Sturla Holm Lægreid won the men's mass start in Kontiolahti, with reports indicating he delivered flawless shooting, marking his first World Cup victory this season. Éric Perrot reportedly secured the second podium place in the men's mass start. In the women's mass start, Julia Simon won the event, and according to sources, Elvira Öberg and Anna Magnusson took the other two podium places.
Marthe Kråkstad Johansen was the best Norwegian in the women's mass start, finishing in 7th place, with reports stating she missed only one of 20 shots. Maren Hjelmeset Kirkeeide missed two shots on the third shooting in the mass start but only took one penalty loop, received a two-minute time penalty for missing a penalty loop, and finished in 28th place, over two and a half minutes behind the winner. Isak Leknes Frey had a broken rifle stock and had to use a reserve weapon, resulting in nine misses and finishing over seven minutes behind Lægreid.
Emilien Jacquelin expressed bitterness after the mass start, feeling his teammates did not sufficiently disrupt the peloton in the third lap, but the French team coach tempered Jacquelin's remarks by recalling the essentially solitary nature of biathlon. The French women's biathlon team lost to Norway in the relay in Kontiolahti but won the overall World Cup for the discipline, with France winning the overall relay cup ahead of Sweden and Norway. Norway was revenge-hungry after the Olympic relay but fell short against France and Sweden in the women's relay, where Sweden and Hanna Øberg broke away in the lead, followed by France with Océane Michelon.
Maren Hjelmeset Kirkeeide moved up to the podium in the women's relay. 5% standing shooting percentage in relays before the race, needed only one extra shot, and went out in the lead in the women's relay. Karoline Knotten had too many misses on Norway's third leg in the women's relay.
Lou Jeanmonnot expressed frustration after the relay, admitting to a lack of physical resources and mental approach issues, fell and finished in 16th place in the mass start, visibly affected and not speaking after the race, with Justine Braisaz-Bouchet immediately supporting her. Coach Cyril Burdet expressed frustration with Jeanmonnot's psychological blocks despite her physical potential. In other sports news, according to reports, Lucas Braathen won the giant slalom race after his Olympic gold, with Loïc Meillard and Stefan Brennsteiner taking 2nd and 3rd place, and Atle Lie McGrath finishing in 4th place.