Overview
- Italy’s Tommaso Giacomel claimed a second Oberhof victory by cleaning the final standing stage despite six penalty loops.
- He moves into the yellow bib as overall World Cup leader, taking it from the absent Johan-Olav Botn.
- Norway’s Martin Uldal finished second and Sweden’s Sebastian Samuelsson took third, 4.5 and 8.8 seconds back.
- Germany struggled on the range as Philipp Nawrath slipped to 14th with seven misses and the team totaled 24 shooting errors with no athlete perfect.
- The DSV withdrew Philipp Horn before the race due to symptoms, ruling him out of the pursuit and Sunday’s relay, with the women’s relay scheduled for later Saturday.