2010–11 Biathlon World Cup Explained

2010–11 Biathlon World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Tarjei Bø
Competition1ladies:	Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Norway
Competition2ladies:	Germany
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Emil Hegle Svendsen
Competition3ladies:	Helena Ekholm
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Tarjei Bø
Competition4ladies:	Magdalena Neuner
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Tarjei Bø
Competition5ladies:	Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Competition6:	Mass start
Competition6men:	Emil Hegle Svendsen
Competition6ladies:	Darya Domracheva
Competition7:	Relay
Competition7men:	Norway
Competition7ladies:	Germany
Mixedcompetition1:	Mixed
Mixedcompetition1both:	France
Previous:	2009–10
Next:	2011–12

The 2010–11 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 29 November 2010 in Östersund, Sweden and ended 20 March 2011 in Holmenkollen, Norway.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2010–11 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay		Details
Östersund	1–5 December	●	●	●				details
Hochfilzen	10–12 December		●	●		●		details
Pokljuka	16–19 December	●	●				●	details
Oberhof	5–9 January		●		●	●		details
Ruhpolding	12–16 January	●	●	●				details
Antholz-Anterselva	20–23 January		●		●	●		details
Presque Isle	4–6 February		●	●			●	details
Fort Kent	10–13 February		●	●	●			details
Khanty-Mansiysk	3–13 March	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
Holmenkollen	17–20 March		●	●	●			details
Total		4	10	7	5	4	3

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
align=center rowspan="3"	1	2 December 2010	Östersund	20 km Individual	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
4 December 2010	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Martin Fourcade	Detail
5 December 2010	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Jakov Fak	Detail
align=center rowspan="2"	2	10 December 2010	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Tarjei Bø	Serhiy Sednev	Alexis Bœuf		Detail
11 December 2010	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Tarjei Bø	Simon Eder	Ivan Tcherezov	Detail
align=center rowspan="2"	3	16 December 2010	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Daniel Mesotitsch	Benjamin Weger	Serhiy Sednev		Detail
18 December 2010	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Björn Ferry	Tarjei Bø	Michael Greis	Tarjei Bø	Detail
align=center rowspan="2"	4	7 January 2011	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Tarjei Bø		Arnd Peiffer	Michal Šlesingr	Detail
9 January 2011	Oberhof	15 km Mass Start	Tarjei Bø	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ivan Tcherezov		Detail
align=center rowspan="3"	5	12 January 2011	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Martin Fourcade	Dominik Landertinger	Detail
14 January 2011	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Lars Berger	Martin Fourcade	Ivan Tcherezov		Detail
16 January 2011	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Björn Ferry	Martin Fourcade	Michael Greis		Detail
align=center rowspan="2"	6	20 January 2011	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Anton Shipulin		Michael Greis	Lars Berger	Detail
22 January 2011	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Björn Ferry	Anton Shipulin		Detail
align=center rowspan="2"	7	4 February 2011	Presque Isle	10 km Sprint	Arnd Peiffer		Martin Fourcade	Ivan Tcherezov	Detail
6 February 2011	Presque Isle	12.5 km Pursuit	Alexis Bœuf	Ivan Tcherezov	Carl Johan Bergman		Detail
align=center rowspan="3"	8	10 February 2011	Fort Kent	10 km Sprint	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Michal Šlesingr	Tarjei Bø	Detail
12 February 2011	Fort Kent	12.5 km Pursuit	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Martin Fourcade	Tarjei Bø		Detail
13 February 2011	Fort Kent	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Tomasz Sikora	Tarjei Bø		Detail
align=center rowspan="4"	WC	5 March 2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Arnd Peiffer		Martin Fourcade	Tarjei Bø	Detail
6 March 2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Tarjei Bø		Detail
8 March 2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	20 km Individual	Tarjei Bø	Maxim Maksimov	Christoph Sumann		Detail
12 March 2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Mass Start	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Evgeny Ustyugov	Lukas Hofer		Detail
align=center rowspan="3"	9	17 March 2011	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Andreas Birnbacher		Björn Ferry	Alexander Wolf	Detail
19 March 2011	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Tarjei Bø	Martin Fourcade		Detail
20 March 2011	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Evgeny Ustyugov	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
align=center rowspan="3"	1	1 December 2010	Östersund	15 km Individual	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek	Marie-Laure Brunet	Helena Ekholm	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek	Detail
3 December 2010	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Miriam Gössner	Darya Domracheva	Detail		Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek
5 December 2010	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Miriam Gössner	Helena Ekholm	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
align=center rowspan="2"	2	10 December 2010	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Anastázia Kuzminová		Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
12 December 2010	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Helena Ekholm	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Darya Domracheva		Detail
align=center rowspan="2"	3	16 December 2010	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Tora Berger		Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Marie-Laure Brunet	Detail
18 December 2010	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Anastázia Kuzminová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
align=center rowspan="2"	4	8 January 2011	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Ann Kristin Flatland		Magdalena Neuner	Andrea Henkel	Detail
9 January 2011	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass Start	Helena Ekholm	Andrea Henkel	Svetlana Sleptsova		Detail
align=center rowspan="3"	5	13 January 2011	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Olga Zaitseva		Andrea Henkel	Helena Ekholm	Detail
15 January 2011	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Tora Berger	Andrea Henkel	Magdalena Neuner		Detail
16 January 2011	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Tora Berger	Andrea Henkel	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
align=center rowspan="2"	6	21 January 2011	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Tora Berger		Anastázia Kuzminová	Olga Zaitseva	Detail
23 January 2011	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Tora Berger	Marie-Laure Brunet	Darya Domracheva		Detail
align=center rowspan="2"	7	4 February 2011	Presque Isle	7.5 km Sprint	Helena Ekholm	Tora Berger	Valentyna Semerenko	Helena Ekholm	Detail
6 February 2011	Presque Isle	10 km Pursuit	Tora Berger	Marie Dorin	Darya Domracheva	Detail		Helena Ekholm
align=center rowspan="3"	8	11 February 2011	Fort Kent	7.5 km Sprint	Andrea Henkel	Miriam Gössner	Magdalena Neuner	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
12 February 2011	Fort Kent	10 km Pursuit	Andrea Henkel	Magdalena Neuner	Marie Dorin	Detail		Kaisa Mäkäräinen
13 February 2011	Fort Kent	12.5 km Mass Start	Magdalena Neuner	Andrea Henkel	Darya Domracheva	Andrea Henkel	Detail
align=center rowspan="4"	WC	5 March 2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Anastázia Kuzminová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
6 March 2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Magdalena Neuner	Helena Ekholm	Detail		Kaisa Mäkäräinen
9 March 2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Individual	Helena Ekholm	Tina Bachmann	Vita Semerenko	Helena Ekholm	Detail
12 March 2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Mass Start	Magdalena Neuner	Darya Domracheva	Tora Berger	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
align=center rowspan="3"	9	17 March 2011	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner		Tora Berger	Darya Domracheva	Detail
19 March 2011	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Anastázia Kuzminová	Darya Domracheva	Andrea Henkel		Detail
20 March 2011	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Darya Domracheva	Anna Bogaliy-Titovets	Olga Zaitseva		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
2	12 December 2010	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay
4	5 January 2011	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay
6	23 January 2011	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay
WC	11 March 2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
2	11 December 2010	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay
4	6 January 2011	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay
6	22 January 2011	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 km Relay
WC	13 March 2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	4x6 km Relay

Mixed Relay

Event	Date	Place	Discipline
3	19 December 2010	Pokljuka	2x6+2x7.5 km Relay
7	5 February 2011	Presque Isle	2x6+2x7.5 km Relay
WC	3 March 2011	Khanty-Mansiysk	2x6+2x7.5 km Relay

Standings: Men

Pos.		Points
1.	Tarjei Bø	1110
2.		1105
3.		990
4.		735
5.		711

Final standings after 26 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	188
2.		172
3.		133
4.		126
5.		113

Final standings after 4 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Tarjei Bø	393
2.		369
3.		333
4.		307
5.		293

Final standings after 10 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Tarjei Bø	334
2.		320
3.		304
4.		229
5.		183

Final standings after 7 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	244
2.		230
3.		211
4.		149
5.		148

Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	216
2.		199
3.		163
4.		161
5.		154

Final standings after 4 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		7428
2.		6990
3.		6507
4.		6381
5.		6351

Final standings after 21 races.

Standings: Women

Pos.		Points
1.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	1010
2.		983
3.		979
4.		965
5.		955

Final standings after 26 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Helena Ekholm	174
2.		159
3.		138
4.		134
5.		132

Final standings after 4 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Neuner	404
2.		395
3.		356
4.		353
5.		329

Final standings after 10 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	343
2.		305
3.		280
4.		269
5.		255

Final standings after 7 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Darya Domracheva	237
2.		230
3.		207
4.		206
5.		198

Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	206
2.		190
3.		177
4.		177
5.		175

Final standings after 4 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		7236
2.		6813
3.		6669
4.		6510
5.		6301

Final standings after 21 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	France	150
2.		148
3.		141
4.		129
5.		121

Final standings after 3 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory:

, 27, in her 7th season - the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; first podium was 2007–08 Sprint in Pokljuka
, 22, in his 2nd season - the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium
, 28, in her 8th season - the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2009–10 Sprint in Oberhof
, 23, in his 3rd season - the WC 6 Sprint in Anholz; it also was his first podium
, 24, in his 4th season - the WC 7 Pursuit in Presque Isle; first podium was 2009–10 Individual in Antholz
, 29, in his 10th season - the WC 9 Sprint in Oslo; first podium was 2004–05 Sprint in Pokliuka

First World Cup podium:

, 20, in her 2nd season - no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund
, 21, in his 2nd season - no. 2 in the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka
, 25, in her 6th season - no. 3 in the WC 7 Sprint in Presque Isle
, 21, in his 3rd season - no. 3 in the WCh Mass Start in Khanty-Mansiysk

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

, 8 (24) first places
, 5 (5) first places
, 3 (6) first places
, 2 (5) first places
, 2 (4) first places
, 1 (92) first place
, 1 (6) first place
, 1 (3) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place
, 1 (1) first place

Women

, 6 (12) first places
, 5 (24) first places
, 4 (13) first places
, 3 (3) first places
, 2 (20) first places
, 2 (3) first places
, 1 (12) first places
, 1 (9) first places
, 1 (3) first places
, 1 (1) first places

Retirements

Following are notable biathletes who announced their retirement:

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- - - - ^[4]

External links

IBU official site

Notes and References

Web site: World Cup Schedule . 2010-10-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101024030948/http://biathlonworld.com/en/events/do/detail.html?event_level=WC&event_class= . 2010-10-24 . dead .
Web site: Heart Condition Ends Mattias Nilsson’s Career . Jemteborn . Patrik . 27 September 2011 . Biathlonworld . International Biathlon Union . 3 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150103234011/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=1358 . 2015-01-03 . dead .
Web site: Ukrainian Vyacheslav Derkach Retires . Kokesh . Jerry . 9 May 2011 . Biathlonworld . International Biathlon Union . 31 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141231085750/http://www3.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=1307 . 2014-12-31 . dead .
Web site: Če je po vsakem porodu tako, bi imela Tadeja še pet otrok. 6 February 2016. Delo. Finc. Mojca. 21 December 2014.