2023–24 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 5 Explained

The 2023–24 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 5 was the fifth event^[1] of the season and was held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from 10 to 14 January 2024.

Schedule of events

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

Date	Time	Events
10 January	16:30 CET	4 x 6 km Women's Relay
11 January	16:30 CET	4 x 7.5 km Men's Relay
12 January	16:30 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
13 January	16:30 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
14 January	14:30 CET	Women's 10 km Pursuit
	16:45 CET	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
4 x 7,5 km Men Relay^[2]	Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Tarjei Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	1:09:49.6 (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1)	Justus Strelow Johannes Kühn Benedikt Doll Philipp Nawrath	1:10:34.6 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (2+3) (0+1) (0+1)	Elia Zeni Didier Bionaz Lukas Hofer Tommaso Giacomel	1:10:48.3 (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1)
10 km Sprint^[3]	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	22:27.2 (0+0)	Tommaso Giacomel	22:44.1 (1+0)	Tarjei Bø	22:47.3 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit^[4]	Johannes Dale-Skjevdal	30:38.0 (0+0+2+0)	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	+1.7 (0+0+1+2)	Johannes Thingnes Bø	+2.4 (1+0+1+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
4 x 6 km Women Relay^[5]	Lou Jeanmonnot Jeanne Richard Sophie Chauveau Julia Simon	1:08:44.5 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0)	Anna Magnusson Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Elvira Öberg	1:08:53.2 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0)	Janina Hettich-Walz Sophia Schneider Franziska Preuß Hanna Kebinger	1:09:31.2 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)
7.5 km Sprint^[6]	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	19:25.4 (0+0)	Mona Brorsson	19:43.6 (0+0)	Lisa Vittozzi	19:44.4 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit^[7]	Lisa Vittozzi	30:30.7 (1+0+0+0)	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	+0.7 (0+0+1+0)	Juni Arnekleiv	+9.1 (0+0+0+0)

Achievements

Best individual performance for all time

Men! Place! Name! Age! Race

12	Campbell Wright	21	Sprint
23	Maksim Makarov	28	Sprint
24	Heikki Laitinen	29	Sprint
24	Oscar Lombardot	23	Pursuit
26	Elia Zeni	22	Pursuit
40	Vitezslav Hornig	24	Pursuit
61	Valentin Lejeune	21	Sprint
77	Mehis Udam	19	Sprint
90	Kacper Gunka	24	Sprint
91	Arttu Heikkinen	19	Sprint
103	Marcus Bolin Webb	28	Sprint
Debut
61	Valentin Lejeune	21	Sprint
90	Kacper Gunka	24	Sprint
91	Arttu Heikkinen	19	Sprint

Women! Place! Name! Age! Race

2	Mona Brorsson	33	Sprint
15	Julia Tannheimer	18	Sprint
16	Sara Andersson	20	Sprint
22	Benita Peiffer	23	Pursuit
63	Sandra Bulina	22	Sprint
Debut
15	Julia Tannheimer	18	Sprint

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event schedule . IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com . International Biathlon Union.
2. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - Men's 4x7.5 km Relay. PDF.
3. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - Men's 10 km Sprint. PDF.
4. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - Men's 12.5 km Pursuit. PDF.
5. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - Women's 4 x 6 km Relay. PDF.
6. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - Women's 7.5 km Sprint. PDF.
7. Web site: Ruhpolding final results - Women's 10 km Pursuit. PDF.