Overview
- Austria’s Lisa Theresa Hauser won the women’s pursuit in Östersund by 2.5 seconds over Suvi Minkkinen, securing her first World Cup victory in more than three years with clean shooting.
- Vanessa Voigt climbed from 32nd to 10th with a perfect day on the range to become the top German finisher, while Janina Hettich-Walz moved from 37th to 15th as both achieved a half Olympic qualification standard.
- Julia Tannheimer, already qualified by sprint results, slipped to 20th in the pursuit after five misses, and fellow Germans Franziska Preuß and Selina Grotian did not start due to illness symptoms.
- Quentin Fillon Maillet captured the men’s pursuit to interrupt Norway’s early-season run, with Sebastian Samuelsson second and Johan-Olav Botn third as Germany’s Philipp Nawrath placed 13th.
- In Trondheim’s Nordic combined, Julian Schmid surged to third to stretch Germany’s season-spanning podium streak to 13 races, with Johannes Lamparter winning and Wendelin Thannheimer finishing fourth.