The 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 7 was the seventh event of the season and was held in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic, from 6 to 9 March 2025. The event consisted of two individual competitions and two relay races, one by men and one by women.

Stage overview

Elvira Öberg will miss the stage due to illness. She will be replaced by Sara Andersson in the Swedish women's team. After recovering from illness, Anna Gandler and Felix Leitner return to the Austrian team. In the German women's team, in addition to the squad that competed at the World Championships, Marlene Fichtner has also been invited.

In the Czech team, after a long illness, Markéta Davidová has returned to the squad, but it is still uncertain whether she will participate in the races at the start of the stage.

For the Italian team, Linda Zingerle and Patrick Braunhofer have been invited to complete the full quota. Arnaud Du Pasquier will debut for the Swiss team. In the Finnish team, Heikki Laitinen and Noora Kaisa Keränen have been added to the main squad. In the Ukrainian women's team, Oleksandra Merkushyna will compete instead of Anastasiya Merkushyna.

Schedule of events The events took place at the following times. Date Time Events 6 March 18:40 CET Men's 10 km Sprint 7 March 18:25 CET Women's 7.5 km Sprint 8 March 14:55 CET Men's 12.5 km Pursuit 17:40 CET Women's 10 km Pursuit 9 March 13:50 CET 4 x 7.5 km Men Relay 16:45 CET 4 x 5 km Women Relay

Medal winners Men Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 10 km Sprintdetails Émilien Jacquelin 23:13.3(0+0) Tommaso Giacomel 23:33.1(1+0) Johannes Thingnes Bø 23:34.2(2+0) 12.5 km Pursuitdetails Sebastian Samuelsson 32:22.1(0+0+0+0) Tommaso Giacomel +26.4(1+1+0+0) Johannes Thingnes Bø +38.7(0+1+1+1) 4 x 7.5 km RelaydetailsÉmilien ClaudeOscar LombardotFabien ClaudeQuentin Fillon Maillet 1:16:24.3(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+0)Martin UldalTarjei BøSturla Holm LægreidJohannes Thingnes Bø 1:17:50.9(0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+2) (0+0)(0+0) (1+3)Artem TyshchenkoVitalii MandzynAnton DudchenkoDmytro Pidruchnyi 1:19:09.7(0+0) (0+2)(0+2) (0+1)(0+0) (0+0)(0+1) (0+1)

Women Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 7.5 km Sprintdetails Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 19:13.5(0+0) Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 19:28.6(0+1) Julia Simon 19:34.4(0+0) 10 km Pursuitdetails Julia Simon 30:56.0(0+1+0+0) Hanna Öberg +17.2(0+1+0+1) Océane Michelon +19.2(1+0+0+1) 4 x 5 km RelaydetailsLou JeanmonnotOcéane MichelonJustine Braisaz-BouchetJulia Simon 1:11:11.1(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+3) (0+1)(0+1) (0+0)Karoline Offigstad KnottenIngrid Landmark TandrevoldRagnhild FemsteinevikMaren Kirkeeide 1:11:36.2(0+3) (0+2)(0+1) (0+1)(0+1) (0+1)(0+0) (0+2)Johanna PuffJulia TannheimerSophia SchneiderSelina Grotian 1:11:58.7(0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+1)(0+3) (0+1)(0+2) (0+0)

Achievements Best individual performance for all time

Men Oscar Lombardot (24) reached No. 10 on pursuit race Arnaud Du Pasquier (32) reached No. 67 on sprint race Nikita Čigak (22) reached No. 74 on sprint race Vasil Zashev (22) reached No. 83 on sprint race Rasmus Tiislär (20) reached No. 90 on sprint race Matiss Meirans (19) reached No. 92 on sprint race

Women Estere Volfa (19) reached No. 34 on pursuit race Anna Nędza-Kubiniec (21) reached No. 80 on sprint race Linda Zingerle (22) reached No. 81 on sprint race Violetta Konopljova (21) reached No. 101 on sprint race

First World Cup individual race

Men Arnaud Du Pasquier (32) reached No. 67 on sprint race Rasmus Tiislär (20) reached No. 90 on sprint race Matiss Meirans (19) reached No. 92 on sprint race

Women Anna Nędza-Kubiniec (21) reached No. 80 on sprint race Violetta Konopljova (21) reached No. 101 on sprint race

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