Johannes Thingnes Bø had to fight hard for his fifth win of the season for a long time. After a total of three penalties after the third shooting, the Norwegian left the shooting range side by side with his brother Tarjei Bø and both worked well together - however, the pace was not very high, so the pursuers closed the gap until the last shooting. Five athletes were standing on their mat at the same time and all had to go into the penalty loop at least once. The two brothers went together into the last lap, Alexander Loginov followed closely. Within a short time, the Russian caught up with Tarjei Bø, who could not keep up with the pace. Loginov was also able to approach Johannes Thingnes Bø, but the latter took more speed out of the penultimate climb and Loginov was unable to close the gap and Johannes Thingnes Bø won his fifth race this winter. Third place went to his brother Tarjei. Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) finished seventh.
During women's pursuit race there was a fight between sprint winner Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) and Doro Wierer (ITA), but the sprint-sixth Hanna Öberg was only seven seconds behind after the last shooting. The tall Swede caught up meter by meter until she reached the duo outside the stadium. For the final sprint the individual Olympic champion had not enough energies left, but she could still be happy with third place which means her first podium in a World Cup race. For Laura Dahlmeier (GER, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) with two penalties not more than fifth place was possible - if she will start tomorrow in the mass start will be decided in the evening. Valj Semerenko (UKR, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) finished seventh and was much better today than her twin sister Vita (UKR, Fischer skis, bindings and boots), who dropped to 31st place with three penalties. Despite six penalties, Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) was still able to reach ninth place ahead of Lena Häcki (SUI, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) - the Slowvak will decide at Christmas whether she will continue her career.
