2018–19 Biathlon World Cup Explained

2018–19 Biathlon World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Johannes Thingnes Bø
Competition1ladies:	Dorothea Wierer
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Norway
Competition2ladies:	Norway
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Johannes Thingnes Bø
Competition3ladies:	Lisa Vittozzi
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Johannes Thingnes Bø
Competition4ladies:	Anastasiya Kuzmina
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Johannes Thingnes Bø
Competition5ladies:	Dorothea Wierer
Competition6:	Mass start
Competition6men:	Johannes Thingnes Bø
Competition6ladies:	Hanna Öberg
Competition7:	Relay
Competition7men:	Norway
Competition7ladies:	Norway
Mixedcompetition1:	Mixed
Mixedcompetition1both:	Norway
Previous:	2017–18
Next:	2019–20

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 2 December 2018 in Pokljuka, Slovenia and ended on 24 March 2019 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway. The defending overall champions from the 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2018–19 season.^[1]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay			Details
1	Pokljuka	2–9 December	●	●	●			●	●	details
2	Hochfilzen	13–16 December		●	●		●			details
3	Nové Město	20–23 December		●	●	●				details
4	Oberhof	10–13 January		●	●		●			details
5	Ruhpolding	17–20 January		●		●	●			details
6	Antholz-Anterselva	24–27 January		●	●	●				details
7	Canmore	7–10 February	●				●			details
8	Salt Lake City	14–17 February		●	●			●	●	details
WC	Östersund	7–17 March	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
9	Oslo Holmenkollen	21–24 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 68 (31 men's, 31 women's, 6 mixed)			3	9	8	5	5	3	3

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	6 December 2018	Pokljuka	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Kühn	Simon Eder	Martin Fourcade	Detail
1	7 December 2018	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Antonin Guigonnat	Alexandr Loginov	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Detail
1	9 December 2018	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Alexandr Loginov		Detail
2	14 December 2018	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Benedikt Doll		Detail
2	15 December 2018	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen		Detail
3	20 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Alexandr Loginov	Martin Ponsiluoma		Detail
3	22 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Alexandr Loginov	Tarjei Bø		Detail
3	23 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Evgeny Garanichev		Detail
4	11 January 2019	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Alexandr Loginov	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sebastian Samuelsson		Detail
4	12 January 2019	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Arnd Peiffer	Lukas Hofer		Detail
5	17 January 2019	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Benedikt Doll		Detail
5	20 January 2019	Ruhpolding	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Julian Eberhard	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
6	25 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Antonin Guigonnat		Detail
6	26 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Antonin Guigonnat	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
6	27 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
7	7 February 2019	Canmore	15 km Short Individual	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Alexandr Loginov		Detail
7	10 February 2019	Canmore	15 km Mass Start	Cancelled due to freezing temperatures				Detail
8	15 February 2019	Soldier Hollow	10 km Sprint	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Simon Desthieux	Roman Rees		Detail
8	16 February 2019	Soldier Hollow	12.5 km Pursuit	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Simon Desthieux		Detail
WC	9 March 2019	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Alexandr Loginov	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
WC	10 March 2019	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
WC	13 March 2019	Östersund	20 km Individual	Arnd Peiffer	Vladimir Iliev	Tarjei Bø		Detail
WC	17 March 2019	Östersund	15 km Mass Start	Dominik Windisch	Antonin Guigonnat	Julian Eberhard		Detail
9	22 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Lukas Hofer	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
9	23 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
9	24 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Arnd Peiffer	Benedikt Doll		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib	Det.
1	6 December 2018	Pokljuka	15 km Individual	Yuliia Dzhima	Monika Hojnisz	Markéta Davidová	Yuliia Dzhima	Detail
1	8 December 2018	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Dorothea Wierer	Justine Braisaz	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
1	9 December 2018	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Dorothea Wierer	Paulína Fialková		Detail
2	13 December 2018	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Dorothea Wierer	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht		Detail
2	15 December 2018	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Paulína Fialková	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
3	21 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	7.5 km Sprint	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Laura Dahlmeier	Paulína Fialková		Detail
3	22 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	10 km Pursuit	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Dorothea Wierer	Hanna Öberg		Detail
3	23 December 2018	Nové Město na M.	12.5 km Mass Start	Anastázia Kuzminová	Paulína Fialková	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail
4	10 January 2019	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Lisa Vittozzi	Anaïs Chevalier	Hanna Öberg		Detail
4	12 January 2019	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Lisa Vittozzi	Anastázia Kuzminová	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail
5	17 January 2019	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Anastázia Kuzminová	Lisa Vittozzi	Hanna Öberg		Detail
5	20 January 2019	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Mass Start	Franziska Preuß	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Paulína Fialková		Detail
6	24 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Markéta Davidová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Marte Olsbu Røiseland		Detail
6	26 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Dorothea Wierer	Laura Dahlmeier	Lisa Vittozzi		Detail
6	27 January 2019	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Laura Dahlmeier	Markéta Davidová	Vanessa Hinz		Detail
7	7 February 2019	Canmore	12.5 km Short Individual	Tiril Eckhoff	Markéta Davidová	Lisa Vittozzi		Detail
7	10 February 2019	Canmore	12.5 km Mass Start	Cancelled due to freezing temperatures				Detail
8	14 February 2019	Soldier Hollow	7.5 km Sprint	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Franziska Hildebrand		Detail
8	16 February 2019	Soldier Hollow	10 km Pursuit	Denise Herrmann	Franziska Hildebrand	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Lisa Vittozzi	Detail
WC	8 March 2019	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Anastázia Kuzminová	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Laura Dahlmeier	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
WC	10 March 2019	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Denise Herrmann	Tiril Eckhoff	Laura Dahlmeier	Lisa Vittozzi	Detail
WC	12 March 2019	Östersund	15 km Individual	Hanna Öberg	Lisa Vittozzi	Justine Braisaz		Detail
WC	17 March 2019	Östersund	12.5 km Mass Start	Dorothea Wierer	Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht	Denise Herrmann	Dorothea Wierer	Detail
9	21 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Anastázia Kuzminová	Franziska Preuß	Paulína Fialková		Detail
9	23 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Anastázia Kuzminová	Denise Herrmann	Hanna Öberg		Detail
9	24 March 2019	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass Start	Hanna Öberg	Tiril Eckhoff	Clare Egan		Detail

Men's team

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	16 December 2018	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay				Detail
4	13 January 2019	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay				Detail
5	18 January 2019	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay				Detail
7	8 February 2019	Canmore	4x7.5 km Relay				Detail
WC	16 March 2019	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay				Detail

Women's team

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	16 December 2018	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay				Detail
4	13 January 2019	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay				Detail
5	19 January 2019	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay				Detail
7	8 February 2019	Canmore	4x6 km Relay				Detail
WC	16 March 2019	Östersund	4x6 km Relay				Detail

Mixed

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	2 December 2018	Pokljuka	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay				Detail
1	2 December 2018	Pokljuka	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay				Detail
8	17 February 2019	Salt Lake City	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay				Detail
8	17 February 2019	Salt Lake City	2x7.5 km + 2x6 km Mixed Relay				Detail
WC	7 March 2019	Östersund	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay				Detail
WC	14 March 2019	Östersund	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay				Detail

Standings (men)

Pos.		Points
1.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	1262
2.		854
3.		843
4.		831
5.		802

• Final standings after 25 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	128
2.		118
3.		97
4.		88
5.		87

• Final standings after 3 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	514
2.		350
3.		338
4.		305
5.		271

• Final standings after 9 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	386
2.		315
3.		305
4.		271
5.		266

• Final standings after 8 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	262
2.		219
3.		218
4.		196
5.		167

• Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.		270
2.		236
3.		233
4.		226
5.		208

• Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.		8147
2.		7598
3.		7447
4.		6975
5.		6789

• Final standings after 23 races.

Standings (women)

Pos.		Points
1.	Dorothea Wierer	905
2.		882
3.		870
4.		855
5.		741

• Final standings after 25 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Lisa Vittozzi	140
2.		111
3.		102
4.		94
5.		94

• Final standings after 3 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Anastasiya Kuzmina	371
2.		330
3.		326
4.		309
5.		280

• Final standings after 9 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Dorothea Wierer	328
2.		312
3.		309
4.		301
5.		286

• Final standings after 8 races.

Pos.		Points
1.	Hanna Öberg	220
2.		194
2.		194
4.		161
5.		155

• Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.		249
2.		241
3.		230
4.		216
5.		190

• Final standings after 5 races.

Pos.		Points
1.		7432
2.		7372
3.		7222
4.		6808
5.		6641

• Final standings after 23 races.

Standings: Mixed

Pos.		Points
1.		306
2.		281
3.		267
4.		264
5.		238

• Final standings after 6 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

• , 26, in his 5th season — Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2012–13 Pursuit in Oslo Holmenkollen
• , 26, in his 6th season — Stage 6 Mass Start in Anterselva; first podium was 2014–15 Mass Start in Ruhpolding
• , 26, in his 7th season — Stage 8 Sprint in Salt Lake City; first podium was 2018–19 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
• , 27, in his 7th season — World Championships Pursuit in Östersund; it also was his first podium

Women

• , 28, in her 7th season — Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
• , 28, in her 7th season — Stage 3 Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2015–16 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk
• , 23, in her 5th season — Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2016–17 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
• , 24, in her 6th season — Stage 5 Mass start in Ruhpolding; first podium was 2014–15 Mass start in Ruhpolding
• , 22, in her 3rd season — Stage 6 Sprint in Anterselva; first podium was 2018–19 Individual in Pokljuka
• , 23, in her 3rd season — World Championships Individual in Östersund; first podium was 2018–19 Pursuit in Nové Město

First World Cup podium:

Men

• , 27, in his 6th season — no. 2 in the Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka
• , 26, in his 7th season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
• , 23, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Nové Město
• , 21, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 4 Sprint in Oberhof
• , 25, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 8 Sprint in Salt Lake City
• , 31, in his 13th season — no. 2 in the World Championships Individual in Östersund

Women

• , 21, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Individual in Pokljuka
• , 23, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Pursuit in Nové Město
• , 22, in her 4th season — no. 2 in the Stage 5 Mass start in Ruhpolding
• , 31, in her 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 9 Mass start in Oslo Holmenkollen

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

Men

• , 16 (37) first places
• , 2 (72) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 1 (9) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Women

• , 5 (16) first places
• , 3 (26) first places
• , 3 (7) first places
• , 3 (3) first places
• , 2 (4) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 1 (20) first place
• , 1 (6) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2018–19 season:

Men

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Women

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External links

• IBU official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: International Biathlon Union - IBU. www.biathlonworld.com.
2. Web site: Daniel Mesotitsch beendet Biathlon-Karriere. April 11, 2019. www.biathlon-news.de. de. May 5, 2019. May 8, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190508043607/https://www.biathlon-news.de/diese-biathleten-beenden-ihre-karriere/. dead.
3. Web site: Rösch kündigt Karriereende an. January 13, 2019. www.sport1.de. de.
4. Web site: Уладзімір Чапелін завяршае прафесійную кар'еру. July 10, 2019. www.tvr.by. be.
5. Web site: Canadian Hay River's Brendan Green retires after 11-year biathlon career. February 9, 2019. www.pressfrom.info. en.
6. Web site: Canadian two-time Olympic biathlete Nathan Smith retires. December 19, 2018. www.theglobeandmail.com. en.
7. Web site: Laskesuusatajad panevad Haanjas tänavusele hooajale punkti. March 28, 2019. www.biathlon.ee. et.
8. Web site: Laskesuusatajad panevad Haanjas tänavusele hooajale punkti. March 28, 2019. www.biathlon.ee. et.
9. Web site: Laskesuusatajad panevad Haanjas tänavusele hooajale punkti. March 28, 2019. www.biathlon.ee. et.
10. https://www.europe1.fr/sport/biathlon-simon-fourcade-prend-sa-retraite-3879410 Biathlon : Simon Fourcade prend sa retraite
11. Web site: Pietro Dutto lascia il biathlon: "Non pensavo di emozionarmi così". March 31, 2019. www.fondoitalia.it. it.
12. Web site: Henrik L'Abée-Lund legger opp. May 3, 2019. www.nrk.no. no.
13. Web site: Anton Shipulin Calls it a Career. December 26, 2018. www.biathlonworld.com. en.
14. Web site: Christoffer Eriksson Calls it a Career. April 8, 2019. www.tapatalk.com. en.
15. Web site: OS-guld i fjol – Nu slutar Lindström. March 16, 2019. www.svt.se. sv.
16. Web site: Susanne Hoffmann Calls it a Career. September 12, 2019. www.facebook.com. de.
17. Web site: Біятланістка Дар'я Юркевіч вырашыла не заканчваць спартыўную кар'еру. July 11, 2018. euroradio.fm. be.
18. Web site: Biathlete Crawford retires from competition. March 16, 2019. www.rmoutlook.com. en. May 5, 2019. March 29, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329101423/https://www.rmoutlook.com/article/biathlete-crawford-retires-from-competition-20190316. dead.
19. Web site: Megan Tandy Calls it a Career. January 31, 2019. www.facebook.com. en.
20. Web site: Nejúspěšnější česká biatlonistka Gabriela Koukalová ukončila kariéru. May 28, 2019. www.biatlon.cz. cs.
21. Web site: Laura Toivanen Calls it a Career. June 14, 2019. www.facebook.com. en.
22. Web site: Laura Dahlmeier beendet ihre Karriere. May 17, 2019. www.biathlon-news.de. de. May 17, 2019. May 17, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517165733/https://www.biathlon-news.de/laura-dahlmeier-beendet-ihre-karriere/. dead.
23. Web site: Annika Knoll beendet ihre Biathlonkarriere. January 29, 2019. www.biathlon-news.de. de. May 5, 2019. March 29, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190329112904/https://www.biathlon-news.de/annika-knoll-beendet-ihre-biathlonkarriere/. dead.
24. Web site: Luise Kummer beendet Biathlon-Karriere!. May 2, 2019. www.biathlon-news.de. de. May 5, 2019. May 5, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190505193532/https://www.biathlon-news.de/luise-kummer-beendet-biathlon-karriere/. dead.
25. Web site: Familienglück als oberste Priorität – Miriam Neureuther beendet Karriere. September 18, 2019. www.biathlon-news.de. de. September 19, 2019. September 24, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924234403/https://www.biathlon-news.de/familienglueck-als-oberste-prioritaet-miriam-neureuther-beendet-karriere/. dead.
26. Web site: Uiloq Slettemark was her last race. January 28, 2019. www.tapatalk.com. en.
27. Web site: D.Rasimovičiūtė kabina šautuvą ant vinies: medaliai, kartėlis bei sėkmę atnešęs virusas . January 8, 2019 . www.lrytas.lt. lt.
28. Web site: Dianos Rasimovičiūtės istorija: apie medalius ir kartėlį, pilietybes bei sėkmę atnešusį virusą . January 8, 2019 . www.biathlonltu.com. lt.
29. Web site: Галина Нечкасова: "Хочется отдохнуть от спорта. Сейчас сложно искать мотивацию". April 6, 2019. www.sport-express.ru. ru.