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2026 Roster-Watch: Norwegian Drama and French Faith
After a tumultuous Olympic season, capped by a flurry of retirements and a spring holidays, most teams have reset their rosters, including a few surprises and some late retirements.
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Headlines from the biathlon media of every country we cover: broadcasters like Sportschau, SVT, NRK and Yle, specialist sites like Nordic Magazine, biathlon-online.de and OA Sport, and the national federations. We show the title and a short excerpt and link straight to the publisher.
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Last Spins on the 2026 Coaching Carousel: Gjelland, Slesingr and Pichler
After a long and tiring Olympic season, several teams made coaching changes later than usual. Czechia made waves, reuniting Michal Slesingr to work alongside former teammate Ondrej Moravec on the men’s team. At the same time, Italy tapped former Czech Women’s Coach Egil Gjelland for their women’s team.
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Celebrating World Bicycle Day with Dale-Skjevdal, Charvátová, Gandler, and Grotian
June 3 is the day of the bicycle. World Bicycle Day, as designated by the United Nations, celebrates “the uniqueness, longevity and versatility of the bicycle.” Today, Johannes Dale-Skjevdal, Lucie Charvátová, Anna Gandler and Selina Grotian and other biathletes are on the roads, cycling favourite routes.
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International Biathlon Day 2026
Building on the momentum of its debut edition, International Biathlon Day returned on 30 May 2026 with record participation, bringing biathlon and para biathlon to thousands of people around the world. More than 30 National Federations hosted activities ranging from first-time try-outs and master classes to competitions, introducing an estimated 10,000 participants to the sport.
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Selina Gasparin: “Children Should Be Able to Combine Sports and School”
Olympic biathlete Selina Gasparin launches Rhaetian Private School in Chur, Switzerland—helping student-athletes balance sports and education with full-day care.
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3rd IBU SSG Mentorship Programme in the book with its final meeting in Lausanne
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"I feel like I have some new gasoline in my tank!" - How Coaches are Preparing a New Olympic Cycle
The last Olympic cycle is history. The new training season is under way and with a new focus, Norway, Poland and Sweden revealed their priorities for the years up to the French Alps 2030 Olympic Winter Games.
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Who would survive the survivor?
Biathlon brings together two extremes, super endurance and shooting skills. These would for sure help if we were to drop the biathletes into a real-life survival test. But which one of them would come out as the winner? We asked the athletes, and here is the verdict!
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International Biathlon Day 2026 Expands Across More Than 30 Nations
Building on the success of its debut edition, International Biathlon Day (IBD) is returning on 30 May 2026, with more nations than ever before preparing to host special events to celebrate the sport and get more people involved in biathlon.
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The Moments That Changed Biathlon History
Some records are broken and it feels as if hardly anyone noticed. When others are shattered, you are left with the feeling that the sport has fundamentally changed, even if only slightly. This season gave biathlon several moments like that — teenagers challenging history, Olympic legends reaching another level and races decided by margins almost too small to believe.
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Job Opening: Sustainability Manager (100%)
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Get ready for International Biathlon Day on 30 May 2026
After a strong first edition in 2025, International Biathlon Day returns 30 May 2026 for its second edition - with numerous activations taking place across the world, allowing more than 10,000 participants to experience the thrill of biathlon.
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So different, yet so similar - Doro and Franzi’s Shared Legacy
The Milano Cortina Olympic Winter Games saw Dorothea Wierer in a long-planned departure and Franziska Preuss on rather short notice leave biathlon. These two World Cup Total Score winners are a study in contrasts; each creating a unique legacy, leaving their mark on biathlon.
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Lee takes legacy helm
Lee Hyuck Yul, President of the Korea Biathlon Union, has been appointed Chairman of the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics Legacy Foundation for a three-year term, filling a position that had been vacant for more than a year.
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IBU Junior Cup overall winner Marchl: “I can’t switch off from biathlon”
Thomas Marchl is one of the most promising young talents in the Austrian team. He won the overall standing in the IBU Junior Cup in the 2025/2026 season and is now dreaming of making his World Cup debut. He has set himself ambitious goals for the coming years.
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Winter Regional Events Reach Record in Youth and Junior Participation
Winter Regional Events Reach Record in Youth and Junior Participation
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Italy Bet Big on Milan/Cortina, did it Pay Off?
In May 2022, the Italian Federation (FISI) unveiled their 9-person Milano Cortina 2026 Team and Elite A team including Lukas Hofer and Dorothea Wierer, focused on the home 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Simultaneously, they added Jonne Kahkonnen to work alongside Mirco Romanin on the women’s team while Fabrizio Curtaz became Milano Cortina Project Manager. With the Games over, how did this OWG push...
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Estere Volfa: “This season has been more successful than I ever imagined”
Estere Volfa is the surprise of the World Cup season, she won the overall standing in the IBU Junior Cup, competed at the Winter Olympics in Antholz and is fast becoming one of her country’s best-known biathletes. Why is biathlon a family affair for her, and how does she cope with her success?
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Coach, Guide, Ski Technician: The Multi-Tasking Reality of Para Biathlon
Para biathlon teams may be small, but behind the scenes, they are powered by people willing to take on almost every role imaginable. Few embody that spirit more than Jakub Twardowski - coach, guide, ski technician, and logistics coordinator all at once.
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Jumping off the Coaching Carousel
The coaching carousel moved slowly and steadily since the season ended, with big changes in Norway, Germany, Slovenia, Ukraine and Sweden. At the same time, Poland stood pat with their current coaches while Italy, USA and Switzerland have yet to announce their new coaching appointments.
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Who was at Home on the Range in 2025/26?
The Olympic 2025/26 season was pressure-packed with more on the line than at any time in the quadrennial. With career-defining moments at stake, there were dips and upward mobility on the shooting range, although shooting remained consistently high.So, who was most at home on the range last winter?
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"My heart rate went through the roof!" - How we saw the 2025/26 Biathlon season
When working in biathlon, the IBU media team gets to experience all the biggest moments from a front-row seat. From the first podium of the career to Olympic gold celebrations, here are the media team's favourite moments from the season!
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Forest Of Champions: IBU Staff plants 800 trees with Philipp Nawrath and Johannes Kuehn
The International Biathlon Union, in collaboration with Climate Partners Viessmann and supported by the Bavarian Forestry Commission, has taken the next step in its “Forest of Champions” initiative with a large-scale tree planting in southern Germany. On 28 April, the project moved from concept to reality near Hintersee in Ramsau, Berchtesgaden, where 800 of a planned total of 1,281 seedlings...
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IBU President Dahlin attends Ukrainian National Championships
After the end of the BMW IBU World Cup Season 2025-2026, many National Federations held their National Championships to conclude the biathlon season. Bukovel hosted the final competitions of the season in Ukraine and IBU President Olle Dahlin used the opportunity to attend and hand out reallocated World Championship medals.
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Remember their names: The Five Newcomers Who Stole the Spotlight
Every season brings new names into the BMW IBU World Cup — but only a few manage to turn their first steps among the elite into something truly memorable. The 2025/26 campaign was no exception. From late call-ups to Oslo fairytales and teenage history-makers, these five athletes made the most of their debut World Cup season, collecting the highest number of points among newcomers — and, more...
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From Perrot to Volfa, these are all of your Athletes of the Season
This season, a lot of the athletes impressed with their amazing performances. From wearing the yellow for the first time to dominating at the Olympics, winning the total score and surprising everyone. Here are all the results from the votes during the season!
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Philipp Nawrath: Calm mind, sharp edge
In this exclusive interview, Philipp Nawrath reflects on the strongest season of his career, including a World Cup Total Score top-10 finish, three World Cup podiums, and Olympic Mixed Relay bronze in Antholz 2026. He also looks ahead to his next goals in biathlon.
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Biathlon's history rewritten
The 2025/2026 biathlon season delivered landmark moments, led by Quentin Fillon Maillet’s four Olympic medals and rise to second in the all-time Winter Olympic rankings. Eric Perrot and Lou Jeanmonnot strengthened France’s legacy, while Lisa Vittozzi and Julia Simon joined an elite triple-crown club. Johan Olav Botn and the Öberg sisters also made history with rare and defining achievements.
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Just who retired this spring? Doro, Franzi, and the rest of the Full List
Seventeen athletes with World Cup credentials retired this spring including World Cup Total Score titlists Dorothea Wierer and Franziska Preuss as well as less familiar names like Vetle Paulsen and Daniele Cappellari.
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The first thing athletes did at home after the season
Even though for a biathlon fan, the World Cup season might feel like a breeze for many athletes, it means months away from home. After the season-ending party in Holmenkollen, the Oslo airport on Monday is full of biathlon superstars heading home. But what is the first thing they do once arriving?