2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 Explained

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 was the opening event^[1] of the season and is held in Kontiolahti, Finland, from 28 to 29 November 2020.

Schedule of events

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

Date	Time	Events
28 November	11:00 CET	Men's 20 km Individual
	14:20 CET	Women's 15 km Individual
29 November	10:30 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
	13:40 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
20 km Individual^[2]	Sturla Holm Lægreid	48:57.0 (0+0+0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø	49:16.6 (1+0+0+0)	Erik Lesser	50:00.6 (0+1+0+0)
10 km Sprint^[3]	Johannes Thingnes Bø	23:53.0 (0+0)	Sebastian Samuelsson	24:37.1 (1+0)	Martin Ponsiluoma	24:40.9 (1+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
15 km Individual^[4]	Dorothea Wierer	44:00.9 (0+0+0+0)	Denise Herrmann	44:01.7 (1+0+0+0)	Johanna Skottheim	44:25.0 (0+0+0+0)
7.5 km Sprint^[5]	Hanna Öberg	21:01.4 (0+0)	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	21:25.3 (0+0)	Karoline Offigstad Knotten	21:39.2 (0+0)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event schedule . IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com . International Biathlon Union . 29 November 2020.
2. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Men's 20 km Individual. PDF . 29 November 2020 . 28 November 2020.
3. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Men's 10 km Sprint. PDF . 29 November 2020 . 29 November 2020.
4. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Women's 15 km Individual. PDF . 29 November 2020 . 28 November 2020.
5. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Women's 7.5 km Sprint. PDF . 29 November 2020 . 29 November 2020.