HOCHFILZEN, Austria – The action was fast, it was slow, it was colorful in the men’s and women’s 7.5 and 10 k sprints on Friday. Snowstorms meant changing conditions over the course of both races, but the world’s best biathletes still tried their hardest to knock down targets and get their skis moving in the snow that piled up on course. Here are some photos of the day’s action.
Synnøve Solemdal (NOR)
Simon Fourcade (FRA)
Andrea Henkel (GER)
Tarjei Bø (NOR)
Hannah Dreissigacker (USA)
Andreas Birnbacher (GER)
Jakov Fak (SLO)
Juliya Dhzyma (UKR)
Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS)
Skiers winding back and forth along a hillside
Federica Sanfilippo (ITA)
Lanny Barnes (USA) and Krystyna Palka (POL)
Evi Sachenbacher Stehle (GER)
Laura Dahlmeier (GER)
Evi Sachenbacher Stehle (GER) and Jitka Landova (CZE)
Sarah Murphy (NZL, via Canada)
Tarjei Bø (NOR)
Simon Schempp (GER)
Karin Oberhofer (ITA)
Arnd Peiffer (GER)
Magdalena Gwizdon (POL)
Andreas Birnbacher (GER)
Jitka Landova (CZE) and Andreja Mali (SLO)
Christoph Sumann (AUT)
Krystyna Palka (POL)
Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT)
Christoph Sumann (AUT)
Bjorn Ferry of Sweden racing in Hochfilzen, Austria, earlier this season. He won today’s World Cup sprint in Pokljuka, Slovenia, by 1.5 seconds.
Benjamin Weger (SUI)
Dmitry Malyshko (RUS)
Andrea Henkel (GER)
Anais Chevalier (FRA)
Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
Evi Sachenbacher Stehle (GER) has reportedly tested positive for a banned substance.
Kaisa Makarainen (FIN)
Lanny Barnes (USA)
Evgeniy Ustyugov (RUS), Pavel Hurajt (SVK), and Hidenori Isa (JPN)
Jenny Jonsson (SWE)
Michal Slesingr (CZE)
Klemen Bauer of Slovenia racing at a World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria, in 2013.
Vladimiar Iliev (BUL, left) and Tarjei Bø (NOR)
Michal Krcmar (CZE, right) and Lukas Hofer (ITA)
Simon Schempp and Daniel Boehm (GER)
Jakov Fak (SLO)
Simon Eder (AUT)
Nadezhda Skardino (BLR)
Darya Domracheva (BLR)
Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR)
Darya Domracheva (BLR) starting the sprint in Hochfilzen, Austria, earlier this season.
Simon Fourcade (FRA, left)
skiers cresting a hill on course
Dominik Landertinger (AUT)
Fredrik Lindstrom (SWE)
Martina Chrapanova (SVK)
Christoph Sumann (AUT)
Fanny Welle Strand Horn (NOR)
Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR)
Markus Windisch (ITA)
Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) and Martin Fourcade (FRA)
Chelsea Little is FasterSkier's Editor-At-Large. A former racer at Ford Sayre, Dartmouth College and the Craftsbury Green Racing Project, she is a PhD candidate in aquatic ecology in the @Altermatt_lab at Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. You can follow her on twitter @ChelskiLittle.
