Biathlon at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[Federer91 3,390]

GRANDE LORA     Still can't believe this actually happened.

 

No one was of course expecting to medal in biathlon, one of the most competitive winter sports. A regular top 10 seemed impossible with the awful season we were having. 

 

Even our commentator, who is one of the best sporting journalists we have period, and has commentated biathlon for over 20 years was very emotional and started crying. He said, he never believed he would get the chance to commentate an Olympic medal for  in his lifetime, as he wasn't on deck in 1998 & 2002, but here we are.

 

Also, damn you Frenchies, couldn't you miss some more once in a while  

 

 

[NearPup 4,188]

2 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

GRANDE LORA     Still can't believe this actually happened.

 

No one was of course expecting to medal in biathlon, one of the most competitive winter sports. A regular top 10 seemed impossible with the awful season we were having. 

 

Even our commentator, who is one of the best sporting journalists we have period, and has commentated biathlon for over 20 years was very emotional and started crying. He said, he never believed he would get the chance to commentate an Olympic medal for  in his lifetime, as he wasn't on deck in 1998 & 2002, but here we are.

 

Also, damn you Frenchies, couldn't you miss some more once in a while  

 

 

Didn't expect to see the best winter Olympics for  since 1998, but it's been a thrill to see y'all do so well.

Edited February 11 by NearPup

[De_Gambassi 1,369]

Julia Simon first of her last shoots...

[Ros 349]

1 hour ago, NearPup said:

Didn't expect to see the best winter Olympics for  since 1998, but it's been a thrill to see y'all do so well.

In Salt Lake City we  won 3 medals - 1 silver and 2 bronze, so someone from among Vladimir Zografski in ski jumping or Albert Popov in slalom or why not someone from among the biathletes needs to win gold so that we can declare the games in Milano the best winter Olympics since 1998. All we can do is wish for it and hope for it. 

[Matteo92 366]

45 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

Julia Simon first of her last shoots...

 

WTF 

 

I commented she had 'quite a bit of luck', but this is something else 

 

It made all the difference in the world for her, but no difference at all for Franch fans, as she would have finished 2nd behind Jeanmonnot.

[Matteo92 366]

2 minutes ago, Ros said:

In Salt Lake City we  won 3 medals - 1 silver and 2 bronze, so someone from among Vladimir Zografski in ski jumping or Albert Popov in slalom or why not someone from among the biathletes needs to win gold so that we can declare the games in Milano the best winter Olympics since 1998. All we can do is wish for it and hope for it. 

 

Popov is one of my favourite slalom specialists, but I'm afraid he won't stand much of a chance on such a flat slope.

[Topicmaster1010 6,614]

Provisional Start Lists for the Mass Starts after the Individual Events

 

Men

 

#	Athlete	Method
1	Johan-Olav Botn	Individual Gold
2	Eric Perrot	Individual Silver
3	Sturla Holm Laegreid	Individual Bronze
4	Tommaso Giacomel	WC Rank #2
5	Sebastian Samuelsson	WC Rank #3
6	Quentin Fillon Maillet	WC Rank #5
7	Johannes Dale-Skjevdal	WC Rank #6
8	Martin Ponsiluoma	WC Rank #7
9	Emilien Jacquelin	WC Rank #8
10	Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen	WC Rank #9
11	Campbell Wright	WC Rank #10
12	Philipp Nawrath	WC Rank #12
13	Lukas Hofer	WC Rank #14
14	Olli Hiidensalo	Individual 4th
15	Otto Invenius	Individual 11th
16	Jesper Nelin	Individual 12th
17	Patrick Braunhofer	Individual 14th
18	Tuomas Harjula	Individual 15th
19	Fabien Claude	Individual 17th
20	Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Individual 18th
21	Vytautas Strolia	Individual 19th
22	Miha Dovzan	Individual 20th
23	David Zobel	Individual 21st
24	Blagoy Todev	Individual 22nd
25	Lucas Fratzscher	Individual 23rd
26	Patrick Jakob	Individual 24th
27	Elia Zeni	Individual 25th
28	Vitezslav Hornig	Individual 26th
29	Vitalii Mandzyn	Individual 28th
30	Jakov Fak	Individual 29th

Women

 

#	Athlete	Method
1	Julia Simon	Individual Gold
2	Lou Jeanmonnot	Individual Silver
3	Lora Hristova	Individual Bronze
4	Suvi Minkkinen	WC Rank #2
5	Anna Magnusson	WC Rank #3
6	Maren Kirkeeide	WC Rank #4
7	Hanna Oeberg	WC Rank #5
8	Elvira Oeberg	WC Rank #6
9	Lisa Vittozzi	WC Rank #7
10	Camille Bened	WC Rank #8
11	Justine Braisaz-Bouchet	WC Rank #9
12	Dorothea Wierer	WC Rank #10
13	Franziska Preuss	WC Rank #13
14	Amy Baserga	WC Rank #14
15	Lisa Theresa Hauser	WC Rank #15
16	Vanessa Voigt	Individual 4th
17	Lea Meier	Individual 7th
18	Janina Hettich-Walz	Individual 8th
19	Linn Gestblom	Individual 9th
20	Tereza Vinklarkova	Individual 11th
21	Alina Stremous	Individual 14th
22	Tereza Vobornikova	Individual 15th
23	Marthe Krakstad Johansen	Individual 16th
24	Oleksandra Merkushyna	Individual 17th
25	Khrystyna Dmytrenko	Individual 18th
26	Lotte Lie	Individual 19th
27	Margie Freed	Individual 21st
28	Baiba Bendika	Individual 22nd
29	Natalia Sidorowicz	Individual 23rd
30	Pascale Paradis	Individual 24th

 

[stepansevs 219]

29 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Provisional Start Lists for the Mass Starts after the Individual Events

 

Men

 

#	Athlete	Method
1	Johan-Olav Botn	Individual Gold
2	Eric Perrot	Individual Silver
3	Sturla Holm Laegreid	Individual Bronze
4	Tommaso Giacomel	WC Rank #2
5	Sebastian Samuelsson	WC Rank #3
6	Quentin Fillon Maillet	WC Rank #5
7	Johannes Dale-Skjevdal	WC Rank #6
8	Martin Ponsiluoma	WC Rank #7
9	Emilien Jacquelin	WC Rank #8
10	Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen	WC Rank #9
11	Campbell Wright	WC Rank #10
12	Philipp Nawrath	WC Rank #12
13	Lukas Hofer	WC Rank #14
14	Olli Hiidensalo	Individual 4th
15	Otto Invenius	Individual 11th
16	Jesper Nelin	Individual 12th
17	Patrick Braunhofer	Individual 14th
18	Tuomas Harjula	Individual 15th
19	Fabien Claude	Individual 17th
20	Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Individual 18th
21	Vytautas Strolia	Individual 19th
22	Miha Dovzan	Individual 20th
23	David Zobel	Individual 21st
24	Blagoy Todev	Individual 22nd
25	Lucas Fratzscher	Individual 23rd
26	Patrick Jakob	Individual 24th
27	Elia Zeni	Individual 25th
28	Vitezslav Hornig	Individual 26th
29	Vitalii Mandzyn	Individual 28th
30	Jakov Fak	Individual 29th

Women

 

#	Athlete	Method
1	Julia Simon	Individual Gold
2	Lou Jeanmonnot	Individual Silver
3	Lora Hristova	Individual Bronze
4	Suvi Minkkinen	WC Rank #2
5	Anna Magnusson	WC Rank #3
6	Maren Kirkeeide	WC Rank #4
7	Hanna Oeberg	WC Rank #5
8	Elvira Oeberg	WC Rank #6
9	Lisa Vittozzi	WC Rank #7
10	Camille Bened	WC Rank #8
11	Justine Braisaz-Bouchet	WC Rank #9
12	Dorothea Wierer	WC Rank #10
13	Franziska Preuss	WC Rank #13
14	Amy Baserga	WC Rank #14
15	Lisa Theresa Hauser	WC Rank #15
16	Vanessa Voigt	Individual 4th
17	Lea Meier	Individual 7th
18	Janina Hettich-Walz	Individual 8th
19	Linn Gestblom	Individual 9th
20	Tereza Vinklarkova	Individual 11th
21	Alina Stremous	Individual 14th
22	Tereza Vobornikova	Individual 15th
23	Marthe Krakstad Johansen	Individual 16th
24	Oleksandra Merkushyna	Individual 17th
25	Khrystyna Dmytrenko	Individual 18th
26	Lotte Lie	Individual 19th
27	Margie Freed	Individual 21st
28	Baiba Bendika	Individual 22nd
29	Natalia Sidorowicz	Individual 23rd
30	Pascale Paradis	Individual 24th

 

Can i ask how does it calculated? I know the logic: medalists, top 15, best results from all of three disciplínes. But how is calculated results from these 3 disciplínes. For example: individual 60th place, sprint 20th, pursuit 20th: Is it same as 80th place, 10th and 10th?

Edited February 11 by stepansevs

[Jaymz 14]

25 minutes ago, Topicmaster1010 said:

Provisional Start Lists for the Mass Starts after the Individual Events

 

Men

 

#	Athlete	Method
1	Johan-Olav Botn	Individual Gold
2	Eric Perrot	Individual Silver
3	Sturla Holm Laegreid	Individual Bronze
4	Tommaso Giacomel	WC Rank #2
5	Sebastian Samuelsson	WC Rank #3
6	Quentin Fillon Maillet	WC Rank #5
7	Johannes Dale-Skjevdal	WC Rank #6
8	Martin Ponsiluoma	WC Rank #7
9	Emilien Jacquelin	WC Rank #8
10	Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen	WC Rank #9
11	Campbell Wright	WC Rank #10
12	Philipp Nawrath	WC Rank #12
13	Lukas Hofer	WC Rank #14
14	Olli Hiidensalo	Individual 4th
15	Otto Invenius	Individual 11th
16	Jesper Nelin	Individual 12th
17	Patrick Braunhofer	Individual 14th
18	Tuomas Harjula	Individual 15th
19	Fabien Claude	Individual 17th
20	Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Individual 18th
21	Vytautas Strolia	Individual 19th
22	Miha Dovzan	Individual 20th
23	David Zobel	Individual 21st
24	Blagoy Todev	Individual 22nd
25	Lucas Fratzscher	Individual 23rd
26	Patrick Jakob	Individual 24th
27	Elia Zeni	Individual 25th
28	Vitezslav Hornig	Individual 26th
29	Vitalii Mandzyn	Individual 28th
30	Jakov Fak	Individual 29th

Women

 

#	Athlete	Method
1	Julia Simon	Individual Gold
2	Lou Jeanmonnot	Individual Silver
3	Lora Hristova	Individual Bronze
4	Suvi Minkkinen	WC Rank #2
5	Anna Magnusson	WC Rank #3
6	Maren Kirkeeide	WC Rank #4
7	Hanna Oeberg	WC Rank #5
8	Elvira Oeberg	WC Rank #6
9	Lisa Vittozzi	WC Rank #7
10	Camille Bened	WC Rank #8
11	Justine Braisaz-Bouchet	WC Rank #9
12	Dorothea Wierer	WC Rank #10
13	Franziska Preuss	WC Rank #13
14	Amy Baserga	WC Rank #14
15	Lisa Theresa Hauser	WC Rank #15
16	Vanessa Voigt	Individual 4th
17	Lea Meier	Individual 7th
18	Janina Hettich-Walz	Individual 8th
19	Linn Gestblom	Individual 9th
20	Tereza Vinklarkova	Individual 11th
21	Alina Stremous	Individual 14th
22	Tereza Vobornikova	Individual 15th
23	Marthe Krakstad Johansen	Individual 16th
24	Oleksandra Merkushyna	Individual 17th
25	Khrystyna Dmytrenko	Individual 18th
26	Lotte Lie	Individual 19th
27	Margie Freed	Individual 21st
28	Baiba Bendika	Individual 22nd
29	Natalia Sidorowicz	Individual 23rd
30	Pascale Paradis	Individual 24th

 

Thank you, I was not sure of how it works when more than 4 athletes of the same country are in the WC top 15 ( for men and  for women)

[Topicmaster1010 6,614]

2 hours ago, stepansevs said:

Can i ask how does it calculated? I know the logic: medalists, top 15, best results from all of three disciplínes. But how is calculated results from these 3 disciplínes. For example: individual 60th place, sprint 20th, pursuit 20th: Is it same as 80th place, 10th and 10th?

In that case, the athlete with the 80th, 10th and 10th place finishes would be ranked higher because their best finish of 10th place is higher than the other athletes best finish of 20th place.