The 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 6 was the sixth event of the season and was held in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, from 20 to 26 January 2025. The event consisted of two individual competitions and two relay races, one by men and one by women. The World Cup leaders after the events in Antholz-Anterselva were Sturla Holm Lægreid for the men and Franziska Preuß for the women. The U-23 World Cup ranking leaders after the events in Antholz-Anterselva were Campbell Wright for the men and Jeanne Richard for the women.

Stage overview

Juni Arnekleiv and Johannes Dale-Skjevdal have been excluded from the Norwegian team for this stage, as the coaching staff does not consider them candidates for the upcoming World Championship. Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen only participated in the men’s relay. Venla Lehtonen is returning to the Finnish women's team after missing the previous stage. Meanwhile, the men's team will be joined by Olli Hiidensalo, who performed successfully in the last IBU Cup stage. Tereza Vinklárková has been called up to the Czech team to fill the full quota, as Markéta Davidová is skipping also Antholz-Anterselva stage.

In the German women’s team, Julia Tannheimer and Vanessa Voigt are skipping the stage, leaving only four German women to compete. Julia Kink, Johanna Puff and Marlene Fichtner were also additionally called up to participate in the relay. In the men’s team, it was initially planned to replace David Zobel and Roman Rees with Simon Kaiser and Philipp Horn. However, after Danilo Riethmüller fell ill and was unable to participate in the races, it was decided to keep Zobel in the main team. In the Austrian team, Fabian Müllauer, who finished second at the IBU Cup stage in Osrblie, will replace Magnus Oberhauser in the main men's squad. In the Italian team, Patrick Braunhofer has been excluded from the squad as part of his preparation for the European Championship.

Sturla Holm Lægreid overtook Johannes Thingnes Bø in the overall World Cup standings and claimed the top position after the sprint race, where Lægreid finished first and Bø placed ninth. For the first time in her career, Ella Halvarsson secured a victory in the women’s relay race.

Schedule of events The events took place at the following times. Date Time Events 23 January 14:30 CET Women's 7.5 km Sprint 24 January 14:30 CET Men's 10 km Sprint 25 January 13:00 CET Women's 10 km Pursuit 14:55 CET 4 x 7.5 km Men Relay 26 January 12:05 CET 4 x 5 km Women Relay 14:45 CET Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

Medal winners Men Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 10 km Sprint Tarjei Bø 23:51.0(0+0) Sturla Holm Lægreid 23:51.4(0+1) Tommaso Giacomel 23:53.6(1+1) 4 x 7.5 km Men RelayFabien ClaudeQuentin Fillon MailletÉric PerrotÉmilien Jacquelin 1:13:33.6(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+1) (0+0)Sturla Holm LægreidTarjei BøJohannes Thingnes BøVetle Sjåstad Christiansen 1:14:17.2(0+2) (0+1)(0+1) (0+3)(0+2) (0+1)(0+0) (0+2)Viktor BrandtJesper NelinMartin PonsiluomaSebastian Samuelsson 1:14:17.6(0+2) (1+3)(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0) 12.5 km Pursuit Sturla Holm Lægreid 29:53.0(0+0+0+0) Tarjei Bø +18.9(0+0+0+1) Tommaso Giacomel +24.0(0+1+0+1)

Women Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 7.5 km SprintLou Jeanmonnot 21:09.5(0+0)Selina Grotian 21:16.7(0+0)Franziska Preuß 21:26.2(0+0) 10 km PursuitLou Jeanmonnot 29:44.0(0+0+0+1)Julia Simon +24.1(0+0+0+0)Franziska Preuß +53.6(1+0+0+0) 4 x 5 km Women RelayJohanna SkottheimElla HalvarssonAnna MagnussonHanna Öberg 1:07:26.0(0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+1) (0+2)Karoline Offigstad KnottenRagnhild FemsteinevikMaren KirkeeideIngrid Landmark Tandrevold 1:07:39.4(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+1) (0+1)(0+1) (0+2)Jeanne RichardLou JeanmonnotOcéane MichelonJulia Simon 1:07:49.6(0+0) (0+2)(0+2) (0+0)(0+2) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)

Achievements Best individual performance for all time

Men Jonáš Mareček (23) reached No. 10 on sprint race Viktor Brandt (25) reached No. 18 on pursuit race Emil Nykvist (27) reached No. 22 on pursuit race Daniele Cappellari (27) reached No. 32 on pursuit race Tomáš Sklenárik (25) reached No. 39 on sprint race Fabian Müllauer (21) reached No. 45 on sprint race Fabian Suchodolski (20) reached No. 84 on sprint race Vasil Zashev (22) reached No. 91 on sprint race

Women Olena Horodna (20) reached No. 49 on sprint race Elza Bleidele (19) reached No. 74 on sprint race

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