The article announces the live broadcast of the men's 15 km mass start biathlon race taking place in Kontiolahti, Estonia, at 17:45 EEST on ETV2 and ERR's sports portal. Commentators Ivar Lepik and Karel Kulbin will provide insights during the race. The event will feature 30 athletes, but notably, there are no Estonian participants competing in this particular race.

The race is set to commence with top competitors from the current World Cup series, including the overall leader Eric Perrot from France, Sebastian Samuelsson from Sweden, and Johan-Olav Botn from Norway starting from the front row. Following them will be competitors from the second row: Johannes Dale-Skjevdal from Norway and French athletes Quentin Fillon Maillet and Emilien Jacquelin, who will also aim for podium positions.

In the context of the season's standings, Perrot currently leads the small crystal globe point classification for the mass start discipline, having recently triumphed at the Nove Mesto World Cup stage. The first mass start event of the season, held in Le Grand Bornand, was won by Tommaso Giacomel from Italy, although he has since concluded his season. Dale-Skjevdal, who claimed the Olympic title in the discipline at the Milano Cortina Games, is among the strong challengers in this race.