Sunny weather marked the second day of the Para Biathlon World Cup in Torsby, where Sunday’s individual races served as the season’s ninth and penultimate race. Yerbol Khamitov, Kendall Gretsch, and Nathalie Wilkie each carried over their strong form from Saturday, notching their second victories, while three other categories saw new winners.

Since athletes in the sitting category covered a 10 km distance instead of the usual 12.5 km, the competition jury reduced the one-minute time penalty to 45 seconds. In this shortened format, Yerbol Khamitov of Kazakhstan again delivered the best performance, winning by more than a minute over Vasyl Kravchuk and Eui Hyun Shin despite incurring one penalty. For both the Ukrainian and the Korean, these were their first podium finishes of the season.

On the women’s side, Kendall Gretsch continues her winning streak. The American shot flawlessly once again—she has missed only twice all season—and finished 50 seconds ahead of Anja Wicker. However, like Khamitov, the German has already secured the overall World Cup title.

The fiercest battle on the second day in Torsby turned out to be an all-German showdown in the VI women’s category, where the top three finished within just ten seconds. Repeating her success from the WCH in Pokljuka, Johanna Recktenwald took the win, narrowly beating Marie Leonie Walter and Linn Kazmaier.

In the men’s VI event, Anatolii Kovalevskyi secured his first victory of the season, finishing 13 seconds ahead of compatriot Iaroslav Reshetynskyi—both shot flawlessly and surpassed Saturday’s sprint winner, Anthony Chalencon.

The French team rebounded in the standing category, securing a one-two finish. Benjamin Daviet once again proved his strength in the Individual race, shooting clean to edge out Karl Tabouret by one and a half minutes. It was Tabouret’s first podium of the season. Mark Arendz of Canada, seemingly unbeatable for most of the year, missed three shots and settled for third place.

Meanwhile, Nathalie Wilkie went from one extreme to another: after capturing Saturday’s sprint by a mere three hundredths of a second, she won Sunday’s 12.5 km race by three full minutes—a second triumph in Torsby. Ukraine’s Liudmyla Liashenko and Oleksandra Kononova rounded out the podium.

After a rest day on Monday, athletes will return to the track on Tuesday for the season’s final event, the Sprint Pursuit, where the Crystal Globes will be awarded.