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On December 13, 2024, Franziska Preuss moved into the Yellow Bib after taking the second win of her career in the Hochfilzen Sprint. From that point the German star defended the Golden Tricot week after week, only ceding it a day before Sunday’s Mass Start in the season finale in Oslo. After a strange competition and emotionally draining finish, Preuss reigned supreme, the 2025 Queen of Biathlon, a testament to perseverance, calling it, “A big dream come true,” but respecting Lou Jeanmonnot, “not the way I wanted to win.”

In a weekend of unforgettable drama and raw emotion, Sturla Holm Laegreid claimed the BMW IBU World Cup Total Score title, the most prestigious trophy in biathlon. He secured his triumph at home in Oslo, out-duelling Johannes Thingnes Boe in a momentous showdown as Johannes and Tarjei Boe bid farewell to the sport.

It is time to choose the athlete of the week for the last time this season. From winning to climbing 38 places to flowers we saw some amazing performances in Holmenkollen. But which one of these four biathletes impressed you the most?

Sweden’s Sebastian Samuelsson cleaned the two final standing stages of the season, skiing away to a 39:11.8 victory in the Oslo Holmenkollen Men’s 15 km Mass Start this afternoon, closing the BMW IBU World Cup season. This afternoon’s one-penalty win was the 2023 IBU Mass Start Champion’s second of the season. The race was also of course the final one in the careers of Johannes Thingnes and Tarjei Boe.

Germany’s Franziska Preuss, after losing the Yellow Bib yesterday rebounded with a stunning win in this afternoon’s Olso Holmenkollen Women’s 12.5 km Mass Start in 38:23.8, regaining the top spot and clinching the big World Cup Total Score Crystal Globe. Preuss and France’s Lou Jeanmonnot, with a penalty each battled neck and neck until the final corner when Jeanmonnot fell and Preuss skied away to the win, taking the title, 1278 points to Jeanmonnot’s 1258.

France’s Lou Jeanmonnot led through all four stages of this afternoon’s Oslo Holmenkollen Women’s 10 km Pursuit, but two clean standing stages separated her from the field skiing to a comfortable 30:16.9 victory. Jeanmonnot’s eighth win of the season moved her into the Yellow Bib for tomorrow’s season-ending Mass Start taking the lead from Franziska Preuss. With her fourth Pursuit win, Jeanmonnot also captured her second discipline Globe for the World Cup Pursuit Score, after receiving the Individual Score Globe yesterday.

Norway’s Yellow Bib-wearing Sturla Holm Laegreid’s 20-for-20 shooting in this afternoon’s Oslo Holmenkollen Men’s 12.5 km Pursuit proved the difference in his 31:40 victory after battling teammate Johannes Thingnes Boe for the win. Shooting together in the last standing stage, Laegreid cleaned while JT went to the penalty loop, giving his younger teammate the victory.

The last step of this afternoon’s Oslo Holmenkollen Women’s 7.5 km Sprint was the difference in first and second place; Germany’s Franziska Preuss lunged across the finish line, grabbing a .2 second win over French rival Lou Jeanmonnot. Preuss and Jeanmonnot both shot clean and despite Jeanmonnot’s sizzling fast last loop, Preuss prevailed in 20:57.2, taking the World Cup Sprint Score title. She also widened the gap at the top of the Total Score standings ahead of a thrilling rest of the weekend.

After sitting out last weekend’s competitions with illness, Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe rebounded with a dominant clean-shooting 24:49.5 win in this afternoon’s Olso Holmenkollen Men’s 10 km Sprint. JT, in the final Sprint of his career led teammates Sturla Holm Laegreid, Johannes Dale-Skjevdal, Isak Frey and Vebjoern Soerum to a sweep of the top five places. Laegreid kept his healthy lead over JT in the World Cup Total Score Standings.

Ahead of the final weekend of his career, Norway's Tarjei Boe has come down with a fever and will skip tomorrow's men's sprint. He hopes to be back in action on Sunday for the Mass Start. Just a week ago, Johannes Thingnes Boe had to pull out of the weekend races in Pokljuka after getting sick.