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