Press releases

The unforgettable 2024/2025 biathlon season comes to a close in Holmenkollen, Norway tomorrow and is set to be marked by thrilling races and an emotional farewell to two legends of the sport: Johannes Thingnes and Tarjei Boe.

The Biathlon Integrity Unit (BIU) acknowledges the award issued by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in the case concerning former International Biathlon Union (IBU) President, Anders Besseberg. The CAS ruling imposes a lifetime ban from all future elected or appointed positions within the sport due to severe breaches of integrity.

After consulting with the Athletes' Committee, the IBU decided to switch the Mass Start competitions on Sunday, 23 March, at Oslo-Holmenkollen. The women compete first now and start at 13:15 CET, the Men’s Mass Start is now scheduled for 15:40 CET. The change has been agreed to maximize the attention for the Women’s Mass Start and the fights for the Globes and to guarantee a worthy farewell to Tarjei and Johannes Thingnes Boe after their last World Cup competition.

Due to the bad weather conditions in Pokljuka, Slovenia, with warm temperatures and heavy rainfalls in the past two days and forecasted for the upcoming days, the competition schedule for the BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon has been changed. Both Individual competitions will be held as Short Individuals on Thursday, 13 March. Friday is a spare day used for venue maintenance and as a fallback option if no competitions can be held on Thursday. The Mass Starts are moved to Saturday and the Single Mixed and Mixed relays will be held on Sunday.

The IBU has published its Sustainability Report 2024 and Climate Transition Action Plan (CTAP) as the federation continues to receive international recognition as a leader in sustainability in sport.

The International Biathlon Union today announced its 2026-2030 World Cup calendar featuring a number of exciting innovations to maximise fan engagement, to future-proof the sport and safeguard athlete welfare whilst keeping the traditions that have been fundamental in biathlon’s rise to Europe’s most watched TV wintersport.

Johannes Thingnes Boe has officially etched his name in the history books as the most decorated biathlete in World Championships history. With his latest gold medal in the Sprint at the BMW IBU World Championships in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, the Norwegian superstar surpasses Ole Einar Bjoerndalen’s long-standing record, cementing his legacy as the greatest athlete the World Championships have ever seen.

The BMW IBU World Championships Lenzerheide 2025 was officially opened this evening with biathlon’s flagship competition set to get underway tomorrow in the winter sport heartland of Switzerland for the very first time.

The International Biathlon Union’s governance improvements have been recognised with the federation securing the highest score of any winter sport in the Fifth Review of Governance of the Winter Olympic Federations conducted by I Trust Sport.

The International Biathlon Union (IBU) is thrilled to unveil the Loop One Festival, an innovative two-day event set to redefine the biathlon season opening.