2000–01 Biathlon World Cup Explained

2000–01 World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Raphaël Poirée
Competition1ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Norway
Competition2ladies:	Germany
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Sergei Rozhkov
Competition3ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Competition4ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Raphaël Poirée
Competition5ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition6:	Mass start
Competition6men:	Sven Fischer
Competition6ladies:	Magdalena Forsberg
Competition7:	Relay
Competition7men:	Norway
Competition7ladies:	Norway
Previous:	1999–00
Next:	2001–02

The 2000–01 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2000 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, and ended on 18 March 2001 in Holmenkollen, Norway.^[1] It was the 24th season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2000–01 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay	Details
Antholz-Anterselva	30 November–3 December	●	●			●	details
Antholz-Anterselva	7–10 December		●	●		●	details
Antholz-Anterselva	14–17 December	●	●	●			details
Oberhof	4–7 January		●	●	●		details
Ruhpolding	10–14 January		●	●		●	details
Antholz-Anterselva	18–21 January		●		●	●	details
Pokljuka	3–11 February	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
Salt Lake City	28 February–3 March	●	●	●			details
Lake Placid	7 March		●				details
Holmenkollen	16–18 March		●	●	●		details
Total		4	10	7	4	5

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	30 November 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Zdeněk Vítek	Carsten Heymann	Sergei Rozhkov	Zdeněk Vítek	Detail
1	1 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée	Detail
2	7 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Pavel Rostovtsev	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
2	8 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen		Detail
3	14 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Sergei Rozhkov	Raphaël Poirée	Ricco Groß		Detail
3	15 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vadim Sashurin		Detail
3	17 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Sven Fischer		Detail
4	4 January 2001	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Raphaël Poirée	Tord Wiksten	Carsten Heymann		Detail
4	6 January 2001	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Viktor Maigourov	Raphaël Poirée	Frode Andresen		Detail
4	7 January 2001	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Sven Fischer	Egil Gjelland	Tomaž Globočnik		Detail
5	12 January 2001	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Egil Gjelland		Detail
5	14 January 2001	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Raphaël Poirée	Frank Luck	Ricco Groß		Detail
6	18 January 2001	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Raphaël Poirée	Frode Andresen		Detail
6	21 January 2001	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Carsten Heymann	Pavel Rostovtsev		Detail
WC	3 February 2001	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Pavel Rostovtsev	René Cattarinussi	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
WC	4 February 2001	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Pavel Rostovtsev	Raphaël Poirée	Sven Fischer		Detail
WC	7 February 2001	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Paavo Puurunen	Vadim Sashurin	Ilmārs Bricis		Detail
WC	9 February 2001	Pokljuka	15 km Mass Start	Raphaël Poirée	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer		Detail
7	28 February 2001	Salt Lake City	20 km Individual	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sven Fischer	Julien Robert		Detail
7	2 March 2001	Salt Lake City	10 km Sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Frode Andresen	Frank Luck		Detail
7	3 March 2001	Salt Lake City	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Vadim Sashurin	Pavel Rostovtsev		Detail
8	7 March 2001	Lake Placid	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Henrik Forsberg		Detail
9	16 March 2001	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Frode Andresen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Halvard Hanevold		Detail
9	17 March 2001	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Frode Andresen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Egil Gjelland		Detail
9	18 March 2001	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Sven Fischer	Raphaël Poirée	Frode Andresen		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	30 November 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Corinne Niogret	Andrea Henkel	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret	Detail
1	1 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Olena Zubrilova	Corinne Niogret	Olena Petrova		Detail
2	7 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Gro Marit Istad	Olga Pyleva	Kati Wilhelm		Detail
2	8 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Corinne Niogret	Olena Zubrilova		Detail
3	14 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Sandrine Bailly	Corinne Niogret	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
3	16 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Liv Grete Poirée	Tetyana Vodopyanova	Magdalena Forsberg	Detail
3	17 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Andrea Henkel	Uschi Disl		Detail
4	5 January 2001	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Corinne Niogret		Detail
4	6 January 2001	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova	Uschi Disl		Detail
4	7 January 2001	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Magdalena Forsberg	Svetlana Tchernousova	Liv Grete Poirée		Detail
5	13 January 2001	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Liv Grete Poirée	Katrin Apel		Detail
5	14 January 2001	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Liv Grete Poirée	Galina Koukleva		Detail
6	18 January 2001	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Forsberg	Olga Pyleva	Martina Glagow		Detail
6	21 January 2001	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Corinne Niogret	Delphyne Heymann-Burlet	Uschi Disl		Detail
WC	3 February 2001	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Uschi Disl	Liv Grete Poirée		Detail
WC	4 February 2001	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Liv Grete Poirée	Corinne Niogret	Magdalena Forsberg		Detail
WC	6 February 2001	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Liv Grete Poirée	Olena Zubrilova		Detail
WC	9 February 2001	Pokljuka	12.5 km Mass Start	Magdalena Forsberg	Martina Glagow	Liv Grete Poirée		Detail
7	28 February 2001	Salt Lake City	15 km Individual	Magdalena Forsberg	Martina Zellner	Martina Glagow		Detail
7	2 March 2001	Salt Lake City	7.5 km Sprint	Uschi Disl	Liv Grete Poirée	Andrea Henkel		Detail
7	3 March 2001	Salt Lake City	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Liv Grete Poirée	Corinne Niogret		Detail
8	7 March 2001	Lake Placid	7.5 km Sprint	Kati Wilhelm	Martina Zellner	Delphyne Heymann-Burlet		Detail
9	16 March 2001	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Liv Grete Poirée	Magdalena Forsberg	Nathalie Santer		Detail
9	17 March 2001	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Forsberg	Liv Grete Poirée	Martina Glagow		Detail
9	18 March 2001	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Yu Shumei	Magdalena Forsberg	Olena Zubrilova		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	3 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
2	9 December 2000	Antholz	4x7.5 km Relay
5	10 January 2001	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
6	20 January 2001	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
WC	11 February 2001	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	3 December 2000	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
2	10 December 2000	Antholz	4x7.5 km Relay
5	11 January 2001	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
6	19 January 2001	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
WC	10 February 2001	Pokljuka	4x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Raphaël Poirée	921
2.		911
3.		712
4.		707
5.		675

• Final standings after 25 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Sergei Rozhkov	133
2.		110
3.		109
4.		107
5.		101

• Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	393
2.		375
3.		337
4.		282
5.		280

• Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Raphaël Poirée	278
2.		272
3.		247
4.		228
5.		190

• Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Sven Fischer	143
2.		136
3.		136
4.		120
5.		109

• Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	189
2.		173
3.		167
4.		165
5.		158

• Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		4919
2.		4713
3.		4455
4.		4356
5.		3905

• Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	1021
2.		804
3.		774
4.		665
5.		635

• Final standings after 25 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	143
2.		110
3.		110
4.		110
5.		102

• Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	368
2.		312
3.		284
4.		252
5.		245

• Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	300
2.		252
3.		246
4.		213
5.		210

• Final standings after 7 races.

Mass Start

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	146
2.		120
3.		117
4.		113
5.		111

• Final standings after 4 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	190
2.		188
3.		182
4.		169
5.		149

• Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		4851
2.		4635
3.		4470
4.		4406
5.		4393

• Final standings after 19 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory:

• , 23, in his 5th season — the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1999–2000 Pursuit in Oberhof
• , 21, in her 2nd season — the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was her first podium
• , 24, in her 1st season — the World Championships Sprint in Pokljuka; first podium was 2000–01 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
• , 27, in his 7th season — the World Championships Individual in Pokljuka; it also was his first podium
• , 23, in her 6th season — the WC 9 Mass Start in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1995–96 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva

First World Cup podium:

• , 24, in her 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
• , 29, in his 8th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
• , 28, in his 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Mass Start in Oberhof
• , 26, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Individual in Salt Lake City
• , 34, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint in Lake Placid

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses):

Men

• , 8 (22) first places
• , 6 (14) first places
• , 3 (11) first places
• , 2 (19) first places
• , 2 (3) first places
• , 1 (8) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Women

• , 14 (33) first places
• , 2 (8) first places
• , 2 (7) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 1 (20) first place
• , 1 (15) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2000–01 season:

Footnotes

1. Web site: Schedule . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 18 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160529043421/http://services.biathlonresults.com/Schedule.aspx . 29 May 2016 .

External links

• IBU official site