2022–23 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 Explained

The 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 was the first event^[1] of the season and was held in Kontiolahti, Finland, from 29 November to 4 December 2022. The event consisted of three individual competitions and one relay for both genders. World cup leaders after the events in Kontiolahti were Johannes Thingnes Bø for men and Lisa Vittozzi for the women.

Schedule of events

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

Date	Time	Events
29 November	14:15 EET	Men's 20 km Individual
30 November	14:15 EET	Women's 15 km Individual
1 December	12:00 EET	4 x 7.5 km Men's Relay
	14:35 EET	4 x 6 km Women's Relay
3 December	11:45 EET	Men's 10 km Sprint
	14:45 EET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
4 December	13:15 EET	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
	15:15 EET	Women's 10 km Pursuit

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
20 km Individual^[2]	Martin Ponsiluoma	49:36.5 (0+1+0+0)	Niklas Hartweg	50:13.7 (0+0+0+0)	David Zobel	50:35.8 (0+0+0+0)
10 km Sprint^[3]	Johannes Thingnes Bø	31:25.4 (0+1)	Sturla Holm Lægreid	31:28.3 (0+0)	Roman Rees	31:29.9 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit^[4]	Johannes Thingnes Bø	32:44.4 (0+0+1+2)	Sturla Holm Lægreid	+19.2 (0+0+1+1)	Émilien Jacquelin	+47.3 (0+0+0+2)
4 x 7.5 km Men Relay^[5]	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Sturla Holm Lægreid Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	1:19:26.2 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0)	Justus Strelow Johannes Kühn Benedikt Doll Roman Rees	1:20:10.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2)	Eric Perot Fabien Claude Émilien Jacquelin Quentin Fillon Maillet	1:20:32.1 (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
15 km Individual^[6]	Hanna Öberg	43:53.8 (0+0+0+1)	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	44:30.3 (0+0+0+0)	Lisa Vittozzi	44:33.5 (1+0+0+0)
7.5 km Sprint^[7]	Lisa Theresa Hauser	20:39.5 (0+0)	Lisa Vittozzi	20:56.8 (1+0)	Linn Persson	21:03.7 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit^[8]	Julia Simon	31:13.0 (0+0+0+0)	Dorothea Wierer	+11.9 (0+0+0+0)	Elvira Öberg	+21.7 (1+0+0+1)
4 x 5 km Women Relay^[9]	Linn Persson Anna Magnusson Hanna Öberg Elvira Öberg	1:14:59.8 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0)	Anna Weidel Sophia Schneider Vanessa Voigt Denise Herrmann-Wick	1:15:27.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2)	Karoline Knotten Ida Lien Ragnhild Femsteinevik Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	1:15:31.3 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event schedule . IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com . International Biathlon Union . 6 December 2022.
2. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Men's 20 km Individual. PDF . 4 December 2022 . 29 November 2022.
3. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Men's 10 km Sprint. PDF . 4 December 2022 . 3 December 2022.
4. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Men's 12.5 km Pursuit. PDF . 4 December 2022 . 4 December 2022.
5. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Men's 4x7,5 km Relay . PDF . 4 December 2022 . 1 December 2022.
6. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Women's 15 km Individual. PDF . 4 December 2022 . 30 November 2022.
7. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Women's 7.5 km Sprint. PDF . 4 December 2022 . 3 December 2022.
8. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Women's 10 km Pursuit. PDF . 4 December 2022 . 4 December 2022.
9. Web site: Kontiolahti final results - Women's 4x5 km Relay . PDF . 4 December 2022 . 1 December 2022.