The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup

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 December 2, 2009 in Östersund, Sweden and ended March 28, 2010 with the Mixed Relay World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia...

 – Pursuit Men will start at Saturday December 13, 2009 in Hochfilzen

2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 2

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup - World Cup 2 is the second event of the season and was held in Hochfilzen, Austria from Friday December 11 until Sunday December 13, 2009.-Schedule of events:The timeschedule of the event stands below-Men:-Women:...

 and will finish Saturday March 20, 2010 in Oslo

2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 9

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 9 was the ninth event of the season and was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from Thursday, March 25 until Sunday, March 28, 2010.-Schedule of events:The timeschedule of the event stands below-Men:-Women:...

. Defending titlist is Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...

 of Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

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Competition format

This is a pursuit competition. The biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, most commonly a sprint race. The contestants ski

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

 a distance of 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of 150 metres (492.1 ft). There are two prone shooting bouts and two standing bouts, in that order. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner.

To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. The biathletes shoot (on a first-come, first-serve basis) at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.

Points are awarded for each event, according to each contestant's finish. When all events are completed. the contestant with the highest number of points is declared the season winner.

2008–09 Top 3 Standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...	342
Silver:	Emil Hegle Svendsen Emil Hegle Svendsen Emil Hegle Svendsen is a Norwegian biathlete. He skis with Strindheim IL, based in Trondheim. He is tall, and weighs 170 lb ....	308
Bronze:	Tomasz Sikora Tomasz Sikora Tomasz Sikora , is a Polish biathlete.In 1993 he finished second in 10 km sprint at world youth championships in Ruhpolding....	276

Medal winners

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Hochfilzen 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 2 The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup - World Cup 2 is the second event of the season and was held in Hochfilzen, Austria from Friday December 11 until Sunday December 13, 2009.-Schedule of events:The timeschedule of the event stands below-Men:-Women:... details	Emil Hegle Svendsen Emil Hegle Svendsen Emil Hegle Svendsen is a Norwegian biathlete. He skis with Strindheim IL, based in Trondheim. He is tall, and weighs 170 lb ....	34:36.7 (0+0+0+1)	Simon Eder Simon Eder Simon Eder is an Austrian biathlete. First World Cup win in Khanty-Mansiysk Mass-start 29 March 2009.- External links :* *...	34:38.3 (0+1+0+0)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...	34:39.8 (0+1+2+0)
Pokljuka 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 3 The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 3 is the third event of the season and was held in Pokljuka, Slovenia from Thursday December 17 until Sunday December 20, 2009.-Schedule of events:The timeschedule of the event stands below-Men:-Women:... details	Evgeny Ustyugov Evgeny Ustyugov Evgeny Romanovich Ustyugov is a Russian biathlete. He won the gold medal in the men's 15km mass start event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada...	34:50.9 (0+1+1+0)	Roland Lessing Roland Lessing Roland Lessing is an Estonian biathlete. First World Cup podium was in Pokljuka Pursuit 20 December 2009.- External links :* *...	35:00.2 (0+0+0+0)	Simon Eder Simon Eder Simon Eder is an Austrian biathlete. First World Cup win in Khanty-Mansiysk Mass-start 29 March 2009.- External links :* *...	35:01.8 (1+0+0+1)
Antholz 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 6 The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 6 was the sixth event of the season and was held in Antholz, Italy from Wednesday, January 20 until Sunday, January 24, 2010.-Schedule of events:The timeschedule of the event stands below-Men:-Women:... details	Daniel Mesotitsch Daniel Mesotitsch Daniel Mesotitsch is an Austrian biathlete, the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. He was born in Villach, Kärnten, Austria.His height is 181 cm and weight 80 kg.-World championships:...	31:50.4 (0+0+0+1)	Arnd Peiffer Arnd Peiffer Arnd Peiffer is a German biathlete. In 2008, he ran his first single World Cup Race, and the at the end of the same season he retrieved his first world cup victory.-Career highlights:IBU World Championships...	31:52.1 (0+1+0+0)	Dominik Landertinger Dominik Landertinger Dominik Landertinger is an Austrian biathlete. He debuted in the 2007/2008 season, and his big breakthrough came during the 2008/2009 season, where he, as of February 22, 2009, has eight podium finishes, including a gold medal in the 15 km mass start at the 2009 World Championships in...	32:10.1 (1+1+1+0)
2010 Winter Olympics Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics The biathlon competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics were held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between the 13th and 26 February 2010.... details Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit The men's pursuit competition in biathlon at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia on February 16, 2010...	Björn Ferry Björn Ferry Björn Ferry is a Swedish biathlete and medal winning Olympian. He began competing internationally in World Cup competitions in 2001, but did not win his first international race until the 2007/2008 season. In 2007, he won gold in the mixed relay event at the Biathlon World Championships...	33:38.4 (0+0+0+1)	Christoph Sumann Christoph Sumann Christoph "Sumi" Sumann is an Austrian biathlete.As many fellow biathletes Sumann picked up the sport switching from cross-country skiing he had been doing since childhood. By mid-1990s he entered junior ski team of Austria and he made it onto the senior level later on...	33:54.9 (0+0+1+1)	Vincent Jay Vincent Jay Vincent Jay is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 10 km sprint and a Bronze medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Jay also won the 20 km individual race at the 2009 World Cup event in Vancouver.- External links :*...	34:06.6 (0+0+1+1)
Kontiolahti 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 7 The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 7 was the seventh event of the season and was held in Kontiolahti, Finland from Friday, March 12 until Sunday, March 14, 2010.-Schedule of events:The timeschedule of the event stands below-Men:-Women:... details	Martin Fourcade Martin Fourcade Martin Fourcade is a French biathlete. Fourcade won the pursuit at the 2011 Biathlon World Championships, and is also an Olympic silver medalist and winner of the 2009–10 Pursuit World Cup.-Early career:...	32:35.1 (1+0+0+0)	Christian De Lorenzi	32:45.2 (0+0+0+1)	Vincent Jay Vincent Jay Vincent Jay is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 10 km sprint and a Bronze medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Jay also won the 20 km individual race at the 2009 World Cup event in Vancouver.- External links :*...	32:50.7 (0+0+0+0)
Oslo 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 was the eighth event of the season and was held in Oslo, Norway from Thursday, March 18 until Sunday, March 21, 2010.-Schedule of events:The timeschedule of the event stands below-Men:-Women:... details	Martin Fourcade Martin Fourcade Martin Fourcade is a French biathlete. Fourcade won the pursuit at the 2011 Biathlon World Championships, and is also an Olympic silver medalist and winner of the 2009–10 Pursuit World Cup.-Early career:...	33:46.9 (1+0+1+1)	Simon Schempp Simon Schempp Simon Schempp is a German biathlete. In 2009, he ran his first single World Cup Race. He competed for Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing fifth.-Career highlights:IBU World ChampionshipsWorld Cup...	33:55.9 (0+0+0+0)	Ivan Tcherezov	34:13.1 (0+0+0+1)

Standings

#	Name	HOC	POK	ANT	OLY	KON	OSL	Total
		27	–	43	7	60	60	197
2		54	48	23	43	28	13	196
3		19	34	29	38	40	48	189
4		40	60	2	26	20	38	184
5		21	43	48	27	26	40	184
6		43	–	30	54	25	27	179
7		–	30	25	48	48	23	174
8		60	–	–	34	36	43	173
9		14	40	54	4	32	20	160
10		36	27	–	60	–	34	157
11		34	32	34	–	22	32	154
12		25	12	60	0	9	29	135
13		8	31	–	–	29	54	122
14		–	25	38	23	30	–	116
15		13	2	28	28	18	25	114
16		48	–	–	36	–	24	108
17		20	4	–	22	43	9	98
18		–	36	3	32	24	0	95
19		29	–	11	–	54	0	94
20		23	19	–	20	13	18	93
21		31	38	–	0	0	17	86
22		–	23	32	31	0	–	86
23		11	16	36	21	–	–	84
24		–	28	8	30	16	–	82
25		0	–	14	25	34	7	80
26		38	15	26	–	–	–	79
27		–	–	24	16	7	30	77
28		15	–	–	40	–	21	76
29		32	26	–	18	0	–	76
30		28	–	0	–	19	26	73
31		2	0	0	12	38	19	71
32		30	17	–	24	0	–	71
33		22	–	19	19	6	–	66
34		18	18	13	–	17	0	66
35		0	21	–	8	–	31	60
36		–	54	–	–	–	0	54
37		0	24	–	–	27	2	53
38		–	–	40	11	–	0	51
39		17	8	22	0	–	3	50
40		0	6	0	0	11	28	45
41		–	22	18	–	4	–	44
42		–	11	17	–	0	16	44
43		–	0	–	29	14	–	43
44		0	–	21	0	–	22	43
45		0	–	31	–	–	11	42
46		–	20	0	2	12	6	40
47		10	0	–	–	15	15	40
48		12	7	6	15	–	–	40
49		0	0	27	–	–	12	39
50		–	–	–	–	1	36	37
51		16	14	7	–	–	0	37
52		26	–	9	0	–	–	35
53		–	29	–	–	–	4	33
54		9	13	0	0	10	–	32
55		0	0	–	–	31	–	31
56		24	–	–	–	5	–	29
57		–	10	–	17	–	–	27
58		–	–	–	–	23	1	24
59		6	–	–	0	8	8	22
60		–	–	–	–	21	–	21
61		–	0	20	–	–	–	20
62		4	0	0	13	0	0	17
63		–	–	16	–	–	–	16
64		–	0	15	0	–	–	15
65		0	–	–	14	0	–	14
66		0	–	–	–	–	14	14
67		–	–	12	–	–	–	12
68		1	–	–	10	–	–	11
69		0	0	10	–	–	–	10
70		–	–	–	–	–	10	10
71		7	–	1	–	2	–	10
72		–	–	–	9	0	–	9
73		–	9	–	0	–	–	9
74		–	0	–	6	–	–	6
75		–	–	0	3	3	–	6
76		5	–	–	0	–	–	5
77		0	5	–	0	0	–	5
78		–	0	–	5	0	–	5
79		–	–	–	–	–	5	5
79		–	–	5	–	–		5
81		0	0	4	–	0	0	4
82		3	–	0	–	–	–	3
83		0	3	–	–	0	–	3
84		–	1	–	1	–	–	2