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For the very first time during preparations for the 2026/2027 season, the full French men’s A biathlon team is gathered at the training camp in Corrençon-en-Vercors (Isère).
Anaëlle Bondoux, a 22-year-old from Isère who has missed all the French women’s B biathlon team’s training camps since the start of pre-season, is heading to Prémanon (Jura) from this Monday.
16:05. This Sunday, the Dauphiné Biathlon Cup got under way as part of the Nordic Day in Corrençon (Isère). The races were decided in a short sprint contested using a ‘balles de pioche’ format. In the women’s race, U19 athlete Jeanne Dautheville won in 17 minutes 7.1 seconds, just 4.4 seconds ahead of Chloé Vermeulen. […]
With just a few months to go before the World Championships, which are to be held there, the French biathlon team will not be travelling to Otepää (Estonia) for a training camp.
17:02. Since retiring from her biathlon career at the age of 30 in 2023, Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet, from the Dauphiné region, has continued to excel in mountain running. This Saturday, she lined up at the start of the Wild 55 Adelboden, a 55 km race with 3,300 metres of elevation gain as part of the Wildstrubel […]
On Friday evening, some of the biathletes from the French national team, who are currently on a training camp in Corrençon-en-Vercors (Isère), made the short trip to Villard-de-Lans (Isère) to watch a friendly match played by the local ice hockey club.
The French biathlon teams’ training camp currently taking place in Corrençon-en-Vercors (Isère) is the only mixed camp in the run-up to the season. Here’s why.
Italy is embarking on a new chapter with the arrival of Edoardo Mezzaro and Egil Gjelland at the helm of the women’s team. Klaus Hoellrigl, FISI’s sporting director, discusses these appointments.
10:36. This Friday morning, the Decathlon-CMA CGM team announced the line-up for Sunday’s 93rd edition of the Grand Prix de Fourmies. A legendary race on the national cycling circuit, it will see seven riders from the Isère-based team set off at around 11.15 am in front of the Town Hall. Among the riders selected is […]
They grew up in the same place, went to the same schools and learned to race on the same snowy tracks. For almost two decades, Ondřej Moravec and Michal Šlesingr were teammates, rivals, friends – and two of the defining figures of Czech biathlon.
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) is preparing for a historic 17th Ordinary IBU Congress, which will see the election of a new President, Executive Board and Technical Committee, as the sport enters its next chapter.
Johan-Olav Smoerdal Botn led a Norwegian sweep in the sprint at the Estonian Summer Biathlon Championships in Otepaa, host of next winter’s LaVita IBU World Championships.
Janina Hettich-Walz reigned as the queen of the German Championships this weekend at Notschrei, dominating the rollerski competitions with a hat-trick, while securing the Short Individual-Sprint Double for the second consecutive year. Since returning from maternity leave in the fall of 2025, Hettich-Walz has won five Gold medals and one Silver in these annual rollerski Championships.
Following a successful inaugural edition in 2025, the Loop One Festival will return to Munich’s iconic Olympic Park on 17–18 October 2026 , bringing world-class biathlon back to the heart of the city for an expanded second edition.
The IBU released the application call for the Development and Sustainability Commissions. All Full Member National Federations can nominate their candidates for these two important commissions until 30 September 2026.
The 17th Ordinary IBU Congress in Berchtesgaden saw the election of a new IBU President, Executive Board, and Technical Committee, alongside the presentation of Awards for Excellence and the announcement of the IBU World Championships 2031. Behind the scenes, attendees enjoyed morning jogs, networking dinners, and a lively Gala Dinner.
IBU President Olle Dahlin met with Chinese sports leaders to discuss biathlon’s growth, World Cup participation, and Para sports development during a productive visit to China.
Campbell Wright, despite being only 24 years old, could be considered a veteran biathlete, with two Olympic Winter Games, five years of World Cup experience, and four IBU World Championships on his resume as he prepares for his sixth season at the sport’s top level.
Lisa Theresa Hauser, Austria’s most successful female biathlete ever, closed her career five months ago in Oslo. After leaving biathlon behind she says “I really enjoyed my spring and my first summer without biathlon training. It has been a bit different from my life before. I really tried to do a lot of things I did not do in the last years.”