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.
Tarjei Bø (NOR)
Evi Sachenbacher Stehle (GER) and Jitka Landova (CZE)
Laura Dahlmeier (GER)
Lanny Barnes (USA) and Krystyna Palka (POL)
Andreas Birnbacher (GER)
Michal Slesingr (CZE)
Evgeniy Ustyugov (RUS), Pavel Hurajt (SVK), and Hidenori Isa (JPN)
Sarah Murphy (NZL, via Canada)
Vladimiar Iliev (BUL, left) and Tarjei Bø (NOR)
Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS)
Jitka Landova (CZE) and Andreja Mali (SLO)
Fredrik Lindstrom (SWE)
Hannah Dreissigacker (USA)
Andrea Henkel (GER)
Darya Domracheva (BLR) starting the sprint in Hochfilzen, Austria, earlier this season.
Darya Domracheva (BLR)
Lanny Barnes (USA)
Michal Krcmar (CZE, right) and Lukas Hofer (ITA)
Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR)
Jakov Fak (SLO)
Christoph Sumann (AUT)
Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
Jakov Fak (SLO)
Synnøve Solemdal (NOR)
Jenny Jonsson (SWE)
Karin Oberhofer (ITA)
Kaisa Makarainen (FIN)
Markus Windisch (ITA)
Evi Sachenbacher Stehle (GER)
Andreas Birnbacher (GER)
Dmitry Malyshko (RUS)
Tarjei Bø (NOR)
Magdalena Gwizdon (POL)
Simon Fourcade (FRA)
Fanny Welle Strand Horn (NOR)
Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
Federica Sanfilippo (ITA)
Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) and Martin Fourcade (FRA)
Andrea Henkel (GER)
Juliya Dhzyma (UKR)
Benjamin Weger (SUI)
Simon Eder (AUT)
Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT)
Simon Fourcade (FRA, left)
Christoph Sumann (AUT)
Nadezhda Skardino (BLR)
Christoph Sumann (AUT)
Krystyna Palka (POL)
Simon Schempp and Daniel Boehm (GER)
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.
Dominik Landertinger (AUT)
Evi Sachenbacher Stehle (GER) has reportedly tested positive for a banned substance.
Martina Chrapanova (SVK)
Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR)
skiers cresting a hill on course
Arnd Peiffer (GER)
Klemen Bauer of Slovenia racing at a World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria, in 2013.
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.
