The 2025–26 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 6 was the sixth event of the season and was held in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic, from 19 to 25 January 2026. The event consisted of two individual competitions and two mixed relay races. After all the races of the stage, Éric Perrot leads the overall World Cup standings for men, and Lou Jeanmonnot leads for women. U-23 World Cup ranking leaders after the events in Nové Město were Isak Frey for men and Maren Kirkeeide for the women.
Stage overview
Going into the final competition weekend before the Olympic Games, Tommaso Giacomel and Lou Jeanmonnot led the overall World Cup standings.
Several nations fielded altered squads in Nové Město. The Norwegian national team was in a training camp, and in the men's field, with the exception of Isak Frey and the returning Johan-Olav Botn, only athletes not nominated for the Olympic Games competed. Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, however, was back on the team, one of only four nominated Norwegian women. Vetle Paulsen and Guro Ytterhus made their debuts. While the French teams remained unchanged compared to the weekend in Ruhpolding, the Swedish team was missing Hanna Öberg and Elvira Öberg, as well as Ella Halvarsson and Linn Gestblom. Johanna Nordqvist made her World Cup debut, and Annie Lindh and Anna Hedström also returned to the highest level of competition after a long absence. The German team, with the exception of Olympic starters Franziska Preuß and Anna Weidel, also did not field their A-squad. Among the nominees were debutants Elias Seidl and Leonhard Pfund, as well as Hanna Kebinger and Roman Rees, who had not started in the World Cup for a long time. The Austrian federation had nominated Magnus Oberhauser and Patrick Jakob instead of Fabian Müllauer and Lukas Haslinger. For the Italian team, Rebecca Passler returned in exchange for Linda Zingerle. In the Swiss team, Niklas Hartweg was preparing privately for the Olympic Games and was therefore absent from the squad.
Campbell Wright earned his first World Cup podium, having previously reached the podium only at the World Championships. Sverre Dahlen Aspenes also secured the first podium finish of his career.
In the single mixed relay, the original winners – Germany, represented by Marlene Fichtner and Leonhard Pfund – were disqualified for violating safety rules on the shooting range.
Schedule of events The events took place at the following times. Date Time Events 22 January 19:15 CET Men's 15 km Short Individual 23 January 19:15 CET Women's 12.5 km Short Individual 24 January 14:15 CET Single Mixed Relay 16:10 CET Mixed Relay 25 January 16:15 CET Men's 15 km Mass Start 19:15 CET Men's 12.5 km Mass Start
Medal winners Men Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 15 km Short Individual Éric Perrot 36:30.6(0+0+0+0) Émilien Jacquelin 37:12.4(0+0+0+0) Lukas Hofer 37:24.7(0+0+0+0) 15 km Mass Start Éric Perrot 35:59.6(0+0+1+0) Campbell Wright +9.0(0+0+0+1) Sverre Dahlen Aspenes +16.2(0+0+0+0)
Women Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 12.5 km Short Individual Justine Braisaz-Bouchet 35:50.3(0+0+1+0) Lou Jeanmonnot 35:51.7(0+0+0+1) Franziska Preuß 36:52.5(0+0+1+1) 12.5 km Mass Start Julia Simon 33:39.4(0+1+0+0) Océane Michelon +0.5(0+1+0+0) Lisa Vittozzi +2.7(0+1+0+0)
Mixed Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time Single Mixed Relay Suvi MinkkinenTero SeppäläSuvi MinkkinenTero Seppälä 34:59.8(0+1) (0+1)(0+1) (0+1)(0+1) (0+1)(0+1) (0+1) Jeanne RichardÉmilien ClaudeJeanne RichardÉmilien Claude 35:11.1(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0)(0+3) (0+1) Juni ArnekleivMartin NevlandJuni ArnekleivMartin Nevland 35:16.5(0+0) (0+2)(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+3) Mixed RelayDorothea WiererLisa VittozziLukas HoferTommaso Giacomel 1:03:11.7(0+2) (0+3)(0+0) (0+3)(0+1) (0+0)(0+1) (0+0)Océane MichelonJustine Braisaz-BouchetOscar LombardotQuentin Fillon Maillet 1:03:36.4(0+2) (0+1)(0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+2) (0+1)Jessica JislováTereza VoborníkováVítězslav HornigMichal Krčmář 1:04:08.9(0+1) (0+3)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+1)
Achievements Best individual performance for all time
Men Sverre Dahlen Aspenes (28) reached No. 3 on mass start race Oscar Lombardot (25) reached No. 4 on short individual race Martin Nevland (23) reached No. 5 on short individual race Renārs Birkentāls (24) reached No. 9 on short individual race Leonhard Pfund (22) reached No. 13 on short individual race Dmitrii Shamaev (30) reached No. 18 on short individual race Arttu Heikkinen (21) reached No. 19 on short individual race Patrick Jakob (29) reached No. 26 on short individual race Vetle Paulsen (25) reached No. 32 on short individual race Mehis Udam (21) reached No. 52 on short individual race Wojciech Skorusa (27) reached No. 60 on short individual race Artur Iskhakov (22) reached No. 63 on short individual race Elias Seidl (21) reached No. 69 on short individual race Georgi Dzhorgov (18) reached No. 82 on short individual race Noah Bradford (22) reached No. 89 on short individual race Bjorn Westervelt (24) reached No. 93 on short individual race Valentin Karabadzhakov (23) reached No. 97 on short individual race Veselin Belchinski (19) reached No. 98 on short individual race
Women Tamara Steiner (28) reached No. 6 on short individual race Siri Skar (22) reached No. 7 on short individual race Marlene Fichtner (22) reached No. 16 on short individual race Ilona Plecháčová (19) reached No. 18 on short individual race Mária Remeňová (25) reached No. 20 on short individual race Lydia Mettler (29) reached No. 24 on short individual race Anastasia Tolmacheva (30) reached No. 29 on short individual race Margie Freed (28) reached No. 31 on short individual race Valeriia Dmytrenko (28) reached No. 39 on short individual race Annie Lind (28) reached No. 49 on short individual race Anna Hedström (28) reached No. 57 on short individual race Guro Ytterhus (21) reached No. 61 on short individual race Gillian Gowling (26) reached No. 73 on short individual race Johanna Nordqvist (25) reached No. 79 on short individual race Iva Morić (21) reached No. 83 on short individual race Janice Grundahl (25) reached No. 87 on short individual race Emma Roberta Rajando (21) reached No. 88 on short individual race Raya Adzhamova (18) reached No. 89 on short individual race Moira Green (21) reached No. 92 on short individual race
First World Cup individual race
Men Leonhard Pfund (22) reached No. 13 on short individual race Vetle Paulsen (25) reached No. 32 on short individual race Elias Seidl (21) reached No. 69 on short individual race Bjorn Westervelt (24) reached No. 93 on short individual race Valentin Karabadzhakov (23) reached No. 97 on short individual race Veselin Belchinski (19) reached No. 98 on short individual race
Women Annie Lind (28) reached No. 49 on short individual race Guro Ytterhus (21) reached No. 61 on short individual race Gillian Gowling (26) reached No. 73 on short individual race Johanna Nordqvist (25) reached No. 79 on short individual race Janice Grundahl (25) reached No. 87 on short individual race Raya Adzhamova (18) reached No. 89 on short individual race Moira Green (21) reached No. 92 on short individual race
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