2009–10 Biathlon World Cup

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2009–10 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Germany Magdalena Neuner
Nations Cup Norway Norway Germany Germany
Individual Austria Christoph Sumann Sweden Anna Carin Zidek
Sprint Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Germany Simone Hauswald
Pursuit France Martin Fourcade Germany Magdalena Neuner
Mass start Russia Evgeny Ustyugov Germany Magdalena Neuner
Relay Norway Norway Russia Russia
Competition
2009–10 Biathlon World Cup

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started 2 December 2009 in Östersund, Sweden and ended 28 March 2010 with the Mixed Relay World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Races of the season were broadcast in Europe on Eurosport channel.

Calendar[edit]

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2009–10 season.[1]

Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Details
Sweden Östersund 2–6 December details
Austria Hochfilzen 11–13 December details
Slovenia Pokljuka 17–20 December details
Germany Oberhof 6–10 January details
Germany Ruhpolding 13–17 January details
Italy Antholz 20–24 January details
Canada Vancouver 13–26 February Winter Olympics
Finland Kontiolahti 12–14 March details
Norway Oslo 18–21 March details
Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 25–27 March details
Total 4 10 6 5 5

World Cup podiums[edit]

Men[edit]

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 3 December 2009 Sweden Östersund 20 km Individual Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen United States Tim Burke Austria Christoph Sumann Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
5 December 2009 Sweden Östersund 10 km Sprint Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen United States Tim Burke Detail
2 11 December 2009 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Russia Nikolay Kruglov Russia Evgeny Ustyugov Detail
12 December 2009 Austria Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Austria Simon Eder Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail
3 17 December 2009 Slovenia Pokljuka 20 km Individual Austria Christoph Sumann France Simon Fourcade Norway Alexander Os Austria Christoph Sumann Detail
19 December 2009 Slovenia Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Russia Ivan Tcherezov Austria Dominik Landertinger Switzerland Thomas Frei Detail
20 December 2009 Slovenia Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Russia Evgeny Ustyugov Estonia Roland Lessing Austria Simon Eder United States Tim Burke Detail
4 9 January 2010 Germany Oberhof 10 km Sprint Russia Evgeny Ustyugov Germany Michael Greis Sweden Carl Johan Bergman Russia Evgeny Ustyugov Detail
10 January 2010 Germany Oberhof 15 km Mass Start Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen United States Tim Burke Poland Tomasz Sikora United States Tim Burke Detail
5 14 January 2010 Germany Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Germany Michael Greis Russia Evgeny Ustyugov Detail
16 January 2010 Germany Ruhpolding 15 km Mass Start Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Russia Evgeny Ustyugov Austria Simon Eder Detail
6 21 January 2010 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Ukraine Serhiy Sednev Austria Daniel Mesotitsch France Alexis Bœuf Detail
23 January 2010 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Germany Arnd Peiffer Austria Dominik Landertinger Germany Christoph Stephan Detail
24 January 2010 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Germany Arnd Peiffer Austria Dominik Landertinger France Simon Fourcade Detail
OG 14 February 2010 Canada Vancouver 10 km Sprint France Vincent Jay Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Croatia Jakov Fak Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
16 February 2010 Canada Vancouver 12.5 km Pursuit Sweden Björn Ferry Austria Christoph Sumann France Vincent Jay Austria Christoph Sumann Detail
18 February 2010 Canada Vancouver 20 km Individual Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Belarus Sergey Novikov Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
21 February 2010 Canada Vancouver 15 km Mass Start Russia Evgeny Ustyugov France Martin Fourcade Slovakia Pavol Hurajt Russia Evgeny Ustyugov Detail
7 13 March 2010 Finland Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Russia Ivan Tcherezov Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen France Martin Fourcade Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
14 March 2010 Finland Kontiolahti 12.5 km Pursuit France Martin Fourcade Italy Christian De Lorenzi France Vincent Jay Detail
8 18 March 2010 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint France Martin Fourcade Russia Maxim Tchoudov Austria Christoph Sumann Detail
20 March 2010 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit France Martin Fourcade Germany Simon Schempp Russia Ivan Tcherezov Detail
21 March 2010 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Russia Ivan Tcherezov Austria Christoph Sumann Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail
9 26 March 2010 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint Russia Ivan Tcherezov Italy Christian De Lorenzi Ukraine Andriy Deryzemlya Detail
27 March 2010 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Mass Start Austria Dominik Landertinger Germany Arnd Peiffer Norway Halvard Hanevold Detail

Women[edit]

Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib
(After competition)
Det.
1 2 December 2009 Sweden Östersund 15 km Individual Sweden Helena Jonsson Sweden Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Belarus Darya Domracheva Sweden Helena Jonsson Detail
5 December 2009 Sweden Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Norway Tora Berger Russia Olga Medvedtseva Finland Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail
2 11 December 2009 Austria Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Sweden Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Sweden Helena Jonsson Russia Olga Zaitseva Detail
12 December 2009 Austria Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Sweden Helena Jonsson Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Russia Olga Zaitseva Detail
3 17 December 2009 Slovenia Pokljuka 15 km Individual Sweden Helena Jonsson Sweden Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Slovakia Anastázia Kuzminová Detail
19 December 2009 Slovenia Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Russia Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Germany Magdalena Neuner Detail
20 December 2009 Slovenia Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Germany Magdalena Neuner Russia Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Detail
4 8 January 2010 Germany Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Germany Simone Hauswald Sweden Helena Jonsson Norway Ann Kristin Flatland Detail
10 January 2010 Germany Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start Germany Andrea Henkel Sweden Helena Jonsson Norway Tora Berger Detail
5 13 January 2010 Germany Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Sweden Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Russia Olga Medvedtseva Germany Magdalena Neuner Detail
16 January 2010 Germany Ruhpolding 12.5 km Mass Start Sweden Helena Jonsson Germany Simone Hauswald Germany Magdalena Neuner Detail
6 20 January 2010 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Germany Magdalena Neuner Germany Kati Wilhelm Germany Andrea Henkel Detail
22 January 2010 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Germany Magdalena Neuner Germany Andrea Henkel France Sandrine Bailly Detail
24 January 2010 Italy Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Germany Andrea Henkel Germany Magdalena Neuner Norway Ann Kristin Flatland Detail
OG 13 February 2010 Canada Vancouver 7.5 km Sprint Slovakia Anastázia Kuzminová Germany Magdalena Neuner France Marie Dorin Detail
16 February 2010 Canada Vancouver 10 km Pursuit Germany Magdalena Neuner Slovakia Anastázia Kuzminová France Marie-Laure Brunet Detail
18 February 2010 Canada Vancouver 15 km Individual Norway Tora Berger Kazakhstan Elena Khrustaleva Belarus Darya Domracheva Detail
21 February 2010 Canada Vancouver 12.5 km Mass Start Germany Magdalena Neuner Russia Olga Zaitseva Germany Simone Hauswald Detail
7 13 March 2010 Finland Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Belarus Darya Domracheva Russia Olga Zaitseva Germany Kati Wilhelm Germany Magdalena Neuner Detail
14 March 2010 Finland Kontiolahti 10 km Pursuit Belarus Darya Domracheva Germany Magdalena Neuner Germany Simone Hauswald Detail
8 18 March 2010 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Germany Simone Hauswald Belarus Darya Domracheva Sweden Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Detail
20 March 2010 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Germany Simone Hauswald Belarus Darya Domracheva Sweden Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Detail
21 March 2010 Norway Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Germany Simone Hauswald Ukraine Vita Semerenko Germany Magdalena Neuner Detail
9 25 March 2010 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint Russia Yana Romanova France Marie-Laure Brunet Sweden Helena Jonsson Detail
27 March 2010 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Mass Start Germany Magdalena Neuner France Sandrine Bailly Slovakia Anastázia Kuzminová Detail

Men's team[edit]

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
1 6 December 2009 Sweden Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay  France
Vincent Jay
Vincent Defrasne
Simon Fourcade
Martin Fourcade
 Norway
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Alexander Os
Lars Berger
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann
2 13 December 2009 Austria Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay  Austria
Simon Eder
Daniel Mesotitsch
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann
 Russia
Ivan Tcherezov
Evgeny Ustyugov
Nikolay Kruglov
Maxim Tchoudov
 Germany
Christoph Stephan
Arnd Peiffer
Michael Greis
Simon Schempp
4 7 January 2010 Germany Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 France
Vincent Jay
Vincent Defrasne
Simon Fourcade
Martin Fourcade
 Germany
Christoph Stephan
Michael Greis
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp
5 17 January 2010 Germany Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay  Russia
Ivan Tcherezov
Anton Shipulin
Maxim Tchoudov
Evgeny Ustyugov
 Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Tarjei Bø
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Emil Hegle Svendsen
 Austria
Daniel Mesotitsch
Friedrich Pinter
Tobias Eberhard
Dominik Landertinger
OG 26 February 2010 Canada Vancouver 4x7.5 km Relay  Norway
Halvard Hanevold
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Austria
Simon Eder
Daniel Mesotitsch
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann
 Russia
Ivan Tcherezov
Anton Shipulin
Maxim Tchoudov
Evgeny Ustyugov

Women's team[edit]

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
1 6 December 2009 Sweden Östersund 4x6 km Relay  Germany
Martina Beck
Andrea Henkel
Simone Hauswald
Kati Wilhelm
 Russia
Svetlana Sleptsova
Anna Boulygina
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Medvedtseva
 France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly
2 13 December 2009 Austria Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay  Russia
Svetlana Sleptsova
Anna Boulygina
Yana Romanova
Olga Zaitseva
 France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly
 Sweden
Elisabeth Högberg
Anna Carin Zidek
Anna Maria Nilsson
Helena Jonsson
4 6 January 2010 Germany Oberhof 4x6 km Relay  Russia
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Boulygina
Olga Medvedtseva
Svetlana Sleptsova
 Germany
Martina Beck
Simone Hauswald
Tina Bachmann
Andrea Henkel
 France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly
5 15 January 2010 Germany Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay  Sweden
Elisabeth Högberg
Anna Carin Zidek
Anna Maria Nilsson
Helena Jonsson
 Russia
Yana Romanova
Anna Boulygina
Olga Medvedtseva
Olga Zaitseva
 Norway
Liv-Kjersti Eikeland
Ann Kristin Flatland
Solveig Rogstad
Tora Berger
OG 23 February 2010 Canada Vancouver 4x6 km Relay  Russia
Svetlana Sleptsova
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Olga Medvedtseva
Olga Zaitseva
 France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly
 Germany
Kati Wilhelm
Simone Hauswald
Martina Beck
Andrea Henkel

Mixed[edit]

Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third
7 12 March 2010 Finland Kontiolahti 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 Norway
Ann Kristin Flatland
Tora Berger
Halvard Hanevold
Tarjei Bø
 Germany
Kati Wilhelm
Magdalena Neuner
Erik Lesser
Simon Schempp
 Italy
Katja Haller
Karin Oberhofer
Lukas Hofer
Christian De Lorenzi
9 (WC) 28 March 2010 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay
 Germany
Simone Hauswald
Magdalena Neuner
Simon Schempp
Arnd Peiffer
 Norway
Ann Kristin Flatland
Tora Berger
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
 Sweden
Helena Jonsson
Anna Carin Zidek
Björn Ferry
Carl Johan Bergman

Standings: Men[edit]

Overall[edit]

Pos. Points
1. Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen 828
2. Austria Christoph Sumann 813
3. Russia Ivan Tcherezov 782
4. Russia Evgeny Ustyugov 752
5. France Martin Fourcade 719
  • Final standings after 25 races.

Standings: Women[edit]

Overall[edit]

Pos. Points
1. Germany Magdalena Neuner 933
2. Germany Simone Hauswald 857
3. Sweden Helena Jonsson 820
4. Germany Andrea Henkel 786
5. Sweden Anna Carin Zidek 778
  • Final standings after 25 races.

Medal table[edit]

(includes medals of the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany14131340
2 Russia1412632
3 Norway138829
4 Sweden85619
5 France57921
6 Austria47718
7 Belarus2327
8 Slovakia1135
9 Ukraine1113
10 Italy0213
 United States0213
12 Estonia0101
 Kazakhstan0101
14 Croatia0011
 Finland0011
 Poland0011
  Switzerland0011
Totals (17 entries)626361186

Achievements[edit]

First World Cup career victory
  •  Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS), 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka; first podium was 2009–10 Sprint in Hochfilzen
  •  Serhiy Sednev (UKR), 26, in his 7th season — the WC 6 Individual in Antholz; first podium was 2007–08 Individual in Pokljuka
  •  Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 25, in her 4th season — the 2010 Winter Olympics Sprint; first podium was 2009 World Championships Mass start in Pyeongchang
  •  Darya Domracheva (BLR), 23, in her 4th season — the WC 7 Sprint in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2008–09 Sprint in Ruhpolding
  •  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 7 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2010 Winter Olympics Mass start in Vancouver
  •  Yana Romanova (RUS), 26, in her 3rd season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; it also was her first podium
First World Cup podium
  •  Tim Burke (USA), 27, in his 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
  •  Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS), 24, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen
  •  Thomas Frei (SUI), 29, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka
  •  Roland Lessing (EST), 31, in his 12th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka
  •  Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR), 27, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
  •  Alexis Bœuf (FRA), 23, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Antholz
  •  Elena Khrustaleva (KAZ), 29, in her 5th season — no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Individual
  •  Sergey Novikov (BLR), 29, in his 10th season — no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Individual
  •  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 21, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Mass start
  •  Christian De Lorenzi (ITA), 29, in his 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
  •  Simon Schempp (GER), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Oslo
  •  Yana Romanova (RUS), 26, in her 3rd season — no. 1 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements[edit]

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2009–10 season: