Overview
- German women left the Östersund opener without a podium for the first time since 2019, with Vanessa Voigt climbing from 32nd to 10th error-free to earn a half Olympic norm as Franziska Preuß and Selina Grotian sat out sick.
- Austria’s Lisa Theresa Hauser captured the women’s pursuit ahead of Suvi Minkkinen, who kept the overall lead, with Anna Magnusson third.
- France’s Quentin Fillon Maillet won the men’s pursuit; Germany’s Philipp Nawrath placed 13th but secured his Olympic ticket, while teammates Philipp Horn and Justus Strelow slipped with four misses each.
- Julian Schmid finished third in Trondheim to extend the DSV’s Nordic combined podium streak to 13 straight races, as Johannes Lamparter won and Wendelin Thannheimer took fourth.
- In Wisla, Philipp Raimund followed his runner-up on Saturday with third place Sunday, while Felix Hoffmann was eighth and Pius Paschke 12th; Karl Geiger failed to qualify and Andreas Wellinger was 47th, with coach Stefan Horngacher set to decide their immediate program on Monday.