Overview
- Tommaso Giacomel dedicated his sprint victory to close friend Sivert Guttorm Bakken and said he could not celebrate the win.
- Official results showed Giacomel first by 13.2 seconds ahead of Germany’s Philipp Nawrath, with Norway’s Johannes Dale-Skjevdal third.
- Organizers left start number 1 unused, played a memorial film, and held a minute of applause, as athletes wore black armbands.
- Norway competed without ill leaders Johan-Olav Botn and Sturla Holm Laegreid, and Isak Frey was called up to fill Bakken’s roster spot.
- Bakken’s funeral is scheduled for Tuesday in Lillehammer, parts of the Norwegian team will attend and return for Ruhpolding, and autopsy results are expected in early March.