2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 3 Explained

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 3 was the third event^[1] of the season and was held in Nové Město, Czech Republic, from 20–23 December 2018.

Schedule of events

The events took place at the following times.^[1]

Date	Time	Events
20 December	17:30 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
21 December	17:30 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
22 December	15:00 CET	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
	17:00 CET	Women's 10 km Pursuit
23 December	11:45 CET	Men's 15 km Mass Start
	14:30 CET	Women's 12.5 km Mass Start

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint^[2]	Johannes Thingnes Bø	23:09.9 (0+0)	Alexandr Loginov	23:30.9 (0+0)	Martin Ponsiluoma	24:04.1 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit^[3]	Johannes Thingnes Bø	31:59.0 (1+0+2+1)	Alexandr Loginov	32:05.2 (1+1+1+1)	Tarjei Bø	32:22.9 (0+0+0+1)
15 km Mass Start^[4]	Johannes Thingnes Bø	37:25.2 (0+0+0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet	38:11.7 (0+0+1+1)	Evgeniy Garanichev	38:19.3 (0+0+0+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint^[5]	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	19:44.6 (0+0)	Laura Dahlmeier	19:49.1 (0+1)	Paulína Fialková	19:50.8 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit^[6]	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	29:53.5 (0+0+1+1)	Dorothea Wierer	29:53.7 (0+0+0+1)	Hanna Öberg	29:58.2 (0+0+0+1)
12.5 km Mass Start^[7]	Anastasiya Kuzmina	35:34.4 (1+0+0+1)	Paulína Fialková	35:46.5 (0+0+1+1)	Anaïs Chevalier	35:47.7 (1+1+1+0)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event schedule . IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com . International Biathlon Union . 14 January 2018.
2. Web site: Nové Město final results - men 10 km sprint . PDF . 14 January 2019 . 20 December 2018.
3. Web site: Nové Město final results - men 12.5 km pursuit . PDF . 14 January 2019 . 22 December 2018.
4. Web site: Nové Město final results - men 15 km mass start . PDF . 14 January 2019 . 23 December 2018.
5. Web site: Nové Město final results - women 7.5 km sprint . PDF . 14 January 2019 . 21 December 2018.
6. Web site: Nové Město final results - women 10 km pursuit . PDF . 14 January 2019 . 22 December 2018.
7. Web site: Nové Město final results - women 12.5 km mass start . PDF . 14 January 2019 . 23 December 2018.