Three teams have already been confirmed for the Biathlon auf Schalke on December 28, 2025 in the VELTINS-Arena. In addition to Team Germany 1, two duos from Belgium and the Czech Republic will also be competing. Further teams will be announced shortly - it remains exciting!
Biathlon fans can find details about the athletes at biathlon-aufschalke.de under starting field.
Team Belgium
Lotte Lie and Florent Claude take to the track again in Gelsenkirchen. The two biathletes delivered a convincing performance last year and only just missed out on the podium with fourth place.
Norwegian-born Lotte Lie competed for Belgium for the first time in the 2019/2020 season. At the start of the season, she competed in the IBU Cup, where she achieved several top 30 finishes as well as a 6th place in the single mixed relay.
The athlete made her World Cup debut in January 2020, finishing 53rd in the individual race in Pokljuka. At the 2020 World Championships, she finished 25th in the mixed relay, and together with her teammate at the biathlon in Schalke, Florent Claude, she finished 20th in the single mixed.
Lotte Lie also competed regularly in the World Cup in the 2020/2021 season. Together with Florent Claude, she finished twelfth in the single mixed race and achieved the best relay result in the history of Belgian biathlon up to that point. In the races at the next World Cup stop in Nove Mesto, she finished 36th in the pursuit for a second time and also achieved the first top ten result for Belgium in a relay competition at World Cup level with Claude in ninth place. Lotte Lie last won the city biathlon in Dresden on August 31, 2025, ahead of Norway's Karoline Knotten and Bulgaria's Milena Todorova.
Her team-mate Florent Claude was granted Belgian citizenship in June 2016 and was able to compete for Belgium from the 2017/2018 season. In the Belgian World Cup relay teams, he took the position of second runner after Michael Rösch, who handed over the lead to Claude in both Hochfilzen and Oberhof. The 33-year-old also regularly finished in the points in individual World Cup races, with his best result of the season being an 18th place in the pursuit in Annecy in December.
In the following years, Claude placed among the top 40 athletes in many World Cup races and finished between 22nd (in the 2023/2024 season) and 51st (2018/2019) in the overall rankings of the competition series. In March 2021, he and Lotte Lie finished ninth in the single mixed relay in Nove Mesto - the two biathletes thus ensured the first top ten finish for a Belgian relay team in a World Cup race.
Just under a year later, the two Belgians finished sixth in the single-mixed relay at the World Cup in Oberhof. On the same race weekend, Claude achieved his best individual World Cup result to date, finishing ninth in the sprint. In August 2023, he became sprint world champion in the summer biathlon at the title competition in Osrblie. Florent Claude was able to celebrate an individual best resulthin February 2025, when he crossed the finish line in 17th place at the World Championships in Lenzerheide.
Team Czech Republic
Tomáš Mikyska is a Czech biathlete who was born on February 2, 2000 in Ústí nad Orlicí. He started biathlon at an early age and celebrated his first international successes at youth and junior world championships, including a silver and a bronze medal in the relay competition. He made his World Cup debut in Kontiolahti in 2020. He particularly stood out in 2024 with a tenth place in the singles at the World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě - a strong result that underlines his potential.
Mikyska has impressed with stable performances in running and shooting and is considered a promising representative of the young Czech biathlon generation. After a break, he made an impressive return at the start of 2025 with flawless shooting and a 19th place in the IBU Cup. With his ambition and steady development, he has a good chance of establishing himself in the World Cup in the long term and competing for podium places in the future.
His teammate Marketa Davidová is one of the Czech Republic's best-known biathletes. In 2021, she became world champion in the 15 km individual event - a highlight of her career. She is one of the most consistent athletes in the World Cup with numerous podium finishes.
She celebrated her greatest success at the 2021 World Championships when she won the gold medal in the individual race. With her combination of strong running performance and solid shooting technique, she quickly established herself among the world's best. She has been voted "Biathlete of the Year" in the Czech Republic several times and is considered the figurehead of Czech biathlon.
In the 2024/2025 season, however, her career was temporarily halted by a herniated disc, which also caused her to miss the World Championships. Despite these health setbacks, Davidová shows great ambition and is working hard on her comeback. Her experience, fighting spirit and high level of performance suggest that she will soon be competing for top places in the World Cup again.
Secure tickets now
Advance sales for the Biathlon at Schalke 2025 are in full swing: Tickets in various categories are also perfect as gifts and are available at tickets.schalke04.de or tickets.biathlon-aufschalke.de or via the hotline 0180 | 5378873 or 0209 | 9775 1877 and at the Service Center at the FC Schalke 04 office (Ernst-Kuzorra-Weg 1, 45891 Gelsenkirchen).
