How did the biathletes use the Christmas break? This is what the fans see January 8th to 11th at the World Cup in Oberhof, where the first competitions of the new year traditionally take place. We give an overview of when each race will take place and which TV channels are showing the event.
Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof on TV: All races at a glance
In total, women and men each go to the cross-country ski trail three times. ARD and Eurosport show all races in the main program and also in the live stream, with the Eurosport live stream discovery+ is chargeable. Because of an impending storm, the organizers have brought the women’s sprint forward to Thursday. The men therefore started earlier. Tommaso Giacomel won and remembered his late friend Silvert Bakken immediately after the finish. Philip Nawrath made it to the podium and finished second. John Dale-Skjevdal (Norway) completed the podium.
- Thu, January 8th: Sprint, men, 10 km – Winner: Tommaso Giacomel (Italian)
- Thursday, January 8th, 2:15 p.m.: Sprint, women, 7.5 km, ARD and Eurosport
- Saturday, January 10, 12:00 p.m.: Pursuit, men, 12.5 km, ARD and Eurosport
- Saturday, January 10th, 2:25 p.m.: Relay, women, 4×6 km, ARD and Eurosport
- Sunday, January 11th, 11 a.m.: Relay, men, 4×7.5 km, ARD and Eurosport
- Sunday, January 11, 2:30 p.m.: Pursuit, women, 10 km, ARD and Eurosport
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Both men There is a high probability that the winner will come from Norway – even though Johan-Olav Bottom, three-time World Cup winner this season, missing due to illness. The overall World Cup winner from 2025, Sturla Holm Laegreid, is also not at the start. The Italian Tommaso celebrated two successes Giacomelwho wants to maintain his form especially for the Olympic Games in his home country. The Norwegians are the big favorites in the relay race, having won both competitions so far.
Both Women There have already been six different winners from six different countries this winter. Lou leads the overall World Cup Jeanmonnot (France) in front of Maren The bright idea (Norway), third place shared by Dorothea Wierer (Italy) and Anna Magnusson (Sweden). In the two relay races so far, six nations have been on the podium: France, Italy and the Czech Republic in Östersund and Sweden, Norway and Germany in Hochfilzen.
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The French biathlon team remains in turmoil: Julia Simon returns after her ban, the association remains silent – and now Olympic champion Martin Fourcade is also facing headwinds.
German opportunities and hopes
A German home win is not expected for the men and women. After a start plagued by illness, Franziska wants to Prussialast year’s overall World Cup winner, will at least continue her upward trend and reach the podium for the first time. In the last race before the Christmas break she came sixth in Annecy. Vanessa too Voigt and Anna Weidel impressed with several top 10 places this winter. Selina Grotian returns to the DSV squad after a corona infection.
Philipp Horn is the big surprise among the German men. The 31-year-old achieved the only podium place of the current season for the DSV shooters in Hochfilzen. Jupiter Strelow came fourth in the mass start in the last race before Christmas and Philipp Nawrath is consistently in the top 15 this winter too.
