Overview
- France’s Lou Jeanmonnot dominated the women’s pursuit at Grand-Bornand with 19/20 shooting to claim the World Cup leader’s bib, with the mass start to come on Sunday.
- Julia Simon continued her return with fourth in the pursuit after 19/20 on the range, while Justine Braisaz-Bouchet finished ninth.
- Emilien Jacquelin took third in Friday’s sprint to position himself for the men’s pursuit, where a tightly packed field set up a close fight.
- Marco Odermatt earned his 50th World Cup win in Thursday’s shortened, fog-disrupted Val Gardena downhill, as France’s Nils Allègre and Nils Alphand placed fourth and fifth.
- Czech skier Jan Zabystran captured a surprise super-G victory on Friday—the first men’s World Cup win for his country—beating Odermatt as Giovanni Franzoni took third, with Allègre fourth and Matthieu Bailet fifth; Odermatt now leads the overall by 383 points ahead of a full Saslong downhill and Alta Badia giant slalom.