2017–18 Biathlon IBU Cup explained

2018–19 Biathlon IBU Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Competition1ladies:	Karolin Horchler
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Norway
Competition2ladies:	Russia
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Fabien Claude
Competition3ladies:	Nadine Horchler
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Competition4ladies:	Karolin Horchler
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Alexandr Loginov
Competition5ladies:	Chloé Chevalier
Mixedcompetition1:	Mixed
Mixedcompetition1both:	France
Previous:	2016–17
Next:	2018–19

The 2017–18 Biathlon IBU Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. IBU Cup is the second-rank competition in biathlon after the Biathlon World Cup. The season started on 22 November 2017 in Sjusjøen, Norway and ended on 17 March 2018 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The defending overall champions from the 2016–17 Biathlon IBU Cup were Alexey Volkov of Russia and Daria Virolaynen of Russia.

Calendar

Below is the IBU Cup calendar for the 2017–18 season.^[1]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit			Super sprint	Details
1	Sjusjøen	22 November–26 November		● ●		●	●		details
2	Lenzerheide	7–10 December		●	●	●	●		details
3	Obertilliach	13–17 December	●	●		●	●		details
4	Brezno-Osrblie	5–7 January		● ●					details
5	Arber	10–13 January	●	●					details
EC	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	23–28 January	●	●	●	●	●		European Championships
6	Martell-Val Martello	1–3 February		●	●				details
7	Uvat	9–11 March	●	●					details
8	Khanty-Mansiysk	13–17 March		●	●			●	details
Total: 48 (20 men's, 20 women's, 8 mixed)			4	11	4	4	4	1

Notes

All European Championships races included in the IBU Cup total score.
Super sprint races were included in the sprint total score.

IBU Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Res.
1	23 November 2017	Sjusjøen	10 km Sprint	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Kühn	Alexey Slepov	Émilien Jacquelin	Results
1	25 November 2017	Sjusjøen	10 km Sprint	Tarjei Bø	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Eduard Latypov	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Results
2	9 December 2017	Lenzerheide	10 km Sprint	Antonin Guigonnat	Vegard Gjermundshaug	Fredrik Gjesbakk		Results
2	10 December 2017	Lenzerheide	12.5 km Pursuit	Antonin Guigonnat	Fredrik Gjesbakk			Results
3	14 December 2017	Obertilliach	20 km Individual	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Michael Rösch		Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Results
3	16 December 2017	Obertilliach	10 km Sprint	Dmitry Malyshko	Eduard Latypov			Results
4	6 January 2018	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Simon Fourcade	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Vegard Gjermundshaug		Results
4	7 January 2018	Brezno-Osrblie	10 km Sprint	Vegard Gjermundshaug	Simon Fourcade	Florian Graf	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Results
5	11 January 2018	Arber	20 km Individual	Jean-Guillaume Beatrix	Petr Pashchenko	Vladimir Chepelin		Results
5	13 January 2018	Arber	10 km Sprint	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Émilien Jacquelin	Fredrik Gjesbakk		Results
EC	24 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	20 km Individual	Felix Leitner	Tomáš Krupčík	Philipp Horn	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Results
EC	26 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	10 km Sprint	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Alexandr Loginov	Krasimir Anev	Results
EC	27 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	12.5 km Pursuit	Alexandr Loginov	Krasimir Anev	Evgeniy Garanichev	Results
6	2 February 2018	Martell-Val Martello	10 km Sprint	Alexandr Loginov	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Simon Fourcade	Fredrik Gjesbakk	Results
6	3 February 2018	Martell-Val Martello	12.5 km Pursuit	Alexandr Loginov	Dmitry Malyshko	Håvard Bogetveit	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Results
7	10 March 2018	Uvat	20 km Individual	Fabien Claude	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Alexandr Loginov		Results
7	11 March 2018	Uvat	10 km Sprint	Alexandr Loginov	Alexey Slepov	Philipp Nawrath		Results
8	14 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	Super Sprint	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Lorenz Wäger			Results
8	16 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Alexey Slepov	Alexandr Loginov	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen		Results
8	17 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Alexandr Loginov	Alexey Slepov	Florian Graf		Results

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Res.
1	23 November 2017	Sjusjøen	7.5 km Sprint	Uliana Kaisheva	Thekla Brun-Lie	Olga Iakushova	Uliana Kaisheva	Results
1	25 November 2017	Sjusjøen	7.5 km Sprint	Denise Herrmann	Katharina Innerhofer	Thekla Brun-Lie	Thekla Brun-Lie	Results
2	9 December 2017	Lenzerheide	7.5 km Sprint	Uliana Kaisheva	Olga Abramova	Yuliya Zhuravok	Uliana Kaisheva	Results
2	10 December 2017	Lenzerheide	10 km Pursuit	Uliana Kaisheva	Daria Virolaynen	Chloé Chevalier		Results
3	14 December 2017	Obertilliach	15 km Individual	Monika Hojnisz	Karolin Horchler	Elisa Gasparin		Results
3	16 December 2017	Obertilliach	7.5 km Sprint	Karolin Horchler	Julia Simon	Uliana Kaisheva		Results
4	6 January 2018	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Uliana Kaisheva	Chloé Chevalier	Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen		Results
4	7 January 2018	Brezno-Osrblie	7.5 km Sprint	Uliana Kaisheva	Irina Uslugina	Karolin Horchler		Results
5	11 January 2018	Arber	15 km Individual	Karolin Horchler	Thekla Brun-Lie	Anna Weidel		Results
5	13 January 2018	Arber	10 km Sprint	Hilde Fenne	Valeriia Vasnetcova	Kristina Reztsova		Results
EC	24 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	15 km Individual	Chloé Chevalier	Alexia Runggaldier	Victoria Slivko		Results
EC	26 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	7.5 km Sprint	Iryna Varvynets	Chloé Chevalier	Fuyuko Tachizaki		Results
EC	27 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	10 km Pursuit	Chloé Chevalier	Iryna Varvynets	Julia Simon		Results
6	2 February 2018	Martell-Val Martello	7.5 km Sprint	Victoria Slivko	Anastasia Zagoruiko	Enora Latuillière	Nadine Horchler	Results
6	3 February 2018	Martell-Val Martello	10 km Pursuit	Anastasia Zagoruiko	Chloé Chevalier	Karolin Horchler	Karolin Horchler	Results
7	10 March 2018	Uvat	15 km Individual	Irina Uslugina	Yuliya Zhuravok	Evgeniya Pavlova		Results
7	11 March 2018	Uvat	7.5 km Sprint	Evgeniya Pavlova	Karolin Horchler	Yuliya Zhuravok		Results
8	14 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	Super Sprint	Karolin Horchler	Nadine Horchler	Tamara Voronina		Results
8	16 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Julia Schwaiger	Anastasia Egorova	Irina Uslugina		Results
8	17 March 2018	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Irina Uslugina		Karolin Horchler		Results

Mixed

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Res.
1	26 November 2017	Sjusjøen	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Results
1	26 November 2017	Sjusjøen	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Results
2	8 December 2017	Lenzerheide	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Results
2	8 December 2017	Lenzerheide	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Results
3	17 December 2017	Obertilliach	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Results
3	17 December 2017	Obertilliach	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Results
EC	28 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Results
EC	28 January 2018	Ridnaun-Val Ridanna	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Results

Standings (men)

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	721
2.		587
3.		571
4.		540
5.		530

Final standings after 20 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Fabien Claude	160
2.		139
3.		116
4.		114
5.		103

Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	423
2.		386
3.		363
4.		348
5.		297

Final standings after 12 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Alexandr Loginov	180
2.		159
3.		154
4.		114
5.		111

Final standings after 4 races.

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	France	427
2.		394
3.		349
4.		318
5.		312

Final standings after 8 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.		7582
2.		7511
3.		6934
4.		6789
5.		6408

Final standings after 24 races.

Standings (women)