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