Season opener in Östersund
Here you can watch the Biathlon World Cup live on free TV
Updated 12/3/2025 – 8:09 a.mReading time: 3 minutes
The new biathlon season rang in with the start in Östersund at the weekend. Who can secure the first World Cup points?
Last season, Franziska Preuß was able to become the overall World Cup winner with outstanding performances. Expectations are correspondingly high for the 2025/2026 Olympic season. In addition to her, Janina Hettich-Walz is also the first German mother to compete in the World Cup. In addition, Marlene Fichtner and Anna Weidel have secured the last free places in the DSV women’s squad.
Philipp Nawrath, Philipp Horn, Justus Strelow, Danilo Riethmüller, Simon Kaiser and Lucas Fratzscher are competing in the men’s category. However, the fans will have to do without Johannes Kühn and Roman Rees, who missed out on the team for the first World Cup races.
Would you like to be there live when Preuß, Nawrath and Co. fight for the important points? t-online tells you when and where you can follow the Biathlon World Cup.
Yes, ARD and ZDF alternately show the World Cup live on free TV. On Saturday, the women’s race will be broadcast on ARD from around 1:10 p.m., the men’s race from around 4:55 p.m. The mixed competitions on Sunday will also be shown on Das Erste from around 1:55 p.m. and around 4:35 p.m.
The following week, ZDF will take over the broadcasts. On December 2nd and 3rd, the station will show the World Cup from 3:05 p.m., and on Friday, December 5th, it starts at 3:45 p.m.
The second also shows the competitions on the weekend, with you having to tune in on December 6th at 4:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 1:05 p.m. For the men’s pursuit in the afternoon, another live broadcast is planned from 3:25 p.m.
In addition to ARD and ZDF, Eurosport will broadcast the World Cup live, in the last weekend of November on Eurosport 1, the following week on Eurosport 2. In addition, the competitions can be streamed live online on Joyn, in the Sportschau media library and in the ZDF media library. They can also be seen on discovery+.
After Östersund, the next World Cup stop will be in Hochfilzen, Austria, from December 12th.