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.
Simon Fourcade (FRA, left)
Fredrik Lindstrom (SWE)
Skiers winding back and forth along a hillside
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.
Martina Chrapanova (SVK)
Evi Sachenbacher Stehle (GER) has reportedly tested positive for a banned substance.
Jakov Fak (SLO)
Michal Krcmar (CZE, right) and Lukas Hofer (ITA)
Juliya Dhzyma (UKR)
Fanny Welle Strand Horn (NOR)
Christoph Sumann (AUT)
Evgeniy Ustyugov (RUS), Pavel Hurajt (SVK), and Hidenori Isa (JPN)
Darya Domracheva (BLR)
Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
Simon Schempp (GER)
Jakov Fak (SLO)
Simon Eder (AUT)
Dominik Landertinger (AUT)
Carl Johan Bergman (SWE) and Martin Fourcade (FRA)
skiers cresting a hill on course
Benjamin Weger (SUI)
Simon Fourcade (FRA)
Darya Domracheva (BLR) starting the sprint in Hochfilzen, Austria, earlier this season.
Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR)
Evi Sachenbacher Stehle (GER) and Jitka Landova (CZE)
Markus Windisch (ITA)
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.
