On December 20, the men’s 12.5 km pursuit race will take place on the «Le Grand Bornand» course in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand, France, venue of the 3rd stage of the 2025/26 Biathlon World Cup.
As a reminder, the pursuit, or pasyut, is contested by the 60 best biathletes from the sprint.
Overall standings | 2025/26 season calendar
Leading off the pasyut will be the highly experienced Norwegian Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen. Vetle completed the sprint without any misses and showed strong skiing form.
Four seconds later, his compatriot Johannes Dale will set off. Frenchman Émilien Jacquelin rounds out the top three. The sprint podium was Émilien’s first of the season. He starts 5 seconds behind the leader.
Starting fourth, 6 seconds behind, will be the current overall standings leader, Johan-Olav Botn.
The race promises to be fiercely competitive and exciting.
See how this intriguing head-to-head race unfolds live on the “Suspilne Sport” channel.
Live broadcast starts at 15:45 (Eastern European Time UTC+2)
Biathlon, men’s pursuit at the World Cup in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand. LIVE video broadcast, race results…
- Johan-Olav Botn Norway (0+0+0+0) – 31:20,8
- Émilien Jacquelin France (1+1+1+0) +17,6
- Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Norway (0+0+0+2) +17,9
