The 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 8 was the eighth event of the season and will held in Pokljuka, Slovenia, from 10 to 16 March 2025. The event consisted of two individual competitions and two mixed relay races.

Stage overview Due to weather conditions, both short individual races were postponed to one day, March 13. Due to the weather circumstances, Dorothea Wierer, Sophie Chauveau, Erika Jänkä, Ema Kapustová, Lidija Žurauskaitė, Noora Kaisa Keränen, Shawna Pendry, and Darcie Morton missed the race.

Due to illness, the German athlete Philipp Horn will miss the Pokljuka stage. After participating in one race at the stage in Nové Město na Moravě, the leader of the Czech team, Marketa Davidova, will miss the stage in Pokljuka. Didier Bionaz ended his racing season prematurely, leaving the Italian men's team with only five biathletes for the stage in Pokljuka. The ill Anna Gandler is skipping this stage, and she will be replaced by Anna Andexer in the Austrian women's team. The Slovak Olympic and World Champion Anastasiya Kuzmina is skipping the stage.

Sweden's Elvira Öberg is returning after illness to compete in the mass start at the stage in Pokljuka. The 2024-25 IBU Cup winner, Norwegian Isak Frey, is making his World Cup debut at this stage. Additionally, Johannes Dale-Skjevdal is returning to the Norwegian national team.

Schedule of events The events took place at the following times. Date Time Events 13 March 11:30 CET Women's Short Individual 15:15 CET Men's Short Individual 15 March 13:35 CET Women's Mass Start 15:45 CET Men's Mass Start 16 March 12:05 CET Single Mixed Relay 14:50 CET Mixed Relay

Medal winners Men Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 15 km Short Individualdetails Jakov Fak 40:52.6(0+0+0+0) Sturla Holm Lægreid 41:26.9(0+0+0+1) Martin Ponsiluoma 41:36.9(0+1+0+1) 15 km Mass Startdetails Éric Perrot 35:42.7(0+0+0+1) Quentin Fillon Maillet +3.1(0+0+0+1) Sturla Holm Lægreid +22.3(0+0+1+0)

Women Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 12.5 km Short Individualdetails Julia Simon 38:08.2(0+0+0+0) Hanna Öberg 38:47.3(0+0+0+1) Franziska Preuß 38:54.4(0+0+0+0) 12.5 km Mass Startdetails Lou Jeanmonnot 39:41.8(0+0+1+0) Milena Todorova +16.4(0+0+0+0) Anamarija Lampič +22.8(0+0+0+1)

Mixed Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time Single Mixed Relaydetails Aita GasparinNiklas Hartweg 40:51.8(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+2) Johanna SkottheimJesper Nelin 41:01.2(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+2) (0+1) Suvi MinkkinenTero Seppälä 41:03.9(0+1) (0+0)(0+2) (0+1)(0+1) (0+2)(0+2) (0+0) Mixed Relaydetails Anna-Karin HeijdenbergHanna ÖbergMartin PonsiluomaSebastian Samuelsson 1:09:07.5(0+2) (0+0)(0+2) (0+2)(0+3) (0+2)(0+0) (0+1) Jeanne RichardOcéane MichelonÉric PerrotQuentin Fillon Maillet 1:09:22.3(0+0) (1+3)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+3) (0+0) Maren KirkeeideIda LienJohannes Dale-SkjevdalIsak Frey 1:09:27.5(0+0) (0+1)(0+1) (0+2)(0+2) (0+2)(0+0) (0+2)

Achievements Best individual performance for all time

Men Isak Frey (21) reached No. 11 on mass start race Adam Václavík (31) reached No. 14 on short individual race Fabian Suchodolski (20) reached No. 23 on short individual race Daniele Cappellari (27) reached No. 24 on short individual race Nikita Čigak (22) reached No. 57 on short individual race Vasil Zashev (22) reached No. 61 on short individual race Yaroslav Neverov (20) reached No. 93 on short individual race

Women Milena Todorova (27) reached No. 2 on mass start race Anna-Karin Heijdenberg (24) reached No. 4 on short individual race Olena Horodna (20) reached No. 13 on short individual race Linda Zingerle (22) reached No. 55 on short individual race

First World Cup individual race

Men Isak Frey (21) reached No. 17 on short individual race

Women

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