Biathlon World Cup 2022/23: Dates, TV broadcast and results – Sport

Quentin Fillon Maillet and Marte Olsbu Roiseland dominated the Biathlon World Cups last season and will go into the coming winter as overall winners. The athletes drive to a total of nine World Cup stations, plus next year’s highlight: the Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof.

This season it will scoring system adjusted for the overall ranking and the discipline ranking. For a win there are now 90 points instead of the previous 60, the further points are staggered accordingly. In addition, there are no more discarded results, so far the two worst have been discarded.

Team Germany has to do without three well-known pillars from the previous season: Eric Lesser, Maren Hammerschmidt and Caroline Horchler have ended their careers. Even if there were hardly any World Cup victories for Biathlon Germany recently, maybe one or the other will surprise you. Or is there Norwegian dominance again – torpedoed by French high-flyer Fillon Maillet?

Here you will find an overview of all dates for the 2022/23 biathlon season and which TV station is broadcasting.

Biathlon World Cup in Kontiolahti (Finland)

Let’s start in Finnish Kontiolahti. There was one relay race last year – Norway won the women’s and the men’s. Denise Herrmann won in the sprint, Tiril Eckhoff in the pursuit. Quentin Fillon Maillet won both races for the men.

Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen (Austria)

The second station takes place in Austria Hochfilzen instead of. Last year Johannes Kühn surprisingly won the sprint, Quentin Fillon Maillet the pursuit and Norway the relay. The women’s winners were Hanna Sola (sprint), Sweden (relay) and Marte Olsbu Roiseland (pursuit).

Biathlon World Cup in Annecy Le Grand-Bornand (France)

The biathlon entourage then continues on to France. In Grand Bornand last year, Marte Olsbu Roiseland and Johannes Thingnes Bö won the sprints, Elvira Öberg and Quentin Fillon Maillet in the pursuit, and Elvira Öberg and Emilien Jacquelin again in the mass start.

Biathlon World Cup in Pokljuka (Slovenia)

After the Christmas break, the athletes in Slovenia continue to run and shoot. The last competitions in Pokljuka were the World Championships in 2021. Because of the Olympic Games in Beijing, the place was suspended last season.

Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding (Germany)

As every year, we go to Bavaria at the beginning of the year. In Ruhpolding, Elvira Öberg and Quentin Fillon Maillet (sprint), France and Russia in the relay and Marte Olsbu Roiseland and Fillon Maillet (pursuit) celebrated in 2022.

Biathlon World Cup in Anterselva (Italy)

The last regular World Cup stop before the World Championships in Oberhof is near Antholz. Last season Anton Babikov and Justine Braisaz-Bouchet won the individual races, Benedikt Doll and Dorothea Wierer the mass start and the Norwegian women and men the relay events.

Biathlon World Championships in Oberhof (Germany)

In Thuringia, the athletes fight for medals at the Biathlon World Cup. New this season is that World Championship results no longer earn World Cup points. The entire Oberhof schedule at a glance:

Biathlon World Cup in Nove Mesto (Czech Republic)

After the World Cup, the biathlon circus takes a two-week break. The next stop in March 2023 is called Nove Mesto, where there was no competition last year.

Biathlon World Cup in Östersund (Sweden)

Östersund in Sweden is the penultimate stop in the Biathlon World Cup in the 2022/23 season. Instead of the start in November and December 2021, only six races will take place. Marketa Davidova and Sturla Holm Laegreid won the individual event at the last edition, and Norway (men) and France (women) took first place in the relay.

Biathlon World Cup in Oslo (Norway)

Like almost every year, Oslo hosts the World Cup final. At Holmenkollen last season, Tiril Eckhoff and Sturla Holm Laegreid celebrated in the sprint, Tiril Eckhoff and Erik Lesser in the pursuit, and Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Sivert Bakken in the mass start.