News
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.
Nordic Magazine
At the age of 37, Lukas Hofer still has no plans to hang up his skis. The Italian, a three-time Olympic medallist who came very close to retiring following several injuries, remains as motivated as ever.
Nordic Magazine
With just a few weeks to go before the start of the 2026–2027 World Cup, Janina Hettich-Walz is back on her skis on snow. Currently training in Davos (Switzerland), the 30-year-old German biathlete is savouring the first signs of winter. With a touch of Christmas magic thrown in for good measure.
Nordic Magazine
Olympic pursuit champion at Milan-Cortina, Martin Ponsiluoma is set to experience a rather special winter. The Swede, who is expecting his first child with Hanna Oeberg, says he feels particularly calm ahead of the season’s restart.
Nordic Magazine
The Swedish biathlete admits he found it difficult to put forward his arguments against an opponent who is more accustomed to political debates than he is.
Nordic Magazine
The French biathlon team’s new kit features the motto of the French Republic.
Nordic Magazine
18:26. This Saturday, the Canadian biathlon trials, held at the snowfarming facility in Canmore ( Canada), drew to a close with a third sprint. Contested with time penalties (24 seconds for the women, 22 seconds for the men), it was once again won by Pascale Paradis, who completed a hat-trick in the women’s event. With […]
Nordic Magazine
A triple medallist at last winter’s World Junior Championships, 20-year-old Swede Philip Lindkvist Floetten has set his sights on new goals for the 2026–2027 season.
Nordic Magazine
With less than fifty days to go until Christmas, here’s a gift idea that’s sure to appeal to biathlon fans. Launched at the start of the new school year, the Biathlon Mass-Start card game is already proving quite a hit.
Nordic Magazine
With less than two years to go until the World Championships in Hochfilzen (Austria), the Austrian women’s team is setting out its ambitions. Its new shooting coach, Hannes Kuppelwieser, is particularly hoping to secure a medal on home soil.
Nordic Magazine
Anna Gandler will not be taking part in the Austrian team selection races, which are being held this weekend in Vuokatti (Finland). The 25-year-old biathlete is ill and will have to wait for a decision from her coaching staff to find out whether she will compete in the World Cup opener in Kontiolahti (Finland).
Nordic Magazine
The US Biathlon Federation has unveiled the schedule for its national championships for the 2026–2027 season.
Nordic Magazine
During a television programme on gender equality, the biathlete had a particularly tense exchange with a Member of the European Parliament.
Nordic Magazine
A new member of the French Customs team, the 26-year-old biathlete Oscar Lombardot from Doubs, speaks to Nordic Magazine.
Nordic Magazine
18:37. Two days after dominating their first sprint at the Snowfarming venue in Canmore ( Canada) during the Canadian biathlon trials, Britain’s Graham Benson and Pascale Paradis repeated their success on Friday in a second sprint. Held as a relay event using pick-and-choose balls for the shooting rounds, it saw Pascale Paradis win the women’s […]
Nordic Magazine
After eight years at the helm of the Swiss team, Sandra Flunger moved to Germany last spring.
Nordic Magazine
On 12, 14 and 15 November, seven athletes from the French women’s biathlon team will be competing in a selection event in Bessans (Savoie) for one of the last two places available in the World Cup.
Nordic Magazine
Two days after arriving in Bessans (Savoie), the athletes of the French women’s biathlon team are completing one training session after another on the Savoyard snow farm.
Nordic Magazine
The winter season is already getting underway in Martell (Italy). From this Friday, 6 November, the first tracks at the Grogg biathlon centre will be open, thanks to the snow that has been preserved since last winter.
Nordic Magazine
On Thursday, Martin Fourcade presented the medals for the men’s triathlon at the 2026 Dakar Youth Olympic Games.
Nordic Magazine
Since 2023, the French women’s biathlon team has been wrapping up its summer training on the snow produced by the snowfarming facility in Bessans (Savoie). Cyril Burdet, the team’s coach, explains.
Nordic Magazine
19:44. On Wednesday, the Canadian biathlon selection week got underway in Canmore (Canada) with the first sprint races. Contested with time penalties (24 seconds for the women, 22 seconds for the men), the women’s event was won by Pascale Paradis. With a score of 9 out of 10 in the shooting, she won by a […]
Nordic Magazine
Having arrived in Bessans (Savoie) at midday on Tuesday for their final pre-season training camp, the athletes of the French women’s biathlon team are already hard at work on the Savoie snow.
Nordic Magazine
Norwegian athlete Aasne Skrede will not be taking part in the national season opener on 14 and 15 November in Geilo (Norway). Having undergone surgery last January for a lumbar disc herniation, the biathlete is continuing her rehabilitation and does not yet know when she will return to competition.
Nordic Magazine
Having already secured her place on the Biathlon World Cup circuit for the 2026/2027 winter season, Camille Bened is looking forward to the start of the competition.
Nordic Magazine
The French men’s biathlon team, which has been on a training camp in Geilo (Norway) since Tuesday, will have several objectives to fulfil whilst in Norway. Siegfried Mazet reveals them to Nordic Magazine.
Nordic Magazine
11.15. On Tuesday morning, the organisers of the World Team Challenge in Gelsenkirchen ( Germany) – a biathlon show held as part of the Biathlon auf Schalke – announced the line-up for a new guest duo for the 2026 edition, scheduled for 30 December. As for Germany, we have learnt that the second pair to […]
Nordic Magazine
Last month, Marketa Davidova and Tereza Vinklarkova travelled to Spain for a three-week high-altitude training camp.
IBU
Thirty-nine minutes and seventeen seconds on February 20 changed Johannes-Dale Skjevdal’s life forever. In his last chance for an Olympic medal, he shot clean, leaving his rivals in his dust and went on to win not just any medal, but Olympic Gold.
Nordic Magazine
Throughout the winter of 2026/2027, Antonin Guigonnat and Jean-Paul Giachino will be appearing on the La Chaîne L'Equipe programme.
Nordic Magazine
Over the last few days, biathlete Peiserot has been in Paris for a few hectic days. On Monday evening, to round off the event, he was at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) to watch the night session of the Rolex Paris Masters.
