The biathlon season reaches its climax at the 2026 Olympics. When do the competitions take place in Antholz? Where can the medal decisions be seen live on TV and stream? sport.de provides the overview.
The 2026 Winter Olympics will take place from February 6th to 22nd in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. However, the biathlon competitions are held in Antholz.
German hopes rest particularly on overall World Cup winner Franziska Preuß. The 31-year-old won bronze with the German relay team in Beijing in 2022. Preuß is still waiting for an individual medal at the Olympics.
The German biathletes around Philipp Nawrath and Justus Strelow are hoping for a surprise in Italy. The ski hunters have their hopes for precious metal, especially in the relay races.
When will the biathlon competitions at the 2026 Olympics take place?
The biathlon stars start the Winter Games on February 8th. A total of eleven medal decisions are on the program:
February 8th (2:05 p.m.): 4x6km mixed relay
February 10 (1:30 p.m.): 20km individual men
February 11th (2:15 p.m.): 15km individual women
February 13th (2 p.m.): 10km sprint men
February 14th (2:45 p.m.): 7.5km sprint women
February 15 (11:15 a.m.): 12.5km pursuit men
February 15 (2:45 p.m.): 10km pursuit women
February 17 (2:30 p.m.): 4×7.5km relay men
February 18 (2:45 p.m.): 4x6km relay women
February 20 (2:15 p.m.): 15km mass start men
February 21st (2:15 p.m.): 12.5km mass start women
Where will the biathlon competitions at the 2026 Olympics be broadcast?
The IOC announced at the beginning of 2023 that the rights packages for the 2026 Olympics had been awarded again to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Warner Bros. Discovery.
Transferred as part of the EBU both ARD as well as ZDF the Winter Games on linear TV as well as on their online platforms. Warner Bros. Discovery includes both Eurosport on free TV as well as pay TV offers Eurosport2 and discovery+. The paid portal DAZN* The Eurosport program also shows in the stream.
sport.de accompanies the medal decisions in biathlon as well as the entire Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in the live ticker.
Which German biathlon stars will start at the 2026 Olympics?
In January, the German Ski Association announced its squad for the Winter Games. The German biathlon team is traveling to Italy with six women and five men.
Women: Franziska Preuß, Selina Grotian, Vanessa Voigt, Julia Tannheimer, Janina Hettich-Walz, Anna Weidel
Men: Philipp Horn, Philipp Nawrath, Lucas Fratzscher, Justus Strelow, David Zobel
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