2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women Explained

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women started on 29 November 2020 in Kontiolahti and will finished on 18 March 2021 in Östersund

Competition format

The sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around . Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2019–20 Top 3 standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:		314
Silver:		305
Bronze:		283

Medal winners

Event	Gold	Time	Silver	Time	Bronze	Time
Kontiolahti details	Hanna Öberg	21:01.4 (0+0)	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	21:25.3 (0+0)	Karoline Offigstad Knotten	21:39.2 (0+0)
Kontiolahti (2) details	Hanna Öberg	21:11.5 (0+0)	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	21:21.1 (0+0)	Elvira Öberg	21:39.4 (0+1)
Hochfilzen details	Dzinara Alimbekava	20:12.3 (0+0)	Tiril Eckhoff	20:20.8 (1+0)	Franziska Preuß	20:22.2 (0+1)
Hochfilzen (2) details	Tiril Eckhoff	19:38.0 (1+0)	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	19:45.6 (0+0)	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	20:02.6 (1+0)
Oberhof details	Tiril Eckhoff	23:54.0 (0+0)	Hanna Öberg	24:23.6 (0+0)	Lisa Theresa Hauser	24:34.2 (0+1)
Oberhof (2) details	Tiril Eckhoff	22:33.8 (0+1)	Dorothea Wierer	22:43.1 (0+0)	Lisa Theresa Hauser	22:46.4 (0+0)
World Championships details	Tiril Eckhoff	21:18.7	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	21:30.7	Hanna Sola	21:33.1
Nové Město details	Tiril Eckhoff	18:48.4 (1+0)	Yuliia Dzhima	18:57.7 (0+0)	Lisa Vittozzi	19:03.4 (0+0)
Nové Město (2) details	Tiril Eckhoff	18:11.1 (0+1)	Denise Herrmann	18:17.2 (0+0)	Dorothea Wierer	18:21.6 (0+0)
Östersund details	Tiril Eckhoff	18:44.6 (0+1)	Dorothea Wierer	18:47.1 (0+0)	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	18:51.3 (0+0)

Standings

7 of 10 competitions scored ^[1]

	Name	KON										Total
1		0	34	54	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	420
2		54	43	43	48	40	34	38	36	27	38	304
3		60	60	12	38	54	36	31	5	17	0	296
4		19	13	34	31	10	54	21	40	48	54	282
5		29	54	7	29	31	40	54	26	22	43	280
6		38	36	60	10	4	29	1	43	38	30	274
7		18	25	48	43	27	38	34	34	43	18	267
8		28	0	32	26	48	48	32	3	28	40	256
9		3	40	9	18	26	26	43	31	54	7	238
10		20	30	22	54	0	DNF	20	38	24	48	236
11		4	38	40	20	36	31	0	29	30	0	224
12		17	48	30	40	17	30	19	0	36	0	220
13		30	4	0	27	32	43	16	32	29	0	209
14		16	20	36	11	0	25	40	48	13	21	206
15		22	1	27	34	22	6	25	20	4	27	177
16		0	0	19	1	31	17	4	54	40	0	166
17		–	0	0	22	15	0	48	30	12	28	155
18		48	19	25	24	7	3	0	0	19	0	145
19		0	0	38	0	43	0	13	6	21	19	140
20		15	0	23	0	19	22	5	28	0	25	137
21		23	31	0	2	26	20	0	17	0	17	136
22		0	0	29	0	14	9	24	0	26	32	134
23		0	2	29	28	0	28	10	12	0	24	133
24		0	26	11	9	29	27	7	15	5	16	133
25		40	27	13	0	0	23	0	0	2	26	131
26		0	23	17	7	9	DNS	27	25	15	0	123
27		34	0	0	21	23	0	–	0	11	29	118
28		0	12	0	36	34	19	0	0	0	12	113
29		14	0	31	32	28	5	0	0	0	0	110
30		0	29	0	0	0	32	0	10	32	0	103
	Name	KON										Total
31		9	8	0	15	8	10	29	18	0	14	103
32		32	0	8	13	0	24	–	21	0	–	98
33		0	8	17	0	0	12	0	24	31	0	92
34		24	0	1	0	18	0	26	0	23	0	92
35		31	16	–	0	0	0	30	7	0	6	90
36		13	28	18	0	0	0	22	9	0	0	90
37		36	0	0	25	0	21	0	0	DNS	–	82
38		7	24	4	14	16	14	3	0	0	0	82
39		0	0	3	0	5	1	36	0	0	36	81
40		–	–	21	0	20	0	15	0	25	0	81
41		10	6	–	6	24	–	11	0	21	–	78
42		21	9	0	4	12	11	8	13	0	2	78
43		–	–	0	0	0	–	28	16	0	31	75
44		26	0	24	0	–	0	0	0	1	23	74
45		6	0	0	23	38	0	0	0	0	0	67
46		0	10	0	0	0	0	23	0	34	0	67
47		43	21	0	0	0	DNS	–	–	–	–	64
48		0	0	0	12	11	–	0	0	6	34	63
49		2	22	5	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	59
50		27	11	0	0	–	–	–	–	–	20	58
51		11	0	15	0	0	0	–	27	0	0	53
52		0	0	26	0	0	4	0	23	0	0	53
53		0	32	0	0	–	13	0	1	0	0	46
54		5	17	0	0	0	2	12	8	0	–	44
55		25	18	0	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	43
56		0	–	10	–	21	0	–	0	0	12	43
57		0	5	0	0	0	16	14	0	7	0	42
58		0	0	0	17	0	0	0	14	10	0	41
59		0	3	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	22	34
60		–	–	–	0	0	–	–	19	14	0	33
	Name	KON										Total
61		12	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32
62		0	0	6	5	6	15	–	–	–	–	32
63		–	–	–	–	–	–	0	0	18	13	31
64		0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	8	0	29
65		–	–	–	8	–	–	–	0	16	0	24
66		–	0	–	–	–	–	0	22	0	0	22
67		–	–	0	0	13	–	0	0	0	8	21
68		–	0	–	17	–	–	–	–	–	3	20
69		0	0	DNF	0	1	18	0	0	0	0	19
70		–	–	0	–	–	–	18	0	0	0	18
71		0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0	0	–	17
72		0	15	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	17
73		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	15	15
74		0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14
75		0	14	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	14
76		0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	9	0	12
77		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	0	0	11
78		–	–	–	0	0	0	–	–	0	10	10
79		–	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
80		0	0	0	–	–	8	0	0	0	–	8
81		8	0	0	–	0	0	–	–	–	–	8
82		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	–	8
83		–	–	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	8
84		0	0	0	–	0	0	6	0	0	–	6
85		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
86		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
87		0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	–	3
88		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	2
89		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2

Notes and References

1. https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/2021/BT/SWRL/SWSP.pdf Women's Sprint standings