Overview
- Austria’s Lisa Theresa Hauser captured the women’s 10 km pursuit in Östersund with clean shooting for her first World Cup victory in more than three years, beating Suvi Minkkinen and Anna Magnusson.
- Vanessa Voigt climbed from 32nd to 10th with a perfect day on the range to lead Germany, with Voigt and Janina Hettich-Walz meeting half Olympic norms as Julia Tannheimer, already qualified, finished 20th; Franziska Preuß sat out with a cold and Selina Grotian withdrew with infection symptoms.
- Quentin Fillon Maillet won the men’s pursuit ahead of Sebastian Samuelsson and Johan-Olav Botn, while Germany missed the top ten; Philipp Nawrath placed 13th and secured his Olympic ticket as Philipp Horn and Justus Strelow slipped back after shooting errors.
- Germany’s Nordic combined podium streak continued in Trondheim, where Julian Schmid finished third after a strong chase, Wendelin Thannheimer took fourth, and Olympic champion Vinzenz Geiger returned to the top ten.
- In Wisla, ski jumper Philipp Raimund followed Saturday’s second place with third on Sunday to cement his status as Germany’s form jumper, as Felix Hoffmann took eighth, Pius Paschke 12th, and coaches weighed a potential reset for struggling veterans Karl Geiger and Andreas Wellinger ahead of Klingenthal.