2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 9 Explained

The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 9[1] was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 17 March until 20 March 2016. Due to strong winds on the final day of competition, which caused a light pole to collapse onto the shooting range, the men's and women's mass start events were cancelled.[2]

Schedule of events

[3]

DateTimeEvents
March 1714:15 CETWomen's 7.5 km Sprint
March 1814:15 CETMen's 10 km Sprint
March 1912:45 CETWomen's 10 km Pursuit
14:30 CETMen's 12.5 km Pursuit
March 2010:20 CETWomen 12.5 km Mass Start
13:00 CETMen 15 km Mass Start

Medal winners

Men

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
10 km Sprint
details
Julian Eberhard
24:18.6
(0+0)
Simon Schempp
24:19.7
(0+0)
Arnd Peiffer
24:41.6
(0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit
details
Simon Schempp
33:27.8
(1+1+0+1)
Johannes Thingnes Bø
33:36.3
(0+0+0+1)
Erik Lesser
33:43.5
(0+0+1+1)
15 km Mass Start
Cancelled
n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Women

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
7.5 km Sprint
details
Kaisa Mäkäräinen
20:42.3
(0+1)
Gabriela Soukalová
20:45.4
(0+0)
Marte Olsbu
20:47.1
(0+0)
10 km Pursuit
details
Kaisa Mäkäräinen
30:06.7
(1+0+1+0)
Marie Dorin Habert
30:08.2
(0+0+0+1)
Dorothea Wierer
30:12.4
(0+0+1+0)
12.5 km Mass Start
Cancelled
n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Achievements

Best performance for all time

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Event schedule . IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com . International Biathlon Union . 20 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121204112219/http://datacenter.biathlonresults.com/?view=schedule_schedule . 4 December 2012 . dead . dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Mass Start Competitions Cancelled . March 20, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160402142005/http://www4.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=2830 . April 2, 2016 . dead . mdy-all .
  3. Web site: Events. December 20, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160215231651/http://www5.biathlonworld.com/en/events.html?EventId=BT1516SWRLCP09. February 15, 2016. dead. mdy-all.