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2001–02 Biathlon World Cup

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The 2001–02 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 6 December 2001 in Hochfilzen, Austria, and ended on 24 March 2002 in Holmenkollen, Norway.[1] It was the twenty-fifth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2001–02 season.[1]

Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Details
Austria Hochfilzen 6–9 December ● ● ● details
Slovenia Pokljuka 12–16 December ● ● ● details
Slovakia Brezno-Osrblie 19–22 December ● ● ● details
Germany Oberhof 9–13 January ● ● ● details
Germany Ruhpolding 16–20 January ● ● ● details
Italy Antholz-Anterselva 23–27 January ● ● ● details
United States Salt Lake City 11–20 February ● ● ● ● Winter Olympics
Sweden Östersund 9–10 March ● ● details
Finland Lahti 14–17 March ● ● ● details
Norway Holmenkollen 21–23 March ● ● details
Norway Holmenkollen 24 March ● World Championships
Total 4 8 9 3 6

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos. Points
1. France Raphaël Poirée 805
2. Russia Pavel Rostovtsev 719
3. Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen 692
4. Germany Sven Fischer 681
5. Norway Frode Andresen 664
  • Final standings after 24 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos. Points
1. Sweden Magdalena Forsberg 944
2. Norway Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 795
3. Germany Uschi Disl 739
4. Russia Olga Pyleva 726
5. Germany Katrin Apel 639
  • Final standings after 24 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory
  •  Christoph Sumann (AUT), 25, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; it also was his first podium
  •  Katja Holanti (FIN), 27, in her 9th season — the WC 3 Sprint in Brezno-Osrblie; first podium was 2001–02 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie
  •  Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 25, in his 3rd season — the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was his first podium
  •  Olga Pyleva (RUS), 26, in her 3rd season — the Olympic Pursuit in Salt Lake City; first podium was 1999–2000 Sprint in Ruhpolding
  •  Katrin Apel (GER), 28, in her 7th season — the WC 8 Sprint in Lahti; first podium was 1995–96 Individual in Pokljuka
First World Cup podium
  •  Vincent Defrasne (FRA), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Individual in Pokljuka
  •  Katja Holanti (FIN), 27, in her 9th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Brezno-Osrblie
  •  Alexander Wolf (GER), 23, in his 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Mass Start in Brezno-Osrblie
  •  Michael Greis (GER), 25, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding
  •  Mikhail Kochkin (RUS), 22, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Linda Tjørhom (NOR), 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
  •  Katja Beer (GER), 25, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Lahti
  •  Olga Nazarova (BLR), 24, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the World Championships Mass Start in Holmenkollen
Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Retirements

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2001–02 season:

References

  1. ^ a b "Event Schedule". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
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