2009–10 Biathlon World Cup Explained

2009–10 Biathlon World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Emil Hegle Svendsen
Competition1ladies:	Magdalena Neuner
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Norway
Competition2ladies:	Germany
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Christoph Sumann
Competition3ladies:	Anna Carin Zidek
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Emil Hegle Svendsen
Competition4ladies:	Simone Hauswald
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Martin Fourcade
Competition5ladies:	Magdalena Neuner
Competition6:	Mass start
Competition6men:	Evgeny Ustyugov
Competition6ladies:	Magdalena Neuner
Competition7:	Relay
Competition7men:	Norway
Competition7ladies:	Russia
Previous:	2008–09
Next:	2010–11

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

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

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay	Details
Östersund	2–6 December	●	●			●	details
Hochfilzen	11–13 December		●	●		●	details
Pokljuka	17–20 December	●	●	●			details
Oberhof	6–10 January		●		●	●	details
Ruhpolding	13–17 January		●		●	●	details
Antholz	20–24 January	●	●	●			details
Vancouver	13–26 February	●	●	●	●	●	Winter Olympics
Kontiolahti	12–14 March		●	●			details
Oslo	18–21 March		●	●	●		details
Khanty-Mansiysk	25–27 March		●		●		details
Total		4	10	6	5	5

World Cup podiums

Men

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

Women

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

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	6 December 2009	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay
2	13 December 2009	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay
4	7 January 2010	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay
5	17 January 2010	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay
OG	26 February 2010	Vancouver	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
1	6 December 2009	Östersund	4x6 km Relay
2	13 December 2009	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay
4	6 January 2010	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay
5	15 January 2010	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay
OG	23 February 2010	Vancouver	4x6 km Relay

Mixed

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
7	12 March 2010	Kontiolahti	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay
9 (WC)	28 March 2010	Khanty-Mansiysk	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay

Standings: Men

Pos.		Points
1.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	828
2.		813
3.		782
4.		752
5.		719

Final standings after 25 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Christoph Sumann	142
2.		120
3.		120
4.		114
5.		111

Final standings after 4 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	354
2.		344
3.		292
4.		278
5.		272

Final standings after 10 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	197
2.		196
3.		189
4.		184
5.		184

Final standings after 6 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Evgeny Ustyugov	197
2.		163
3.		161
4.		160
5.		157

Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	228
2.		210
3.		205
4.		195
5.		179

Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.		6250
2.		6161
3.		6107
4.		5846
5.		5760

Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Neuner	933
2.		857
3.		820
4.		786
5.		778

Final standings after 25 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Anna Carin Zidek	132
2.		126
3.		121
4.		121
5.		120

Final standings after 4 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Simone Hauswald	346
2.		334
3.		334
4.		327
5.		303

Final standings after 10 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Neuner	256
2.		217
3.		207
4.		200
5.		195

Final standings after 6 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Neuner	216
2.		198
3.		171
4.		168
5.		154

Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	234
2.		205
3.		204
4.		191
5.		165

Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.		6309
2.		6290
3.		5834
4.		5829
5.		5456

Final standings after 19 races.

Medal table

(includes medals of the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010)

Achievements

First World Cup career victory:

, 24, in his 2nd season - the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka; first podium was 2009–10 Sprint in Hochfilzen
, 26, in his 7th season - the WC 6 Individual in Antholz; first podium was 2007–08 Individual in Pokljuka
, 25, in her 4th season - the 2010 Winter Olympics Sprint; first podium was 2009 World Championships Mass start in Pyeongchang
, 23, in her 4th season - the WC 7 Sprint in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2008–09 Sprint in Ruhpolding
, 21, in his 3rd season - the WC 7 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2010 Winter Olympics Mass start in Vancouver
, 26, in her 3rd season - the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; it also was her first podium

First World Cup podium:

, 27, in his 7th season - no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
, 24, in his 2nd season - no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen
, 29, in his 3rd season - no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka
, 31, in his 12th season - no. 2 in the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka
, 27, in her 7th season - no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
, 23, in his 3rd season - no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Antholz
, 29, in her 5th season - no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Individual
, 29, in his 10th season - no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Individual
, 21, in his 3rd season - no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Mass start
, 29, in his 7th season - no. 2 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
, 21, in his 2nd season - no. 2 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Oslo
, 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):

, 5 (16) first places
, 4 (7) first places
, 3 (91) first places
, 3 (3) first places
, 3 (3) first places
, 1 (5) first place
, 1 (3) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (2) first place
, 1 (1) first place

Women

, 5 (19) first places
, 4 (9) first places
, 4 (7) first places
, 2 (18) first places
, 2 (11) first places
, 2 (6) first places
, 2 (6) first places
, 2 (2) first places
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

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

- ^[2]
- ^[3]
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- - - - ^[7]
- ^[8]
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- - ^[4]
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- ^[9]
  - - - ^[6]
^[10] (comeback in 2012/2013 season)

Notes

Yellow mark means the leader in the overall standings, one will wear the yellow jersey in the next World Cup race. Red mark means the leader in the discipline, one will wear the red jersey during the next World Cup race in the discipline, unless the athlete is at the same time the leader in the overall standings, in which case one will wear combined yellow/read jersey.

External links

IBU official site

Notes and References

Web site: World Cup Schedule . 2009-11-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081218052430/http://www.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?event_level=WC&event_class=S . 2008-12-18 . dead .
News: Brisbane . Justin . 14 November 2013 . Clegg eyes fourth Olympics . Rocky Mountain Outlook . 26 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141226075155/http://www.rmoutlook.com/article/20131114/RMO1101/311149989/-1/rmo/clegg-eyes-fourth-olympics . 26 December 2014 . dead .
News: . 15 September 2010 . Laskesuusataja Kaldvee tegi karjääriga lõpparve . Biathlete Kaldvee wraps up career . et . Postimees . 25 December 2014.
Web site: French Team Reloads for New Season . Kokesh . Jerry . 15 November 2010 . Biathlonworld . International Biathlon Union . 25 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141226062713/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=1061 . 2014-12-26 . dead .
Web site: Norwegian Men Focus on World Cups . Kokesh . Jerry . 10 November 2010 . Biathlonworld . International Biathlon Union . 25 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141226063400/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=1057 . 26 December 2014 .
Web site: Russia Focuses on World Championships . Kokesh . Jerry . 23 November 2010 . Biathlonworld . International Biathlon Union . 25 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141226062709/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=1064 . 2014-12-26 . dead .
Web site: Competition and Farewells at City-Biathlon Püttlingen . . 9 August 2010 . Biathlonworld . International Biathlon Union . 25 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141226062435/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=1002 . 2014-12-26 . dead .
News: . 13 January 2011 . China keeps low key ahead of Winter Asiad . China Daily USA . 31 December 2014.
Web site: New-Look German Team Aiming for the Top . Kokesh . Jerry . 21 November 2010 . Biathlonworld . International Biathlon Union . 25 December 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141226063256/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=1063 . 26 December 2014 .
Web site: Optimism Abounds in Slovenian Team . Kokesh . Jerry . 28 November 2010 . Biathlonworld . International Biathlon Union . 25 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141226062236/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=1072 . 26 December 2014 . dead . dmy-all .