The 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 2 was the second event of the season and was held in Hochfilzen, Austria, from 9 December to 15 December 2024. The event consisted of two individual competitions and two relay races for both genders. World Cup leaders after the events in Hochfilzen were Johannes Thingnes Bø for men and Franziska Preuß for the women. U-23 World Cup ranking leaders after the events in Hochfilzen were Campbell Wright for men and Océane Michelon for the women. Sophie Chauveau finished in second place in a Biathlon World Cup event for the first time in her career. The German women's team won the relay race for the first time since the 2020/21 season, when they claimed victory at the 6 stage. Selina Grotian and Julia Tannheimer achieved their first wins in the relay.https://www.biathlonworld.com/news/hochfilzen-2024-women-relay-biathlon/op4G8Kpte8FBMaYwsxp8l
Medal winners Men Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 10 km SprintJohannes Thingnes Bø 24:23.1(0+1)Sturla Holm Lægreid +4.2(0+0)Fabien Claude +6.8(0+0) 12.5 km PursuitJohannes Thingnes Bø 32:16.5(0+0+1+1)Émilien Jacquelin +3.5(0+0+0+1)Sturla Holm Lægreid +3.8(0+0+0+1) 4 x 7.5 km Men RelayFabien ClaudeQuentin Fillon MailletÉric PerrotÉmilien Jacquelin 1:23:04.3(0+0) (0+5)(0+2) (0+1)(0+3) (0+4)(0+4) (0+2)Sturla Holm LægreidTarjei BøJohannes Thingnes BøVebjørn Sørum 1:23:53.3(0+0) (0+0)(0+2) (0+1)(0+3) (0+1)(1+3) (0+1)Viktor BrandtJesper NelinMartin PonsiluomaSebastian Samuelsson 1:25:03.5(1+0) (0+3)(0+1) (0+3)(0+3) (0+3)(0+3) (0+2)
Women Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 7.5 km SprintFranziska Preuß 21:06.0(0+1)Sophie Chauveau +7.7(0+0)Karoline Offigstad Knotten +10.1(0+0) 10 km PursuitLou Jeanmonnot 29:48.5(0+0+0+0)Vanessa Voigt +33.8(0+0+0+0)Franziska Preuß +35.3(0+0+2+1) 4 x 6 km Women RelayVanessa VoigtJulia TannheimerSelina GrotianFranziska Preuß 1:16:13.7(0+0) (0+1)(0+1) (0+0)(0+2) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)Julia SimonJustine Braisaz-BouchetSophie ChauveauLou Jeanmonnot 1:17:19.4(0+0) (0+2)(0+2) (0+2)(0+0) (0+2)(0+2) (1+3)Anna MagnussonAnna-Karin HeijdenbergElla HalvarssonElvira Öberg 1:17:45.5(0+2) (0+0)(0+0) (1+3)(0+0) (0+0)(0+1) (0+0)
Achievements Best individual performance for all time
Men Martin Uldal (23), reached No. 5 on pursuit race Blagoy Todev (23), reached No. 20 on sprint race Jonáš Mareček (23), reached No. 22 on pursuit race Jan Guńka (22), reached No. 29 on sprint race Konrad Badacz (21), reached No. 30 on sprint race Simon Kaiser (25), reached No. 25 on pursuit race Matija Legović (19), reached No. 43 on sprint race Logan Pletz (24), reached No. 55 on pursuit race Dajan Danuser (28), reached No. 57 on sprint race Vadim Kurales (22), reached No. 61 on sprint race Marek Mackels (25), reached No. 77 on sprint race Cang Gu (22), reached No. 78 on sprint race Šimon Adamov (20), reached No. 84 on sprint race Haldan Borglum (20), reached No. 90 on sprint race Fabian Müllauer (21), reached No. 100 on sprint race Daniel Gilfillan (20), reached No. 107 on sprint race
Women Sophie Chauveau (25), reached No. 2 on sprint race Hannah Auchentaller (23), reached No. 12 on sprint race Maya Cloetens (22), reached No. 12 on pursuit race Anna Andexer (21), reached No. 25 on sprint race Julia Kink (20), reached No. 31 on pursuit race Marlene Fichtner (21), reached No. 46 on sprint race Martina Trabucchi (22), reached No. 51 on pursuit race Marit Øygard (25), reached No. 84 on sprint race Lucinda Anderson (24), reached No. 94 on sprint race
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