2023–24 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 2 Explained

The 2023–24 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 2 was the second event^[1] of the season and was held in Hochfilzen, Austria, from 8 to 10 December 2023.

Schedule of events

The events took place at the following times.^[1]

Date	Time	Events
8 December	13:30 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
	16:25 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
9 December	14:15 CET	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
	16:45 CET	Women's 10 km Pursuit
10 December	13:30 CET	4 x 7.5 km Men's Relay
	16:15 CET	4 x 6 km Women's Relay

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint^[2]	Tarjei Bø	24:37.5 (0+0)	Sturla Holm Lægreid	24:42.4 (0+0)	Sebastian Samuelsson	24:47.5 (1+0)
12.5 km Pursuit^[3]	Johannes Thingnes Bø	33:05.1 (1+0+0+0)	Johannes Dale-Skjevdal	+22.6 (2+0+1+0)	Tarjei Bø	+28.4 (1+0+1+0)
4 x 7,5 km Men Relay^[4]	Sturla Holm Lægreid Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	1:15:38.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0)	Éric Perrot Émilien Jacquelin Fabien Claude Quentin Fillon Maillet	1:16:07.2 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+0)	David Zobel Johannes Kühn Philipp Nawrath Benedikt Doll	1:16:45.4 (0+1) (1+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint^[5]	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	20:59.9 (0+0)	Elvira Öberg	21:04.8 (1+0)	Justine Braisaz-Bouchet	21:19.6 (1+0)
10 km Pursuit^[6]	Elvira Öberg	29:44.6 (1+0+0+0)	Lena Häcki-Groß	+11.2 (0+0+1+0)	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	+13.9 (1+0+0+0)
4 x 6 km Women Relay^[7]	Juni Arnekleiv Marit Ishol Skogan Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	1:07:39.0 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1)	Anna Magnusson Mona Brorsson Hanna Öberg Elvira Öberg	1:08:10.6 (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0)	Gilonne Guigonnat Lou Jeanmonnot Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Julia Simon	1:08:40.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2)

Achievements

Best individual performance for all time

Men! Place! Name! Race

36	Jaakko Ranta	Pursuit
38	Renars Birkentals	Sprint
38	Elia Zeni	Pursuit
47	Marcin Zawol	Pursuit
61	Konrad Badacz	Sprint
68	Jonni Mukkala	Sprint
89	Jokubas Mackine	Sprint
91	Damian Cesnek	Sprint
95	Nikolaos Tsourekas	Sprint
Debut
89	Jokubas Mackine	Sprint

Women! Place! Name! Race

2	Lena Häcki-Groß	Pursuit
13	Anna Juppe	Sprint
24	Valentina Dimitrova	Sprint
30	Beatrice Trabucchi	Pursuit
32	Natalia Sidorowicz	Pursuit
50	Flurina Volken	Sprint
55	Ema Kapustova	Pursuit
61	Daria Gembicka	Sprint
62	Anika Kozica	Sprint
68	Olena Horodna	Sprint
71	Lidiia Zhurauskaite	Sprint
72	Polina Yegorova	Sprint
79	Hanna-Brita Kaasik	Sprint
86	Grace Castonguay	Sprint
Debut
71	Lidiia Zhurauskaite	Sprint

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event schedule . IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com . International Biathlon Union.
2. Web site: Hochfilzen final results - Men's 10 km Sprint. PDF.
3. Web site: Hochfilzen final results - Men's 12.5 km Pursuit. PDF.
4. Web site: Hochfilzen final results - Men's 4x7.5 km Relay. PDF.
5. Web site: Hochfilzen final results - Women's 7.5 km Sprint. PDF.
6. Web site: Hochfilzen final results - Women's 10 km Pursuit. PDF.
7. Web site: Hochfilzen final results - Women's 4 x 6 km Relay. PDF.