Johan-Olav Botn 1 0+0+1+0 1 +1:34.1
6 Norway Vetle Sjastad Christiansen 1 2+1+0+0 3 +2:18.2
7 Norway Isak Frey 2 1+0+1+0 2 +2:24.8
8 Switzerland Niklas Hartweg 10 0+1+1+0 2 +2:24.9
9 Germany Justus Strelow 4 1+0+0+0 1 +2:30.1
10 France Gaetan Paturel 22 0+0+0+0 0 +2:39.5
11 France Fabien Claude 24 0+0+0+0 0 +2:41.8
12 Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson 5 1+1+2+0 4 +2:42.9
13 USA Campbell Wright 2 0+0+0+2 2 +2:44.8
14 Norway Sverre Aspenes Dahlen 13 2+0+0+0 2 +2:47.9
15 Germany Philipp Nawrath 7 0+2+2+0 4 +2:48.2
16 Norway Johannes Dale-skjevdal 3 0+0+1+2 3 +2:49.5
17 Czech Michal Krcmar 7 0+0+1+1 2 +2:49.9
18 Ukraine Vitalii Mandzyn 1 0+0+0+1 1 +2:51.9
19 France Quentin Fillon Maillet 5 2+0+1+0 3 +2:58.3
20 France Oscar Lombardot 5 0+1+2+0 3 +3:08.2
21 Norway Martin Uldal 1 1+1+2+0 4 +3:16.4
22 Czech Mikulas Karlik 6 2+0+0+1 3 +3:17.9
23 Italy Lukas Hofer = 0+0+0+2 2 +3:18.9
24 Switzerland Jeremy Finello 6 0+1+2+0 3 +3:22.3
25 Finland Tero Seppala 3 0+0+1+1 2 +3:42.5
26 Italy Didier Bionaz 4 1+0+2+1 4 +3:43.8
27 Lithuania Vytautas Strolia 7 0+1+0+0 1 +3:45.1
28 Latvia Rihards Lozbers 7 2+0+0+1 3 +3:46.5
29 Finland Arttu Heikkinen 13 0+1+1+0 2 +3:48.7
30 Slovenia Anton Vidmar 4 0+1+1+0 2 +3:48.9
31 Germany Philipp Horn 19 1+1+1+2 5 +4:02.0
32 Czech Vitezslav Hornig 13 0+0+2+0 2 +4:02.5
33 Italy Braunhofer Patrick 11 0+1+0+0 1 +4:18.4
34 Finland Tuomas Harjula 7 1+1+0+1 3 +4:33.2
35 Norway Ole Suhrke 10 1+2+2+0 5 +4:42.4
36 Estonia Kristo Siimer 7 0+2+1+0 3 +4:44.7
37 Latvia Andrejs Rastorgujevs = 0+0+1+2 3 +4:44.7
38 Estonia Mark-markos Kehva 14 0+0+0+0 0 +4:52.4
39 Germany Franz Schaser 15 0+1+2+2 5 +4:55.0
40 Latvia Renars Birkentals 10 1+0+1+0 2 +4:56.4
41 Sweden Jesper Nelin 10 1+0+1+1 3 +4:59.1
42 Romania Dmitrii Shamaev 9 1+0+1+1 3 +4:59.8
43 Sweden Victor Brandt 7 0+1+2+0 3 +5:01.8
44 Switzerland Sebastian Stalder 4 1+2+0+1 4 +5:02.1
45 Switzerland Joscha Burkhalter 14 2+0+1+0 3 +5:04.0
46 Germany Lucas Fratzscher 9 0+0+1+1 2 +5:07.2
47 USA Maxime Germain 6 0+1+3+0 4 +5:29.4
48 Germany Leonhard Pfund 10 1+0+0+2 3 +5:38.4
49 Italy Nicola Romanin 5 1+1+0+1 3 +6:06.2
50 Sweden Malte Stefansson 9 1+2+0+1 4 +6:08.3
51 Slovakia Martin Matko 12 1+1+3+2 7 +6:10.4
52 Austria Dominic Unterweger 4 2+0+0+1 3 +6:13.6
53 USA Paul Schommer 4 0+3+0+0 3 +6:44.5
54 Germany Elias Seidl 6 1+3+2+0 6 +6:53.2
  Moldova Pavel Magazeev 46 3+2+2 0  
  Croatia Kresimir Crnkovic 47 2+2+3 0  
  Lithuania Maksim Fomin 57 3+2+2 0  
  Canada Adam Runnalls 60 1+0+3 0  
  Romania Coltea George Marian 38   0  
  Bulgaria Vladimir Iliev 43   0  
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Created 2026-03-21 17:11
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
#   Name Pts
1 France Eric Perrot 1263
2 Norway Holm Laegreid Sturla 984
3 Norway Johan-Olav Botn 968
4 Sweden Sebastian Samuelsson 918
5 France Emilien Jacquelin 876
6 Italy Tommaso Giacomel 797
7 Norway Sjastad Christiansen Vetle 736
8 Sweden Martin Ponsiluoma 727
9 Germany Philipp Nawrath 716
10 Norway Johannes Dale-skjevdal 697
11 France Quentin Fillon Maillet 689
12 Norway Martin Uldal 609
13 USA Campbell Wright 604
14 Italy Lukas Hofer 552
15 Norway Isak Frey 538
#   Name Pts
1 France Lou Jeanmonnot 1135
2 Sweden Hanna Oeberg 958
3 Italy Lisa Vittozzi 935
4 Sweden Karin Oeberg Elvira 922
5 Finland Suvi Minkkinen 881
6 France Julia Simon 827
7 Sweden Anna Magnusson 803
8 France Oceane Michelon 651
9 Norway Maren Kirkeeide 639
10 France Camille Bened 600
11 France Justine Braisaz-bouchet 597
12 Czech Tereza Vobornikova 510
13 Italy Dorothea Wierer 456
14 Germany Vanessa Voigt 433
15 Slovakia Paulina Batovska Fialkova 405
#   Nation Pts
1 Norway Norway 7466.0
2 France France 7027.0
3 Sweden Sweden 6696.0
4 Germany Germany 6180.0
5 Italy Italy 5724.0
6 Czech Republic Czech 5536.0
7 USA Usa 5340.0
8 Finland Finland 5204.0
9 Switzerland Switzerland 5051.0
10 Slovenia Slovenia 4708.0
11 Ukraine Ukraine 4618.0
12 Estonia Estonia 4391.0
13 Austria Austria 4185.0
14 Poland Poland 4055.0
15 Latvia Latvia 3722.0
#   Nation Pts
1 Sweden Sweden 6956.0
2 France France 6920.0
3 Norway Norway 6402.0
4 Italy Italy 6037.0
5 Germany Germany 5815.0
6 Czech Republic Czech 5582.0
7 Finland Finland 5524.0
8 Austria Austria 5291.0
9 Switzerland Switzerland 5270.0
10 Poland Poland 4860.0
11 Slovakia Slovakia 4812.0
12 Slovenia Slovenia 4578.0
13 USA Usa 4507.0
14 Ukraine Ukraine 4260.0
15 Estonia Estonia 3916.0

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