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