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The Biathlon World Cupfrom 15 to 21 December 2025
Le compte à rebours est terminé !
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Dsf1145ANNECY-LE GRAND-BORNAND: biathlon has found its French home...
In the early 2000s, French biathlon gained international recognition, but all it lacked was a major organisation. Since the 1992 Albertville Olympic Games, no major world-class competition had been held on French soil, with the exception of the 2004 Junior World Championships in Haute-Maurienne and the 1995 European Championships in Le Grand-Bornand.
Métabief, Bessans, Autrans, Chamonix and Le Grand-Bornand are candidates for a world cup. After a meticulous study, the French Ski Federation chose Le Grand-Bornand on 24 November 2007, confirming the advantages of a site that was also the site of Annecy’s bid for the 2018 Olympic Games.
The IBU approved the French bid and the French Ski Federation awarded Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand the organisation of six World Cup races in December 2013, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024. The great story continues this year, in 2025… while waiting for 2026 and 2030.
The World Cup in figures
4days
6tests
300athletes
30nations
350technicians
900volunteers
67 000spectators
45broadcasting countries
125 millionof viewers
60international journalists
80% of the infrastructure dismantled at the end of the competition (walkways, stands, etc.).
30,000 spectators transported by shuttle bus from the lower valley, i.e. almost 50% of all spectators.
100% of the energy supply, of hydraulic origin, certified renewable.
37% of induced waste volume already recycled or recovered.
Stade international Sylvie Becaert: Inside the
The Grand-Bornand international biathlon stadium is first and foremost a name. The name of Sylvie Becaert, the great champion of the 2000s, daughter of Grand-Bornand and flagship of the resort’s athletes. It was her name that was logically given to the stadium that hosts the World Cup and was tested in March 2011 for the IBU Cup finals.
The stadium is the only venue in France to have been awarded an A licence by the international federation (IBU) and to meet all the international standards, with a thirty-target shooting range, a penalty ring, open and compact cross-country ski tracks, a start and finish area and areas designed to accommodate the public.
Over and above its technical features, the Sylvie Becaert stadium is unique on the world circuit for its temporary concept and its proximity to the village, making it a sort of ‘Monaco circuit’ for biathlon.
Fully integrated into the majestic Aravis landscape and close to the public, it has been designed with respect for the environment.
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A brief history of biathlon...
Long before it became a crowd-pleasing Olympic sport, biathlon was certainly one of the most ancient activities of the men of the Far North… who, to hunt, travelled on skis with a bow on their back. Traces of these skier-archers can even be found in Scandinavian mythology. Over the centuries, the practice developed, both for warlike purposes and for hunting. In 1924, during the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix, a Nordic patrol demonstration was organised, but until the end of the Second World War, biathlon remained an exclusively military sport…
Did you know?
UBI is the official mascot of the BMW IBU Biathlon World Cup Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand!
Dscf8807Want to find out how the champions feel?
Discover biathlon, target shooting at 10 or 50 metres with an air rifle, a fun activity to enjoy with the whole family to improve concentration and stress management.
Younger children can also try their hand at laser shooting.
