# 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 8

The 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 8 was the eighth event of the season and will held in Pokljuka, Slovenia, from 10 to 16 March 2025. The event consisted of two individual competitions and two mixed relay races.

## Stage overview

Due to weather conditions, both short individual races were postponed to one day, March 13. Due to the weather circumstances, Dorothea Wierer, Sophie Chauveau, Erika Jänkä, Ema Kapustová, Lidija Žurauskaitė, Noora Kaisa Keränen, Shawna Pendry, and Darcie Morton missed the race.
Due to illness, the German athlete Philipp Horn will miss the Pokljuka stage. After participating in one race at the stage in Nové Město na Moravě, the leader of the Czech team, Marketa Davidova, will miss the stage in Pokljuka. Didier Bionaz ended his racing season prematurely, leaving the Italian men's team with only five biathletes for the stage in Pokljuka. The ill Anna Gandler is skipping this stage, and she will be replaced by Anna Andexer in the Austrian women's team. The Slovak Olympic and World Champion Anastasiya Kuzmina is skipping the stage.
Sweden's Elvira Öberg is returning after illness to compete in the mass start at the stage in Pokljuka. The 2024-25 IBU Cup winner, Norwegian Isak Frey, is making his World Cup debut at this stage. Additionally, Johannes Dale-Skjevdal is returning to the Norwegian national team.

## Schedule of events

The events took place at the following times.
| Date | Time | Events |
| 13 March | 11:30 CET | Women's Short Individual |
| 13 March | 15:15 CET | Men's Short Individual |
| 15 March | 13:35 CET | Women's Mass Start |
| 15 March | 15:45 CET | Men's Mass Start |
| 16 March | 12:05 CET | Single Mixed Relay |
| 16 March | 14:50 CET | Mixed Relay |

## Medal winners
### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km Short Individual details | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 40:52.6 (0+0+0+0) | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | 41:26.9 (0+0+0+1) | Martin Ponsiluoma Sweden | 41:36.9 (0+1+0+1) |
| 15 km Mass Start details | Éric Perrot France | 35:42.7 (0+0+0+1) | Quentin Fillon Maillet France | +3.1 (0+0+0+1) | Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway | +22.3 (0+0+1+0) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 12.5 km Short Individual details | Julia Simon France | 38:08.2 (0+0+0+0) | Hanna Öberg Sweden | 38:47.3 (0+0+0+1) | Franziska Preuß Germany | 38:54.4 (0+0+0+0) |
| 12.5 km Mass Start details | Lou Jeanmonnot France | 39:41.8 (0+0+1+0) | Milena Todorova Bulgaria | +16.4 (0+0+0+0) | Anamarija Lampič Slovenia | +22.8 (0+0+0+1) |

### Mixed

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Single Mixed Relay details | Switzerland Aita Gasparin Niklas Hartweg | 40:51.8 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) | Sweden Johanna Skottheim Jesper Nelin | 41:01.2 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) | Finland Suvi Minkkinen Tero Seppälä | 41:03.9 (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) |
| Mixed Relay details | Sweden Anna-Karin Heijdenberg Hanna Öberg Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson | 1:09:07.5 (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | France Jeanne Richard Océane Michelon Éric Perrot Quentin Fillon Maillet | 1:09:22.3 (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) | Norway Maren Kirkeeide Ida Lien Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Isak Frey | 1:09:27.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) |