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World Cup Opener in Östersund: Wind, Depth, and Early Answers for an Olympic Year

Keely LevinsDecember 11, 2025

At the first biathlon World Cup races of the 2025/26 season, the biathlon stadium is perched above the small city of Östersund, which is set on a lake. Wind gusts off the lake, pulsing through the stadium. The races take place under the lights, at night – which isn’t saying much. Because in December in northern Sweden, ‘night’ begins at three in the afternoon, when what little sun there might’ve been throughout the day slips...

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Day 1 Round up from Hochfilzen’s IBU World Cup

FasterSkierDecember 13, 2019

Friday began the weekend series of IBU World Cup racing in Hochfilzen, Austria. The women and men raced the 7.5-kilometer and 10 k sprint, respectively. For the women, Italy’s Dorothea Wierer won in 21:26.5 while missing a single target. She began and ends the day wearing the yellow bib as the World Cup overall leader. Norway’s Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold placed second (+5.9; 0+0), and Russia’s Svetlana Mironova third (+18.3; 0+1). It was Mironova’s first World...

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Canadian Men Tie Team-Best Sixth in Hochfilzen; Russia Drops Field by Last Lap

Alex KochonDecember 13, 20141

With a goal of a top eight on Saturday, the Canadians did two places better to tie a team-best sixth in the IBU World Cup men's relay in Hochfilzen, Austria. Russia won it by 20 seconds over France, and Norway was another 7.7 seconds back in third.

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Sick Earlier This Week, Mäkäräinen Rolls to Second-Straight Win; Dunklee 29th

Alex KochonDecember 12, 20141

Down a quart heading into the IBU World Cup #2 in Hochfilzen, Finland's Kaisa Mäkäräinen rallied to win Friday's sprint by more than 10 seconds. Susan Dunklee led the U.S. in 29th and Canada's Rosanna Crawford was another 5 seconds back in 34th.

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Thingnes Bø Pulls Out Fast-and-Flawless Hochfilzen Sprint; Burke Goes ‘All Out’

Alex KochonDecember 12, 2014

Tim Burke put it all on the line and missed a single target -- his last one -- for 13th in Friday's 10 k sprint on the first day of the Hochfilzen IBU World Cup. Also for the U.S., Lowell Bailey shot clean for 17th.

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Podium Contenders, U.S. Men’s Relay Takes 11th in Sprint Finish

Chelsea LittleDecember 7, 2013

The U.S. men went for it today, and the team was in podium position for much of the first half of Saturday's 4 x 7.5 k relay competition. They ended up 11th with Lowell Bailey, Tim Burke, Jeremy Teela, and Leif Nordgren, just 25 seconds out of sixth.