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Sprint, Men

Date	19 February 2026
Status	Olympic
Location	Stelvio Ski Centre, Bormio, Sondrio
Participants	18 from 14 countries
Referee #1	Monika Strojny	POL
Referee #2	Gabriele Schieder-Moderegger	GER
Referee #3	Youri Leclercq	FRA
Referee #4	Yang Xiufeng	CHN
Details	Distance: 725 m Highest Point: 1265 m Start Altitude: 1200 m Total Ascent: 65 m Total Descent: 65 m

This was one of the three new ski mountaineering events, a sport which made its debut at Milano-Cortina 2026. The ski mountaineering events were held at the Stelvio Ski Centre in Bormio, Italy.

The men’s sprint event started at an altitude of 1,200 metres and ascended 65 metres over a track length of 725 metres before descending. Three heats were contested with six skiiers each, with the top three in each heat and the three fastest lucky losers advancing to the semi-finals. The top two in each semi-final and the next two fastest skiiers advanced to the final.

The favorite was Spain’s Oriol Cardona, who was World Champion in 2023 and 2025, and had won a World Cup sprint earlier in the season. He was expected to be challenged by France’s Thibault Anselmet, runner-up to Cardona at the 2023 and 2025 Worlds, but who had a win against him at the recent World Cup.

Both Cardona and Anselmet easily qualified for the final, joined there by Russian neutral athlete Nikita Filippov, Swiss challengers Arno Lietha and Jon Kistler, who went 1-2 in the World Cup in Utah in early December, and Cardona’s teammate Ot Ferrer. Cardona was mostly unchallenged in taking the gold medal, winning by over 1½ seconds over Filippov. Lietha was among the medalists for most of the race but was passed near the end by Anselmet, who took the bronze medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC
1	1	Oriol Cardona	ESP	Gold
2	8	Nikita Filippov	AIN	Silver
3	4	Thibault Anselmet	FRA	Bronze
4	3	Arno Lietha	SUI
5	6	Ot Ferrer	ESP
6	2	Jon Kistler	SUI
7	7	Pablo Giner Dalmasso	FRA
8	13	Bu Luer	CHN
9	5	Maximilien Drion	BEL
10	9	Hans-Inge Klette	NOR
11	14	Cam Smith	USA
12	17	Phil Bellingham	AUS
13	10	Finn Hösch	GER
14	18	Michele Boscacci	ITA
15	15	Jan Elantkowski	POL
16	11	Trym Dalset Lødøen	NOR
17	12	Paul Verbnjak	AUT
18	16	Jakub Šiarnik	SVK

Round One

Date	19 February 2026 — 10:30
Format	Top three in each heat and next three fastest advanced to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time	10:30

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time	Section #1	Transition #1	Cumulative Time after Transition #1	Cumulative Rank after Transition #1	Section #2	Cumulative Time after Section #2	Cumulative Rank after Section #2	Transition #2	Cumulative Time after Transition #2	Cumulative Rank after Transition #2	Section #3	Cumulative Time after Section #3	Cumulative Rank after Section #3	Transition #3	Cumulative Time after Transition #3	Cumulative Rank after Transition #3	Finish Section Time	Finish Rank
1	1	Oriol Cardona	ESP	2:37.96	1:08.2 (1)	9.3 (2)	1:17.5	1	12.7 (3)	1:30.2	1	8.5 (1)	1:38.7	1	14.2 (1)	1:52.9	1	13.5 (2)	2:06.4	1	31.56	1	Q
2	6	Ot Ferrer	ESP	2:41.32	1:10.3 (3)	9.9 (3)	1:20.2	2	12.4 (2)	1:32.6	2	8.9 (2)	1:41.5	2	14.8 (4)	1:56.3	2	12.7 (1)	2:09.0	2	32.32	5	Q
3	7	Pablo Giner Dalmasso	FRA	2:42.37	1:09.2 (2)	12.0 (5)	1:21.2	4	11.6 (1)	1:32.8	3	9.3 (=5)	1:42.1	3	14.4 (3)	1:56.5	3	14.0 (3)	2:10.5	3	31.87	3	Q
4	13	Bu Luer	CHN	2:43.89	1:11.4 (4)	9.1 (1)	1:20.5	3	12.8 (4)	1:33.3	4	9.2 (4)	1:42.5	4	15.2 (5)	1:57.7	4	14.1 (4)	2:11.8	4	32.09	4	q
5	18	Michele Boscacci	ITA	2:50.79	1:16.1 (6)	10.8 (4)	1:26.9	5	14.0 (6)	1:40.9	5	9.0 (3)	1:49.9	5	14.3 (2)	2:04.2	5	14.8 (6)	2:19.0	5	31.79	2
6	12	Paul Verbnjak	AUT	2:58.39	1:14.4 (5)	18.9 (6)	1:33.3	6	13.0 (5)	1:46.3	6	9.3 (=5)	1:55.6	6	15.3 (6)	2:10.9	6	14.6 (5)	2:25.5	6	32.89	6

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time	Section #1	Transition #1	Cumulative Time after Transition #1	Cumulative Rank after Transition #1	Section #2	Cumulative Time after Section #2	Cumulative Rank after Section #2	Transition #2	Cumulative Time after Transition #2	Cumulative Rank after Transition #2	Section #3	Cumulative Time after Section #3	Cumulative Rank after Section #3	Transition #3	Cumulative Time after Transition #3	Cumulative Rank after Transition #3	Finish Section Time	Finish Rank
1	2	Jon Kistler	SUI	2:38.36	1:11.2 (1)	8.5 (2)	1:19.7	1	13.2 (3)	1:32.9	1	9.0 (2)	1:41.9	1	13.3 (1)	1:55.2	1	13.1 (5)	2:08.3	1	30.06	2	Q
2	8	Nikita Filippov	AIN	2:39.84	1:12.6 (3)	8.4 (1)	1:21.0	2	13.5 (=4)	1:34.5	2	9.5 (=4)	1:44.0	2	14.5 (3)	1:58.5	2	11.3 (1)	2:09.8	2	30.04	1	Q
3	5	Maximilien Drion	BEL	2:42.40	1:12.5 (2)	11.3 (6)	1:23.8	3	11.8 (1)	1:35.6	3	9.5 (=4)	1:45.1	3	14.3 (2)	1:59.4	3	12.6 (4)	2:12.0	3	30.40	4	Q
4	14	Cam Smith	USA	2:47.59	1:18.2 (6)	9.6 (3)	1:27.8	6	12.1 (2)	1:39.9	4	8.5 (1)	1:48.4	4	14.6 (4)	2:03.0	4	12.0 (2)	2:15.0	4	32.59	6	q
5	17	Phil Bellingham	AUS	2:48.39	1:15.7 (5)	10.8 (5)	1:26.5	5	13.5 (=4)	1:40.0	5	9.3 (3)	1:49.3	5	16.2 (5)	2:05.5	5	12.5 (3)	2:18.0	5	30.39	3	q
6	11	Trym Dalset Lødøen	NOR	2:55.87	1:15.5 (4)	10.7 (4)	1:26.2	4	14.0 (6)	1:40.2	6	9.7 (6)	1:49.9	6	17.3 (6)	2:07.2	6	18.0 (6)	2:25.2	6	30.67	5

Heat #3

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time	Section #1	Transition #1	Cumulative Time after Transition #1	Cumulative Rank after Transition #1	Section #2	Cumulative Time after Section #2	Cumulative Rank after Section #2	Transition #2	Cumulative Time after Transition #2	Cumulative Rank after Transition #2	Section #3	Cumulative Time after Section #3	Cumulative Rank after Section #3	Transition #3	Cumulative Time after Transition #3	Cumulative Rank after Transition #3	Finish Section Time	Finish Rank
1	3	Arno Lietha	SUI	2:43.23	1:12.0 (1)	8.1 (1)	1:20.1	1	13.1 (2)	1:33.2	1	9.8 (3)	1:43.0	1	15.6 (=5)	1:58.6	1	13.2 (3)	2:11.8	1	31.43	3	Q
2	4	Thibault Anselmet	FRA	2:46.98	1:14.1 (3)	17.9 (6)	1:32.0	5	9.7 (1)	1:41.7	4	8.4 (1)	1:50.1	4	12.5 (1)	2:02.6	3	13.1 (2)	2:15.7	3	31.28	1	Q
3	9	Hans-Inge Klette	NOR	2:48.19	1:13.9 (2)	8.6 (2)	1:22.5	2	14.0 (4)	1:36.5	2	10.0 (4)	1:46.5	2	15.6 (=5)	2:02.1	2	12.3 (1)	2:14.4	2	33.79	6	Q
4	10	Finn Hösch	GER	2:51.99	1:14.3 (4)	11.5 (4)	1:25.8	3	13.6 (3)	1:39.4	3	9.3 (2)	1:48.7	3	15.1 (3)	2:03.8	4	16.3 (6)	2:20.1	4	31.89	4
5	15	Jan Elantkowski	POL	3:01.99	1:16.4 (5)	11.0 (3)	1:27.4	4	16.5 (6)	1:43.9	5	14.4 (6)	1:58.3	5	15.0 (2)	2:13.3	5	15.9 (5)	2:29.2	5	32.79	5
6	16	Jakub Šiarnik	SVK	3:02.29	1:22.6 (6)	11.6 (5)	1:34.2	6	15.2 (5)	1:49.4	6	12.0 (5)	2:01.4	6	15.4 (4)	2:16.8	6	14.1 (4)	2:30.9	6	31.39	2

Semi-Finals

Date	19 February 2026 — 13:25
Format	Top two in each heat and next three fastest advanced to finals.

Heat #1

Time	13:25

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time	Section #1	Transition #1	Cumulative Time after Transition #1	Cumulative Rank after Transition #1	Section #2	Cumulative Time after Section #2	Cumulative Rank after Section #2	Transition #2	Cumulative Time after Transition #2	Cumulative Rank after Transition #2	Section #3	Cumulative Time after Section #3	Cumulative Rank after Section #3	Transition #3	Cumulative Time after Transition #3	Cumulative Rank after Transition #3	Finish Section Time	Finish Rank
1	2	Jon Kistler	SUI	2:34.93	1:09.8 (2)	8.5 (=1)	1:18.3	2	12.3 (3)	1:30.6	2	7.6 (1)	1:38.2	1	13.1 (3)	1:51.3	1	13.6 (4)	2:04.9	1	30.03	2	Q
2	1	Oriol Cardona	ESP	2:36.10	1:09.3 (1)	8.6 (3)	1:17.9	1	11.5 (2)	1:29.4	1	13.1 (5)	1:42.5	2	12.5 (1)	1:55.0	2	11.0 (2)	2:06.0	2	30.10	3	Q
3	4	Thibault Anselmet	FRA	2:37.17	1:13.0 (3)	8.5 (=1)	1:21.5	3	11.1 (1)	1:32.6	3	11.2 (3)	1:43.8	3	12.9 (2)	1:56.7	3	10.8 (1)	2:07.5	3	29.67	1	q
4	13	Bu Luer	CHN	2:47.04	1:13.1 (4)	9.0 (4)	1:22.1	4	12.6 (4)	1:34.7	4	12.1 (4)	1:46.8	5	15.4 (5)	2:02.2	5	12.3 (3)	2:14.5	4	32.54	5
5	9	Hans-Inge Klette	NOR	2:51.30	1:14.4 (5)	9.3 (5)	1:23.7	5	13.3 (5)	1:37.0	5	9.7 (2)	1:46.7	4	14.6 (4)	2:01.3	4	18.2 (6)	2:19.5	5	31.80	4
6	17	Phil Bellingham	AUS	3:13.53	1:17.2 (6)	11.0 (6)	1:28.2	6	16.1 (6)	1:44.3	6	20.0 (6)	2:04.3	6	18.7 (6)	2:23.0	6	15.8 (5)	2:38.8	6	34.73	6

Heat #2

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time	Section #1	Transition #1	Cumulative Time after Transition #1	Cumulative Rank after Transition #1	Section #2	Cumulative Time after Section #2	Cumulative Rank after Section #2	Transition #2	Cumulative Time after Transition #2	Cumulative Rank after Transition #2	Section #3	Cumulative Time after Section #3	Cumulative Rank after Section #3	Transition #3	Cumulative Time after Transition #3	Cumulative Rank after Transition #3	Finish Section Time	Finish Rank
1	3	Arno Lietha	SUI	2:33.79	1:06.5 (1)	8.0 (1)	1:14.5	1	13.2 (6)	1:27.7	=1	8.2 (2)	1:35.9	1	15.1 (6)	1:51.0	1	12.1 (2)	2:03.1	1	30.69	1	Q
2	8	Nikita Filippov	AIN	2:34.53	1:07.6 (3)	9.0 (=2)	1:16.6	3	12.1 (=3)	1:28.7	3	7.8 (1)	1:36.5	2	14.8 (5)	1:51.3	2	12.3 (=3)	2:03.6	2	30.93	2	Q
3	6	Ot Ferrer	ESP	2:37.27	1:06.6 (2)	9.0 (=2)	1:15.6	2	12.1 (=3)	1:27.7	=1	11.1 (6)	1:38.8	3	14.0 (2)	1:52.8	3	12.3 (=3)	2:05.1	3	32.17	5	q
4	7	Pablo Giner Dalmasso	FRA	2:41.29	1:12.1 (5)	10.2 (5)	1:22.3	4	11.7 (2)	1:34.0	4	9.5 (5)	1:43.5	4	13.8 (1)	1:57.3	4	12.0 (1)	2:09.3	4	31.99	4
5	5	Maximilien Drion	BEL	2:47.23	1:07.8 (4)	15.8 (6)	1:23.6	5	11.4 (1)	1:35.0	5	8.8 (4)	1:43.8	5	14.7 (=3)	1:58.5	5	17.1 (6)	2:15.6	5	31.63	3
6	14	Cam Smith	USA	2:50.74	1:17.8 (6)	9.8 (4)	1:27.6	6	12.6 (5)	1:40.2	6	8.6 (3)	1:48.8	6	14.7 (=3)	2:03.5	6	13.7 (5)	2:17.2	6	33.54	6

Final Round

Date	19 February 2026 — 14:15

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Time	Section #1	Transition #1	Cumulative Time after Transition #1	Cumulative Rank after Transition #1	Section #2	Cumulative Time after Section #2	Cumulative Rank after Section #2	Transition #2	Cumulative Time after Transition #2	Cumulative Rank after Transition #2	Section #3	Cumulative Time after Section #3	Cumulative Rank after Section #3	Transition #3	Cumulative Time after Transition #3	Cumulative Rank after Transition #3	Finish Section Time	Finish Rank
1	1	Oriol Cardona	ESP	2:34.03	1:06.8 (=1)	8.4 (3)	1:15.2	1	11.1 (2)	1:26.3	1	9.1 (=4)	1:35.4	1	12.5 (1)	1:47.9	1	13.6 (5)	2:01.5	1	32.53	4
2	8	Nikita Filippov	AIN	2:35.55	1:09.2 (4)	8.0 (1)	1:17.2	3	12.0 (3)	1:29.2	2	10.8 (6)	1:40.0	3	13.0 (=2)	1:53.0	2	12.2 (3)	2:05.2	2	30.35	2
3	4	Thibault Anselmet	FRA	2:36.34	1:11.0 (6)	12.6 (5)	1:23.6	5	10.9 (1)	1:34.5	5	9.1 (=4)	1:43.6	5	13.0 (=2)	1:56.6	4	10.8 (2)	2:07.4	3	28.94	1
4	3	Arno Lietha	SUI	2:39.07	1:07.5 (3)	8.3 (2)	1:15.8	2	15.1 (6)	1:30.9	3	8.7 (3)	1:39.6	2	15.3 (4)	1:54.9	3	13.4 (4)	2:08.3	4	30.77	3
5	6	Ot Ferrer	ESP	2:54.45	1:10.2 (5)	10.0 (4)	1:20.2	4	14.0 (5)	1:34.2	4	8.6 (2)	1:42.8	4	22.7 (5)	2:05.5	5	15.6 (6)	2:21.1	6	33.35	5
6	2	Jon Kistler	SUI	2:57.87	1:06.8 (=1)	18.2 (6)	1:25.0	6	13.3 (4)	1:38.3	6	7.5 (1)	1:45.8	6	24.3 (6)	2:10.1	6	8.1 (1)	2:18.2	5	39.67	6