Biathlon is moving from the mountains to the city this weekend as the inaugural Loop One Festival brings the sport’s biggest stars to Munich’s Olympic Park. Check out the start lists and start times for this Sunday.

On Sunday, October 19, the new biathlon event will kick off the Olympic season in a unique urban setting with a Super Sprint competition open to the public and *free for fans to attend.

Also Read: Biathlon starts ready for Munich’s Loop One Festival

Start Lists – Super Sprint 

• Super Sprint – Women
• Super Sprint – Men

Super Sprint format explained

The Loop One Festival will feature the fast-paced Super Sprint, a format designed to deliver maximum action for fans in a short race.

The competition begins with qualification heats, each with 15 athletes starting together. Over three 1.8 km loops around Munich’s Olympic Lake, athletes face two shooting bouts — first prone, then standing — with no spare rounds available. Every missed shot means a 60-meter penalty loop. The top three finishers from each heat, along with the three fastest “lucky losers,” advance to the final.

The final brings together 15 athletes for five laps of the 1.8 km course, with four trips to the shooting range: prone, prone, standing, standing. As in the heats, accuracy is critical, as every missed target adds a penalty loop. The combination of short loops, high shooting pressure, and city-center atmosphere makes the Super Sprint one of the most spectator-friendly formats in biathlon.

*According to the event’s organization, admission is free throughout the festival grounds and along the route on October 19; tickets are only required for the shooting range and grandstand areas. For further information, please visit https://www.looponefestival.com.

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FACTS Loop One Festival 2025

• When: Saturday, October 18, to Sunday, October 19, 2025 
• Where: Olympiapark Munich, Germany
• What: Loop One Festival

PROGRAM

Saturday, October 18

• 10:00 CET: Beat81 Community Workout
• 10:45 CET: Biathlon 4 All w/ Arnd Peiffer
• 11:15 CET: Para Biathlon Sitting Mixed Relay
• 11:45 CET: Meet & Greet w/ Arnd Peiffer
• 11:55 CET: Para Biathlon VI Single Mixed Relay
• 12:35 CET: Para Biathlon Standing Mass Start
• 13:00 CET: Price Ceremony Para Races w/ Arnd Peiffer
• 13:00 CET: Bergader Meet & Greet w/ Magdalena Neuner
• 14:00 CET: DSV/BMW Car Handover + Meet & Greet DSV Athletes
• 14:45 CET: Biathlon 4 All w/ Magdalena Neuner
• 15:15 CET: Live Music Act Freude
• 15:45 CET: Talk/Interview w/ Benni Doll
• 16:00 CET – Youth Race Men
• 16:30 CET: Youth Race Women
• 16:45 CET: Live Music Act Felicia Lu
• 17:00 CET: Award Ceremony Youth Athletes (Top 3 Women and Men)
• 18:00 CET: Live Music Act Kamrad

Sunday, October 19

• 10:00 CET: Pop-Up Yoga Community Workout
• 10:30 CET: Autogrammstunde w/ Adidas Athletes
• 11:00 CET: Biathlon 4 All w/ Magdalena Neuner
• 11:00 CET: Heat 1 Men Quali
• 11:20 CET: Het 2 Men Quali
• 11:40 CET: Het 3 Men Quali
• 12:00 CET: Heat 4 Men Quali
• 12:15 CET: Meet & Greet w/ Magdalena Neuner
• 13:00 CET: Autogrammstunde w/ DSV Athletes
• 13:00 CET: Heat 1 Women Quali
• 13:20 CET: Heat 2 Women Quali
• 13:40 CET: Heat 3 Women Quali
• 13:45 CET: Meet & Greet w/ Benni Doll
• 14:00 CET: Heat 4 Women Quali
• 14:30 CET: Biathlon 4 All w/ Benni Doll
• 15:30 CET: Super Sprint Final Men
• 16:15 CET: Super Sprint Final Women
• 17:00 CET: Award Ceremony

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