2007–08 Biathlon World Cup

World Cup

2007/08

Men

Overall | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Individual | Relay

Women

Overall | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass Start | Individual | Relay

World Cup Events

Kontiolahti | Hochfilzen | Pokljuka | Oberhof | Ruhpolding Antholz | Pyeongchang | Khanty-Mansiysk | Holmenkollen

World Championships

The 2007–08 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started 28 November 2007 and ended 16 March 2008.

This article contains the top ten result listings and concise summary comments for each of the season's twenty-seven individual races and five relays for both genders, arranged by World Cup meet 1 through 9 (denoted WC 1–9), accompanied by the top ten Total Cup rankings after each of the meets plus the 2008 World Championships (held between WC 6 and 7, and in the usual way counted as a World Cup meet towards the accumulated scores).

• For detailed tables of the development of accumulated scores and related rankings in the Total, Individual, Sprint, Pursuit, Mass start, Relay, and Nation Cups, see the subpage /Progression statistics.
• For a list of the Total and Relay World Cup winners and runners-up of all World Cup seasons since 1977–78, see the Biathlon World Cup article.

Place Points 1st 50 2nd 46 3rd 43 4th 40 5th 37 6th 34 7th 32 8th 30 9th 28 10th 26 11th 24 12th 22 13th 20 14th 18 15th 16 16th 15 17th 14 18th 13 19th 12 20th 11 21st 10 22nd 9 23rd 8 24th 7 25th 6 26th 5 27th 4 28th 3 29th 2 30th 1

Contents 1 Scores and leader bibs 2 Calendar 3 WC results with intermediate Top 10 WC standings 3.1 World Cup 1; Kontiolahti, Finland; 29 Nov–2 Dec 3.1.1 Race results 3.1.2 Total WC standings at the end of WC 1 3.2 World Cup 2; Hochfilzen, Austria; 7–9 Dec 3.2.1 Race results 3.2.2 Total WC standings at the end of WC 2 3.3 World Cup 3; Pokljuka, Slovenia; 13–16 Dec 3.3.1 Race results 3.3.2 Total WC standings at the end of WC 3 3.4 World Cup 4; Oberhof, Germany; 3–6 Jan 3.4.1 Race results 3.4.2 Total WC standings at the end of WC 4 3.5 World Cup 5; Ruhpolding, Germany; 9–13 Jan 3.5.1 Race results 3.5.2 Total WC standings at the end of WC 5 3.6 World Cup 6; Antholz-Anterselva, Italy; 17–20 Jan 3.6.1 Race results 3.6.2 Total WC standings at the end of WC 6 3.7 World Championships 2008; Östersund, Sweden; 9–17 Feb 3.7.1 Race results 3.7.2 Total WC standings at the end of World Championship 3.8 World Cup 7; Pyeong Chang, South Korea; 28 Feb–2 Mar 3.8.1 Race results 3.8.2 Total WC standings at the end of WC 7 3.9 World Cup 8; Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia; 6–9 Mar 3.9.1 Race results 3.9.2 Total WC standings at the end of WC 8 3.10 World Cup 9; Holmenkollen, Norway; 13–16 Mar 3.10.1 Race results 3.10.2 Total WC standings at the end of WC 9 3.11 Trivia 4 References and notes

Scores and leader bibs

• For the eighth successive season, the race victory gives 50 points, a 2nd place gives 46 pts, a 3rd place 43 pts, a 4th place 40 pts, a fifth place 37 pts, a 6th place 34 pts, then further decreasing by two pts down to the 15th place (16 pts), then linearly decreasing by one point down to the 30th place (see the Place/Points table on the page's upper right). Equal placings, i.e. same-time finishes (ties) give an equal number of points.

• The sum of all WC points of the season, minus the score from a predetermined number of events (say, 3) give the biathlete's accumulated WC score (naturally, the races chosen to be eliminated from the total will be those with the lowest scores). Biathletes with an equal number of accumulated points are ranked by number of victories, 2nd places, 3rd places, and so on, in practice reducing the possibility of ties to just about nil.

• In addition to the Total WC score as described above, the points from races in each separate single-biathlete format—Individual, Sprint, Pursuit, and Mass start—accumulate toward separate scores with associated "sub-Cups" to be won. See the main Biathlon article for a detailed description of the race formats.

• In any given race, the biathlete with the highest accumulated Total WC score before the race wears a yellow    number bib. The leader of the specific race format wears a red    bib. If the same biathlete leads both the Total and the specific format's World Cup, a combined yellow-and-red    bib is worn. In the first races of the season, the winners of the previous season's Cups wear the associated bibs.

• There are also two multi-biathlete Cups to be won, namely the Relay and Nation Cups. The scores of the Relay races are awarded to each nation's team in the same manner as in the single-biathlete Cups. No leader bibs are worn during the Relays. For the Nation Cup, the combined scores of the three best biathletes from each nation in the Individual and Sprint races, as well as the Relay scores, are accumulated. The Nation Cup points scale is different from the World Cup points scale; each place from 1st through 30th scores 100 more points than in the World Cup, and from 31st down to 130th points are awarded on a scale from 100 to 1.

Calendar

The IBU World Cup calendar for the 2007/2008 season.^[1]

City	Date	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Individual	Relay	Mixed relay	Details
Kontiolahti	November 29–2 December	X	X		X			details
Hochfilzen	December 6–9	X	X			X		details
Pokljuka	December 12–16	X			X	X		details
Oberhof	January 2–6	X		X		X		details
Ruhpolding	January 8–13	X	X			X		details
Antholz	January 16–20	X	X	X				details
Östersund	February 8–17	X	X	X	X	X	X	World Championships
Pyeongchang	February 22–2 March	X	X				X	details
Khanty-Mansiysk	March 5–9	X	X	X				details
Holmenkollen	March 12–16	X	X	X				details
Total		10	8	5	3	5	2

WC results with intermediate Top 10 WC standings

World Cup 1;
Kontiolahti, Finland;
29 Nov–2 Dec

Race results

Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
29 November	Women 15 km IN IBU Report	1.  Martina Glagow (GER) 46:28.8 (0)	4. Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE) 5. Helena Jonsson (SWE) 6. Teja Gregorin (SLO) 7. Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 8. Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR) 9. Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 10. Zdeňka Vejnarová (CZE)
		2.  Tatiana Moiseyeva (RUS) +6.7 (0)
		3.  Simone Denkinger (GER) +1:02.7 (2)
		With all shootings finished, Moiseyeva held a 12-second lead on Glagow, and looked on course for her first BWC win after race leader Magda Rezlerová missed two shots on her standing shoot for a 12th place. However, Glagow rallied in the final loop and was ahead in goal. Last season's Total and Individual World Cup winner Andrea Henkel missed three shots and finished 18th.
	Men 20 km IN IBU report	1.  Vincent Defrasne (FRA) 51:25.2 (0)	4. Sergey Rozhkov (RUS) 5. Daniel Graf (GER) 6. Alexey Churin (RUS) 7. Friedrich Pinter (AUT) 8. Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS) 9. Jay Hakkinen (USA) 10. Tomasz Sikora (POL)
		2.  Halvard Hanevold (NOR) +23.6 (1)
		3.  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) +30.2 (1)
		Defrasne was one of only two biathletes to hit 20 targets, the other being the Russian Churin, who recorded 6th place in his third BWC start. Total World Cup holder Ole Einar Bjørndalen missed six times and finished 29th despite the fastest ski time. The race was held in near-darkness with a floodlit shooting range.
30 November	Women 7.5 km SP IBU Report	1.  Martina Glagow (GER)    21:24.1 (0)	4. Andrea Henkel (GER), 5. Kaisa Varis (FIN), 6. Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 7. Magdalena Neuner (GER), 8. Oksana Khvostenko (UKR), 9. Simone Denkinger (GER), 10. Sandrine Bailly (FRA)
		2.  Kati Wilhelm (GER) +0.3 (1)
		3.  Tora Berger (NOR) +0.6 (0)
		Glagow took the second consecutive victory in a very close race, where Berger was 0.6 seconds away from the first victory of her career. Wilhelm caught 12 seconds in the final loop to snatch second place, while Henkel, who led after the standing shoot, finished fourth some three seconds off the pace.
1 December	Men 10 km SP IBU report	1.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 23:13.4 (0)	4. Alexander Os (NOR), 5. Björn Ferry (SWE), 6. Ivan Cherezov (RUS), 7. Friedrich Pinter (AUT), 8. Zhang Chengye (CHN), 9. Rune Bratsveen (NOR), 10. Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT)
		2.  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) +12.7 (1)
		3.  Carsten Pump (GER) +23.3 (0)
		Bjørndalen's first victory of the season, though Yaroshenko was 18 seconds faster over the first lap and ended with a better course time than Bjørndalen. Pump took his first podium place of his career.
2 December	Women 7.5 km PU IBU Report	1.  Tora Berger (NOR) 31:59.7 (1)	4. Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 5. Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS), 6.   Kati Wilhelm (GER) , 7. Solveig Rogstad (NOR), 8. Simone Denkinger (GER), 9. Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 10. Teja Gregorin (SLO)
		2.  Andrea Henkel (GER) +18.8 (2)
		3.  Martina Glagow (GER)    +42.5 (1)
		Berger took her first World Cup victory, with flawless shooting through the first three shoots before missing one shot on the final standing shoot. Wilhelm was second into the standing shoot, but struggled with the rifle and finished sixth after two penalty loops. Glagow remained in the overall lead, while world champion Neuner finished 17th after seven penalty loops.
	Men 12.5 km PU IBU Report	1.  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 32:51.9 (0)	4. Björn Ferry (SWE), 5. Rune Bratsveen (NOR), 6. Maxim Choudov (RUS), 7. Alexey Churin (RUS), 8. Zhang Chengye (CHN), 9. Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS), 10. Friedrich Pinter (AUT)
		2.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) +27.7 (4)
		3.  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS)    +1:00.5 (3)
		Cherezov advanced from sixth place with flawless shooting and the fourth fastest ski time. Bjørndalen squandered his advantage from the sprint with one missed shot on each of the prone shoots. Bjørndalen, Cherezov and Yaroshenko were head to head at the final shooting, but only Cherezov kept his nerve.

Total WC standings at the end of WC 1

Individual biathletes: Standings from the previous WC season shown in brackets.

Men 1. (4.)  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 102 2. (2.)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 98 3.(19.)  Friedrich Pinter (AUT) 90 4. (5.)  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 89 5.(15.)  Vincent Defrasne (FRA) 82 6.(38.)  Zhang Chengye (CHN) 80 7.(12.)  Maxim Choudov (RUS) 77 8.( 7.)  Björn Ferry (SWE) 77 9.(73.)  Alexey Churin (RUS) 77 10.(18.)  Tomasz Sikora (POL) 74

Women 1. (7.)  Martina Glagow (GER) 143 2.(23.)  Simone Denkinger (GER) 101 3. (1.)  Andrea Henkel (GER) 99 4. (8.)  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 98 5.(14.)  Tora Berger (NOR) 93 6. (2.)  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 90 7. (3.)  Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE) 84 8.(12.)  Teja Gregorin (SLO) 78 9.(55.)  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 72 10.(17.)  Helena Jonsson (SWE) 71

World Cup 2;
Hochfilzen, Austria;
7–9 Dec

Race results

Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
7 December	Men 10 km SP IBU Report	1.  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 23:57.8 (1)	4. Carl Johan Bergman (SWE), 5.   Ivan Cherezov (RUS), 6. Maxim Choudov (RUS), 7. Tomasz Sikora (POL), 8. Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 9. Michael Greis (GER), 10. Alexander Os (NOR)
		2.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    +37.7 (2)
		3.  Andrey Makoveyev (RUS) +51.0 (2)
		Yaroshenko's first World Cup victory, in dominant style, with the fastest course time, 23 seconds faster than Bjørndalen in second to have the two tied at the top of the Sprint Cup standings. Bjørndalen took over the overall lead, five points ahead of Cherezov and Yaroshenko. 3rd-placed Makoveyev lost time on both shootings, but was also a faster skier than Bjørndalen.
	Women 7.5 km SP IBU Report	1.  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 21:53.0 (0)	4. Tora Berger (NOR), 5. Sabrina Buchholz (GER), 6. Andrea Henkel (GER), 7. Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 8. Liu Xianying (CHN), 9. Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE), 10. Olga Anisimova (RUS)
		2.  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS) +18.8 (0)
		3.  Kati Wilhelm (GER) +33.9 (0)
		After the prone shoot, Neuner was first, Henkel third and Martina Glagow sixth, but with four, three and two misses respectively, none of them managed the podium. Bailly took full advantage, and though she was beaten by 34 seconds she took her first victory since January 2007. Youriyeva repeated her career-best performance with second, while Wilhelm took over the Sprint Cup lead.
8 December	Men 12.5 km PU IBU Report	1.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    34:57.31 (5)	4. Halvard Hanevold (NOR), 5. Carl Johan Bergman (SWE), 6. Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 7. Alexander Os (NOR), 8. Vincent Defrasne (FRA), 9. Björn Ferry (SWE), 10. Michael Greis (GER)
		2.  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) +28.7 (5)
		3.  Daniel Graf (GER) +1:01.6 (0)
		Bjørndalen caught Yaroshenko after a Russian miss on the first shoot, then Bjørndalen missed once on the second, and after one miss each on the third they came in together on the final standing shoot. Both missed three times out of five, but Bjørndalen shot faster, and gained 21 seconds on the final 2.5 km lap. Graf advanced 11 places and took his first career podium, which also was the first for the German men this year.
	Women 10 km PU IBU Report	1.  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 31:37.79 (1)	4. Magdalena Neuner (GER), 5.   Martina Glagow (GER), 6. Anne Ingstadbjørg (NOR), 7. Helena Jonsson (SWE), 8. Teja Gregorin (SLO), 9. Sylvie Becaert (FRA), 10. Andrea Henkel (GER)
		2.  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS) +31.4 (4)
		3.  Kati Wilhelm (GER) +32.6 (1)
		The top three defended their spots from the sprint, with Wilhelm losing 36 seconds to Youriyeva in the final two laps to surrender second place despite Youriyeva's three penalty loops on the second standing shoot. Bailly was intangible, hitting the first 19 targets before a miss on the final standing shoot to take over the lead both in the Pursuit Cup and the Total Cup.
9 December	Men 4×7.5 km RL IBU report	1.  Norway (Svendsen, Os, Hanevold, Bjørndalen) 1:18:31.26 (0+6)	4.  France (1+11), 5.  Switzerland (0+10), 6.  Sweden (3+14), 7.  Belarus (0+6), 8.  Austria (1+18), 9.  Italy (0+10), 10.  Ukraine (2+13)
		2.  Russia (Cherezov, Choudov, Kruglov, Yaroshenko) +2:25.5 (2+10)
		3.  Germany (Rösch, Graf, Pump, Greis) +2:56.6 (0+9)
		Norway took a dominant victory, winning by more than two minutes after Kruglov and Yaroshenko both shot penalty loops on the standing shoots, while Hanevold and Bjørndalen hit 10 targets each. The margin of victory was the largest in the World Cup for over ten years.
	Women 4×6 km RL IBU Report	1.  Germany (Glagow, Henkel, Denkinger, Wilhelm) 1:23:35.00 (0+10)	4.  France (0+9), 5.  China (0+8), 6.  Norway (1+10), 7.  Ukraine (0+4), 8.  Slovenia (0+11), 9.  Belarus (0+10), 10.  Italy (0+7)
		2.  Russia (Sleptsova, Anisimova, Moiseyeva, Youriyeva) +19.3 (0+10)
		3.  Sweden (Högberg, Olofsson, Nilsson, Jonsson) +20.3 (0+5)
		WCh gold medallists and Nations Cup leaders Germany led for 24 km, despite Henkel's three misses on the standing shoot. France were briefly in second place on the third leg with a swift race and a faultless prone shoot, but Bailly missed three times on the standing shoot and could not catch Russia. Sweden advanced from tenth after the first leg, 80 seconds down, up to a podium place after the final standing shoot.

Total WC standings at the end of WC 2

Individual biathletes:

Standings from the previous WC meet shown in brackets.

Men 1. (2.)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 194 2. (4.)  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 185 3. (1.)  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 159 4. (8.)  Björn Ferry (SWE) 129 5. (5.)  Vincent Defrasne (FRA) 128 6. (7.)  Maxim Choudov (RUS) 116 7.(13.)  Alexander Os (NOR) 116 8.(10.)  Tomasz Sikora (POL) 113 9.(20.)  Daniel Graf (GER) 98 10.(9.)  Alexey Churin (RUS) 94

Women 1. (4.)  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 198 2. (1.)  Martina Glagow (GER) 195 3. (6.)  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 176 4. (3.)  Andrea Henkel (GER) 159 5.(12.)  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS) 149 6. (5.)  Tora Berger (NOR) 139 7. (7.)  Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE) 134 8. (8.)  Teja Gregorin (SLO) 123 9.(10.)  Helena Jonsson (SWE) 119 10.(2.)  Simone Denkinger (GER) 116

Relay:

Standings from the previous WC season shown in brackets.

Men 1. (2.)  Norway 50 2. (1.)  Russia 46 3. (3.)  Germany 43 4. (6.)  France 40 5.(11.)  Switzerland 37

Women 1. (2.)  Germany 50 2. (3.)  Russia 46 3. (8.)  Sweden 43 4. (1.)  France 40 5. (5.)  China 37

World Cup 3;
Pokljuka, Slovenia;
13–16 Dec

Four Norwegian women, including World Cup No. 6 Tora Berger, skipped the meet;^[2] the Swedish biathletes struggled with a cold, with World Cup No. 4 Björn Ferry missing both the individual and the sprint.^[3]

Race results

Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
13 December	Men 20 km IN IBU Report	1.  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 51:58.1 (0)	4. Berezhnoy (UKR), 5. Pinter (AUT), 6. Rösch (GER), 7.   Defrasne (FRA), 8. Clegg (CAN), 9. Birnbacher (GER), 10. Bilanenko (UKR)
		2.  Alexander Wolf (GER) +46.6 (1)
		3.  Sergey Sednev (UKR) +1:55.9 (1)
		22-year-old Svendsen took his first WC victory after being one of three to complete the race without penalties. Svendsen started early, and by the time he finished, the seeded group were still at the second or third shoots. 23-year-old Sednev scored his first WC podium, beating fellow Ukrainian Berezhnoy, who would also have been a first-time podium visitor, by 0.3 seconds. Ukraine, like Germany, had three men in the Top 10.
	Women 15 km IN IBU Report	1.  Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS) 43:47.3 (0)	4. Olofsson (SWE), 5. Jonsson (SWE), 6. Nilsson (SWE), 7. Neuner (GER), 8. Peretto (FRA), 9. Moiseyeva (RUS), 10. Denkinger (GER)
		2.  Michela Ponza (ITA) +55.1 (0)
		3.  Martina Glagow (GER)    +1:18.2 (1)
		24-year-old Youriyeva became the second biathlete of the day to notch up a career first WC victory. It did not look that way throughout, as she trailed Magdalena Neuner by 50 seconds after two loops, with the German having completed three shoots without mistake. However, Neuner encountered fierce winds on the final standing shoot, missing four times and crashing to seventh.
15 December	Men 10 km SP IBU Report	1.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    23:44.4 (1)	4. Fourcade (FRA), 5. Aidarov (UKR), 6. Kruglov (RUS), 7. Andresen (NOR), 8. Graf (GER), 9. Šlesingr (CZE), 10. Birnbacher (GER)
		2.  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS)    +4.9 (1)
		3.  Mattias Nilsson Jr. (SWE) +11.8 (0)
		Simon Fourcade led after the standing shoot, having hit 10 targets, ahead of Nilsson, Yaroshenko, Aidarov and Bjørndalen. However, Bjørndalen rallied with the fastest final lap, beating Yaroshenko by 13 seconds to snatch victory and have the Sprint Cup lead for himself. Nilsson managed to beat Fourcade in the final lap, taking his first podium for two seasons.
	Women 7.5 km SP IBU Report	1.  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 21:32.6 (1)	4. Jonsson (SWE), 5.   Glagow (GER), 6. Nilsson (SWE), 7. Guseva (RUS), 8. Youriyeva (RUS), 9. Hitzer (GER), 10. Sleptsova (RUS)
		2.  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) +9.2 (1)
		3.  Magdalena Neuner (GER) +20.7 (3)
		Bailly scored her third victory of the season, and Mäkäräinen entered the WC podium for the first time in her career. They both missed one target, while the race's fastest skier, Neuner, despite missing three shots, managed to get the third podium place. She was the only one of the Top 10 that had three misses; no Top 10'ers shot perfectly. Bailly took over the Sprint Cup lead from Kati Wilhelm, who came in 18th with three penalties. Glagow kept her yellow bib.
16 December	Men 4×7.5 km RL IBU Report	1.  Russia (Makoveev, Tchoudov, Yaroshenko, Kruglov) 1:16:58.10 (0+3)	4.  Norway (2+19), 5.  Italy (3+11), 6.  Ukraine (2+11), 7.  France (1+12), 8.  Czech Republic (3+12), 9.  Latvia (1+7), 10.  Belarus (2+9)
		2.  Germany (Rösch, Wolf, Birnbacher, Greis) +2:35.0 (1+11)
		3.  Austria (Mesotitsch, Pinter, Landertinger, Eder) +3:11.4 (0+16)
	Women 4×6 km RL IBU Report	1.  Germany (Glagow, Buchholz, Neuner, Henkel) 1:13:52.40 (0+6)	4.  Ukraine (0+5), 5.  Slovenia  (0+10), 6.  Sweden (0+11), 7.  China (0+6), 8.  Italy (0+6), 9.  Norway (1+12), 10.  Poland (1+12)
		2.  Russia (Sleptsova, Neupokoeva, Guseva, Iourieva) +42.5 (0+3)
		3.  France (Peretto, Brunet, Becaert, Bailly) +2:02.6 (0+6)

Total WC standings at the end of WC 3

Men 1. (1.)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 255 2. (2.)  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 237 3. (3.)  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 173 4. (5.)  Vincent Defrasne (FRA) 160 5.(12.)  Friedrich Pinter (AUT) 145 6.(11.)  Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS) 136 7. (4.)  Björn Ferry (SWE) 129 8.(14.)  Halvard Hanevold (NOR) 128 9. (9.)  Daniel Graf (GER) 128 10.(8.)  Tomasz Sikora (POL) 128

Women 1. (2.)  Martina Glagow (GER) 274 2. (1.)  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 259 3. (5.)  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS) 229 4. (3.)  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 211 5. (9.)  Helena Jonsson (SWE) 196 6. (4.)  Andrea Henkel (GER) 194 7. (7.)  Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE) 188 8. (11.)  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 184 9. (10.)  Simone Denkinger (GER) 142 10.(6.)  Tora Berger (NOR) 139

Relay:

Men 1. (2.)  Russia 96 2. (1.)  Norway 90 3. (3.)  Germany 89 4. (8.)  Austria 73 5. (4.)  France 72

Women 1. (1.)  Germany 100 2. (2.)  Russia 92 3. (4.)  France 83 4. (3.)  Sweden 77 5. (7.)  Ukraine 72

World Cup 4;
Oberhof, Germany;
3–6 Jan

Race results

Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
3 January	Women 4×6 km RL IBU Report	1.  Germany (Denkinger, Henkel, Hitzer, Wilhelm) 1:15:41.11 (2+7)	4.  Norway (0+11), 5.  Belarus  (0+9), 6.  Ukraine (0+6), 7.  Poland (0+6), 8.  Italy (0+5), 9.  Romania (0+12), 10.  Latvia (4+21)
		2.  France (Peretto, Becaert, Macabies, Bailly) +12.2 (0+7)
		3.  Russia (Sleptsova, Neupokoeva, Moiseeva, Guseva), +26.0 (1+5)
4 January	Men 4×7.5 km RL IBU Report	1.  Norway (Svendsen, Os, Hanevold, Bjørndalen) 1:21:40.00 (0+15)	4.  Sweden (1+11), 5.  France (0+7), 6.  Belarus (2+15), 7.  Ukraine (4+14), 8.  Austria (5+17), 9.  Italy (5+15), 10.  Czech Republic (5+13)
		2.  Russia (Cherezov, Choudov, Yaroshenko, Kruglov) +3.4 (1+11)
		3.  Germany (Rösch, Wolf, Birnbacher, Greis) +48.6 (2+12)
5 January	Women 7.5 km SP IBU Report	1.  Tora Berger (NOR) 23:58.2 (0)	4. Vita Semerenko (UKR), 5. Wilhelm (GER), 6. Ponza (ITA), 7. Valj Semerenko (UKR), 8. Mäkäräinen (FIN), 9. Olofsson (GER), 10. Khrustaleva (KAZ)
		2.  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) +5.5 (2)
		3.  Magdalena Neuner (GER) +10.7 (4)
	Men 10 km SP IBU Report	1.  Tomasz Sikora (POL) 28:13.3 (0)	4. Greis (GER), 5. Nilsson Jr (SWE), 6. Yaroshenko (RUS), 7. Vítek (CZE), 8. Choudov (RUS), 9. Aidarov (UKR), 10. Andresen (NOR)
		2.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    +16.2 (3)
		3.  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) +16.7 (2)
6 January	Women 12.5 km MS IBU Report	1.  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 40:46.15 (2)	4. Henkel (GER), 5. Liu (CHN), 6. Jonsson (SWE), 7. Mäkäräinen (FIN), 8. Becaert (FRA), 9. Gwizdon (POL), 10. Olofsson (SWE)
		2.  Olga Anisimova (RUS) +59.2 (2)
		3.  Tatiana Moiseeva (RUS) +1:03.7 (3)
	Men 15 km MS IBU Report	1.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    38:58.98 (2)	4. Yaroshenko (RUS), 5. Choudov (RUS), 6. Greis (GER), 7. Wolf (GER), 8. Pump (GER), 9. Fourcade (FRA), 10. Zhang (CHN)
		2.  Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS) +34.1 (1)
		3.  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) +54.1 (3)

Total WC standings at the end of WC 4

Men 1. (1.)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 351 2. (2.)  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 311 3.(6.)  Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS) 193 4.(10.)  Tomasz Sikora (POL) 192 5. (4.)  Vincent Defrasne (FRA) 185 6.(15.)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 184 7. (12.)  Maxim Choudov (RUS) 183 8. (3.)  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 173 9. (22.)  Michael Greis (GER) 154 10. (7.)  Björn Ferry (SWE) 149

Women 1. (1.)  Martina Glagow (GER) 303 2. (2.)  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 289 3. (8.)  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 277 4. (4.)  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 263 5. (6.)  Andrea Henkel (GER) 245 6. (7.)  Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE) 242 7. (5.)  Helena Jonsson (SWE) 232 8. (3.)  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS) 229 9.(10.)  Tora Berger (NOR) 195 10. (12.)  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 180

Relay:

Men 1. (1.)  Russia 142 2. (2.)  Norway 140 3. (3.)  Germany 132 4. (5.)  France 109 5. (4.)  Austria 103

Women 1. (1.)  Germany 150 2. (2.)  Russia 135 3. (3.)  France 129 4. (5.)  Ukraine 106 5. (8.)  Norway 102

World Cup 5;
Ruhpolding, Germany;
9–13 Jan

Race results

Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
9 January	Women 4×6 km RL IBU Report	1.  Germany (Hitzer, Neuner, Buchholz, Wilhelm) 1:17:56.08 (3+10)	4.  France (0+6), 5.  Sweden  (0+8), 6.  Romania (0+7), 7.  China (0+9), 8.  Belarus (0+12), 9.  Poland (0+7), 10.  Slovakia (0+10)
		2.  Norway (Berger, Ingstadbjørg, Rogstad, Flatland) +24.3 (0+9)
		3.  Russia (Sleptsova, Anisimova, Iourieva, Guseva), +1:15.9 (1+10)
10 January	Men 4×7.5 km RL IBU Report	1.  Norway (Svendsen, Bratsveen, Hanevold, Bjørndalen) 1:27:06.93 (0+4)	4.  Sweden (0+10), 5.  Italy (0+6), 6.  Austria (2+12), 7.  France (2+5), 8.  United States (1+10), 9.  Czech Republic (2+18), 10.  Latvia (1+11)
		2.  Russia (Cherezov, Kruglov, Yaroshenko, Choudov) +19.3 (0+6)
		3.  Germany (Rösch, Wolf, Pump, Greis) +45.3 (0+7)
11 January	Women 7.5 km SP IBU Report	1.  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 24:25.4 (0)	4. Solveig Rogstad (NOR), 5. Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS), 6. Sabrina Buchholz (GER), 7. Sylvie Becaert (FRA), 8. Andrea Henkel (GER), 9. Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 10.   Martina Glagow (GER)
		2.  Helena Jonsson (SWE) +18.3 (0)
		3.  Kati Wilhelm (GER) +21.2 (2)
		Kaisa Varis was DSQ
12 January	Men 10 km SP IBU Report	1.  Michael Greis (GER) 24:59.2 (0)	4. Daniel Graf (GER), 5.   Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 6. Simon Hallenbarter (SUI), 7. Björn Ferry (SWE), 8. Christoph Stephan (GER), 9. Michael Rösch (GER), 10. Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS)
		2.  Maxim Choudov (RUS) +19.8 (1)
		3.  Alexander Wolf (GER) +30.5 (1)
13 January	Women 10 km PU IBU Report	1.  Solveig Rogstad (NOR) 33:43.29 (0)	4. Tora Berger (NOR), 5. Andrea Henkel (GER), 6.   Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 7. Sylvie Becaert (FRA), 8. Dijana Grudiček-Ravnikar (SLO), 9. Simone Denkinger (GER), 10. Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS)
		2.  Kati Wilhelm (GER) +12.6 (2)
		3.  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) +30.9 (1)
	Men 12.5 km PU IBU Report	1.  Michael Greis (GER) 36:23.42 (1)	4. Björn Ferry (SWE), 5.   Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 6. Daniel Graf (GER), 7. Zhang Chengye (CHN), 8. Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS), 9. Alexander Wolf (GER), 10. Vincent Defrasne (FRA)
		2.  Maxim Choudov (RUS) +28.2 (3)
		3.  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) +53.9 (1)

Total WC standings at the end of WC 5

Men 1. (1.)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 425 2. (2.)  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 367 3. (7.)  Maxim Choudov (RUS) 275 4. (9.)  Michael Greis (GER) 254 5. (6.)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 243 6. (5.)  Vincent Defrasne (FRA) 224 7. (11.)  Daniel Graf (GER) 222 8. (10.)  Björn Ferry (SWE) 221 9. (8.)  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 207 10. (3.)  Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS) 193

Women 1. (4.)  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 349 2. (1.)  Martina Glagow (GER) 343 3. (2.)  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 334 4. (3.)  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 313 5. (5.)  Andrea Henkel (GER) 310 6. (7.)  Helena Jonsson (SWE) 295 7. (8.)  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS) 281 8. (6.)  Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE) 273 9. (10.)  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 252 10. (9.)  Tora Berger (NOR) 251

Relay:

Men 1. (2.)  Norway 190 2. (1.)  Russia 188 3. (3.)  Germany 175 4. (4.)  France 141 5. (5.)  Austria 137

Women 1. (1.)  Germany 200 2. (2.)  Russia 178 3. (3.)  France 169 4. (5.)  Norway 148 5. (4.)  Ukraine 130

World Cup 6;
Antholz-Anterselva, Italy;
17–20 Jan

Race results

Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
17 January	Women 7.5 km SP IBU Report	1.  Kati Wilhelm (GER)    21:36.4 (0)	4. Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE), 5. Simone Denkinger (GER), 6. Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR), 7. Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 8. Magdalena Neuner (GER), 9. Sabrina Buchholz (GER), 10. Tora Berger (NOR)
		2.  Andrea Henkel (GER) +10.5 (0)
		3.  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) +26.9 (0)
18 January	Men 10 km SP IBU Report	1.  Michael Greis (GER) 25:05.4 (0)	4. Halvard Hanevold (NOR), 5. Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 6. Björn Ferry (SWE), 7. Simon Fourcade (FRA), 8. Ivan Cherezov (RUS), 9. Simon Eder (AUT), 10. Alexander Wolf (GER)
		2.  Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS) +3.4 (0)
		3.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    +6.4 (0)
19 January	Women 10 km PU IBU Report	1.  Andrea Henkel (GER) 32:51.39 (1)	4. Magdalena Neuner (GER), 5.   Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 6. Martina Glagow (GER), 7. Michela Ponza (ITA), 8. Eva Tofalvi (ROU), 9. Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 10.   Kati Wilhelm (GER)
		2.  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) +33.4 (2)
		3.  Tora Berger (NOR) +46.5 (2)
	Men 12.5 km PU IBU Report	1.  Björn Ferry (SWE) 32:46.65 (1)	4. Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 5. Simon Fourcade (FRA), 6. Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS), 7.   Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 8. Ivan Cherezov (RUS), 9. Maxim Choudov (RUS), 10. Halvard Hanevold (NOR)
		2.  Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS) +26.5 (2)
		3.  Michael Greis (GER) +28.7 (4)
20 January	Women 12.5 km MS IBU Report	1.  Andrea Henkel (GER) 36:07.37 (1)	4.   Magdalena Neuner (GER), 5. Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 6. Helena Jonsson (SWE), 7. Michela Ponza (ITA), 8. Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS), 9. Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 10. Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR)
		2.  Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE) +16.1 (0)
		3.  Kati Wilhelm (GER)    +28.8 (2)
	Men 15 km MS IBU Report	1.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    36:26.99 (1)	4. Maxim Choudov (RUS), 5. Vincent Defrasne (FRA), 6. Alexander Wolf (GER), 7. Simon Hallenbarter (SUI), 8. Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 9. Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 10. Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS)
		2.  Björn Ferry (SWE) +20.5 (1)
		3.  Michael Greis (GER) +26.3 (2)

Total WC standings at the end of WC 6

Men 1. (1.)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 550 2. (2.)  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 439 3. (4.)  Michael Greis (GER) 390 4. (3.)  Maxim Choudov (RUS) 365 5. (8.)  Björn Ferry (SWE) 351 6. (10.)  Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS) 299 7. (9.)  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 279 8. (5.)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 271 9. (6.)  Vincent Defrasne (FRA) 261 10. (7.)  Daniel Graf (GER) 260

Women 1. (1.)  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 468 2. (5.)  Andrea Henkel (GER) 456 3. (3.)  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 440 4. (4.)  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 423 5. (2.)  Martina Glagow (GER) 398 6. (8.)  Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE) 374 7. (9.)  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 354 8. (7.)  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS) 349 9.(10.)  Tora Berger (NOR) 336 10. (6.)  Helena Jonsson (SWE) 329

World Championships 2008;
Östersund, Sweden;
9–17 Feb

Race results

Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
9 February	Women 7.5 km SP IBU Report	1.  Andrea Henkel (GER) 19:43.1 (0)	4. Tora Berger (NOR), 5. Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 6. Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 7. Magdalena Gwizdon (POL), 8. Julie Bonnevie Svendsen (NOR), 9. Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS), 10. Dijana Grudiček-Ravnikar (SLO)
		2.  Albina Akhatova (RUS) ++12.7 (0)
		3.  Oksana Khvostenko (UKR) +23.2 (0)
	Men 10 km SP IBU Report	1.  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) 22:25.4 (0)	4. Ivan Cherezov (RUS), 5. Michael Rösch (GER), 6. Michal Šlesingr (CZE), 7. Daniel Graf (GER), 8. Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 9. Tim Burke (USA), 10. Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS)
		2.  Halvard Hanevold (NOR) +19.8 (0)
		3.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    +30.0 (2)
10 February	Women 10 km PU IBU Report	1.  Andrea Henkel (GER)    28:56.00 (0)	4. Tora Berger (NOR), 5.    Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 6. Magdalena Neuner (GER), 7. Martina Glagow (GER), 8. Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 9. Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 10. Oksana Khvostenko (UKR)
		2.  Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS) +20.5 (0)
		3.  Albina Akhatova (RUS) +38.5 (0)
	Men 12.5 km PU IBU Report	1.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    31:04.51 (2)	4. Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS), 5. Michal Šlesingr (CZE), 6. Simon Fourcade (FRA), 7. Michael Rösch (GER), 8. Ivan Cherezov (RUS), 9. Halvard Hanevold (NOR), 10. Tim Burke (USA)
		2.  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) +10.1 (4)
		3.  Alexander Wolf (GER) +42.8 (1)
14 February	Women 15 km IN IBU Report	1.  Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS) 44:23.8 (0)	4. Tora Berger (NOR), 5. Tatiana Moiseyeva (RUS), 6. Teja Gregorin (SLO), 7. Iana Romanova (RUS), 8. Natalia Levchenkova (MDA), 9. Olga Kudrashova (BLR), 10. Solveig Rogstad (NOR)
		2.  Martina Glagow (GER)    +1:13.3 (1)
		3.  Oksana Khvostenko (UKR) +2:24.4 (1)
	Men 20 km IN IBU Report	1.  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 51:51.9 (1)	4. Simon Fourcade (FRA), 5. Maxim Tchoudov (RUS), 6. Christian De Lorenzi (ITA), 7. Zdeněk Vítek (CZE), 8. Rustam Valiullin (BLR), 9. Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR), 10. Michal Šlesingr (CZE)
		2.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    +31.4 (2)
		3.  Maxim Maksimov (RUS) +34.8 (0)
16 February	Men 4×7.5 km RL IBU Report	1.  Russia (Cherezov, Kruglov, Yaroshenko, Tchoudov) 1:21:00.70 (0+5)	4.  Austria (0+10), 5.  France (0+8), 6.  Sweden (3+10), 7.  Czech Republic (0+14), 8.  Belarus (0+9), 9.  Slovakia (0+11), 10.  Ukraine (1+11)
		2.  Norway (Svendsen, Bratsveen, Hanevold, Bjørndalen) +49.2 (0+7)
		3.  Germany (Rösch, Wolf, Birnbacher, Greis) +1:42.5 (2+14)
	Women 12.5 km MS IBU Report	1.  Magdalena Neuner (GER)    39:36.53 (4)	4. Vita Semerenko (UKR), 5. Helena Jonsson (SWE), 6. Martina Glagow (GER), 7. Liu Xianying (CHN), 8. Kati Wilhelm (GER), 9. Michela Ponza (ITA), 10. Albina Akhatova (RUS)
		2.  Tora Berger (NOR) +3.0 (1)
		3.  Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS) +29.5 (2)
17 February	Men 15  km MS IBU Report	1.  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 36:12.64 (1)	4. Maxim Maksimov (RUS), 5. Halvard Hanevold (NOR), 6. Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS), 7. Vincent Defrasne (FRA), 8. Ivan Cherezov (RUS), 9. Björn Ferry (SWE), 10. Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR)
		2.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    +0.4 (1)
		3.  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) +24.9 (3)
	Women 4×6 km RL IBU Report	1.  Germany (Glagow, Henkel, Neuner, Wilhelm) 1:10:12.6 (1+9)	4.  Russia (0+8), 5.  Belarus (0+6), 6.  Norway (1+8), 7.  Poland (0+8), 8.  Sweden (1+8), 9.  Slovakia (0+7), 10.  Italy (0+11)
		2.  Ukraine (Yakovleva, Vita Semerenko, Valj Semerenko, Khvostenko) +30.9 (0+4)
		3.  France (Peretto, Brunet, Becaert, Bailly) +1:35.7 (2+13)

Total WC standings at the end of World Championship

Men 1. (1.)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 735 2. (2.)  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 563 3. (4.)  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) 541 4. (8.)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 415 5. (5.)  Björn Ferry (SWE) 412 6. (3.)  Michael Greis (GER) 410 7. (7.)  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 392 8. (14.)  Halvard Hanevold (NOR) 339 9. (11.)  Alexander Wolf (GER) 328 10. (9.)  Vincent Defrasne (FRA) 324

Women 1. (2.)  Andrea Henkel (GER) 576 2. (3.)  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 542 3. (5.)  Martina Glagow (GER) 532 4. (1.)  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 531 5. (4.)  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 524 6. (8.)  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS) 521 7. (9.)  Tora Berger (NOR) 505 8. (7.)  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 436 9. (10.)  Helena Jonsson (SWE) 418 10. (6.)  Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE) 394

Relay:

Men 1. (1.)  Norway 196 2. (2.)  Russia 192 3. (3.)  Germany 175 4. (7.)  Sweden 148 5. (5.)  Austria 147

Women 1. (1.)  Germany 200 2. (2.)  Russia 178 3. (3.)  France 173 4. (4.)  Norway 154 5. (5.)  Ukraine 152

World Cup 7;
Pyeong Chang, South Korea;
28 Feb–2 Mar

Race results

Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
27 February	Men 10 km SP IBU Report	1.  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 25:57.4 (1)	4. Daniel Graf (GER), 5. Björn Ferry (SWE), 6. Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 7. Simon Eder (AUT), 8. Klemen Bauer (SLO), 9. Andrei Prokunin (RUS), 10. Michael Greis (GER)
		2.  Halvard Hanevold (NOR) +29.9 (1)
		3.  Friedrich Pinter (AUT) +30.2 (1)
28 February	Women 7.5 km SP IBU Report	1.  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 20:32.1 (2)	4. Albina Akhatova (RUS), 5. Tatiana Moiseeva (RUS), 6. Oksana Neupokoeva (RUS), 7. Dijana Grudiček-Ravnikar (SLO), 8. Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA), 9. Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 10. Sofia Domeij (SWE)
		2.  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) +14.3 (1)
		3.  Michela Ponza (ITA) +22.3 (0)
29 February	Men 12.5 km PU IBU Report	1.  Michael Greis (GER) 32:49.56 (3)	4. Michael Rösch (GER), 5. Friedrich Pinter (AUT), 6. Alexander Wolf (GER), 7. Tomasz Sikora (POL), 8. Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 9. Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 10. Simon Eder (AUT)
		2.  Halvard Hanevold (NOR) +12.4 (3)
		3.  Alexander Os (NOR) +17.0 (4)
1 March	Women 10 km PU IBU Report	1.  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 31:29.89 (1)	4. Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA), 5.    Andrea Henkel (GER), 6. Magdalena Neuner (GER), 7. Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 8. Oksana Neupokoeva (RUS), 9. Kati Wilhelm (GER), 10. Kathrin Hitzer (GER)
		2.  Michela Ponza (ITA) +54.9 (1)
		3.  Albina Akhatova (RUS) +1:00.1 (2)
2 March	Mixed 2×6+2×7.5 km RL IBU Report	1.  Norway (Flatland, Rogstad, Gjedrem, Os) 1:13:39.32 (2+7)	4.  Russia (0+1-), 5.  Poland (1+11), 6.  Slovenia (0+10), 7.  Ukraine (0+11), 8.  Germany (2+9), 9.  Sweden (2+13), 10.  Belarus (1+9)
		2.  Italy (Ponza, Haller, Vuillermoz, De Lorenzi) +4.1 (0+10)
		3.  France (Carraz-Collin, Macabies, Fourcade, Boeuf) +4.2 (0+8)

Total WC standings at the end of WC 7

Men 1. (1.)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 735 2. (2.)  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 589 3. (3.)  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) 541 4. (4.)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 495 5. (6.)  Michael Greis (GER) 486 6. (5.)  Björn Ferry (SWE) 469 7. (8.)  Halvard Hanevold (NOR) 431 8. (7.)  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 405 9. (9.)  Alexander Wolf (GER) 384 10. (11.)  Daniel Graf (GER) 372

Women 1. (2.)  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 638 2. (1.)  Andrea Henkel (GER) 627 3. (5.)  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 608 4. (4.)  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 572 5. (3.)  Martina Glagow (GER) 532 6. (6.)  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS) 521 7. (7.)  Tora Berger (NOR) 520 8. (9.)  Helena Jonsson (SWE) 444 9. (8.)  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 436 10. (10.)  Anna Carin Olofsson (SWE) 394

World Cup 8;
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia;
6–9 Mar

Race results

Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
6 March	Men 10 km SP IBU Report	1.  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)    25:24.9 (0)	4. Ondřej Moravec (CZE), 5. Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS), 6. Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS), 7. Björn Ferry (SWE), 8. Rune Bratsveen (NOR), 9. Ronny Hafsås (NOR), 10. Alexey Churin (RUS)
		2.  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) +10.0 (0)
		3.  Andrei Makoveev (RUS) +32.5 (1)
	Women 7.5 km SP IBU Report	1.  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 21:46.5 (1)	4. Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 5. Andrea Henkel (GER), 6. Solveig Rogstad (NOR), 7. Darya Domracheva (BLR), 8. Olga Anisimova (RUS), 9. Michela Ponza (ITA), 10. Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS)
		2.  Sandrine Bailly (FRA)    +10.1 (0)
		3.  Albina Akhatova (RUS) +16.0 (0)
8 March	Men 12.5 km PU IBU Report	1.  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 35:50.48 (2)	4. Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 5. Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS), 6. Artem Goussev (RUS), 7.    Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 8. Björn Ferry (SWE), 9. Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS), 10. Michal Šlesingr (CZE)
		2.  Tomasz Sikora (POL) +16.8 (0)
		3.  Andrei Makoveev (RUS) +23.1 (3)
	Women 10 km PU IBU Report	1.  Kathrin Hitzer (GER) 33:51.68 (1)	4. Albina Akhatova (RUS), 5. Magdalena Neuner (GER), 6. Michela Ponza (ITA), 7. Darya Domracheva (BLR), 8. Kati Wilhelm (GER), 9. Martina Glagow (GER), 10. Valj Semerenko (UKR)
		2.  Sandrine Bailly (FRA)    +1.5 (2)
		3.  Andrea Henkel (GER) +22.2 (2)
9 March	Men 15 km MS IBU Report	1.  Tomasz Sikora (POL) 41:20.88 (1)	4. Ivan Cherezov (RUS), 5. Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS), 6.    Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 7. Vincent Defrasne (FRA), 8. Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 9. Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS), 10. Alexander Wolf (GER)
		2.  Daniel Graf (GER) +15.1 (2)
		3.  Michal Šlesingr (CZE) +15.1 (2)
	Women 12.5 km MS IBU Report	1.  Kathrin Hitzer (GER) 38:04.93 (2)	4. Oksana Khvostenko (UKR), 5. Sylvie Becaert (FRA), 6. Magdalena Gwizdon (POL), 7. Michela Ponza (ITA), 8. Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR), 9. Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS), 10. Tora Berger (NOR)
		2.  Magdalena Neuner (GER)    +19.2 (5)
		3.  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) +28.8 (2)

Total WC standings at the end of WC 8

Men 1. (1.)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 851 2. (2.)  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 682 3. (4.)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 594 4. (6.)  Björn Ferry (SWE) 553 5. (3.)  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) 541 6. (5.)  Michael Greis (GER) 498 7. (7.)  Halvard Hanevold (NOR) 464 8. (8.)  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 463 9. (13.)  Tomasz Sikora (POL) 420 10.(14.)  Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS) 418

Women 1. (2.)  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 741 2. (3.)  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 741 3. (2.)  Andrea Henkel (GER) 727 4. (4.)  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 623 5. (6.)  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS) 599 6. (5.)  Martina Glagow (GER) 585 7. (7.)  Tora Berger (NOR) 567 8. (8.)  Helena Jonsson (SWE) 488 9. (9.)  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 479 10. (11.)  Michela Ponza (ITA) 472

World Cup 9;
Holmenkollen, Norway;
13–16 Mar

Race results

Date	Event	Podium	Top 10
13 March	Women 7.5 km SP IBU Report	1.  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 21:47.6 (1)	4. Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 5. Andrea Henkel (GER), 6. Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS), 7. Magdalena Neuner (GER), 8. Martina Glagow (GER), 9. Liu Xianying (CHN), 10. Teja Gregorin (SLO)
		2.  Tora Berger (NOR) +7.4 (0)
		3.  Kati Wilhelm (GER) +9.9 (0)
	Men 10 km SP IBU Report	1.  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 25:19.9 (0)	4. Ivan Cherezov (RUS), 5. Frode Andresen (NOR), 6. Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 7. Stian Eckhoff (NOR), 8. Michael Greis (GER), 9. Andrei Prokunin (RUS), 10. Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS)
		2.  Michael Rösch (GER) +24.5 (0)
		3.  Friedrich Pinter (AUT) +31.1 (1)
15 March	Women 10 km PU IBU Report	1.  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 33:01.54 (1)	4.   Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 5. Tora Berger (NOR), 6. Martina Glagow (GER), 7.   Magdalena Neuner (GER), 8. Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 9. Eveli Saue (EST), 10. Teja Gregorin (SLO)
		2.  Kati Wilhelm (GER) +27.7 (1)
		3.  Liu Xianying (CHN) +47.8 (1)
	Men 12.5 km PU IBU Report	1.  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 35:10.96 (2)	4. Michael Greis (GER), 5. Michael Rösch (GER), 6. Alexander Os (NOR), 7. Tim Burke (USA), 8. Simon Eder (AUT), 9. Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 10. Mattias Nilsson Jr. (SWE)
		2.  Friedrich Pinter (AUT) +22.1 (3)
		3.  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) +47.4 (5)
16 March	Women 12.5 km MS IBU Report	1.  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 37:43.06 (0)	4. Oksana Khvostenko (UKR), 5. Martina Glagow (GER), 6. Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 7. Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 8. Helena Jonsson (SWE), 9.    Magdalena Neuner (GER), 10. Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS)
		2.  Solveig Rogstad (NOR) +53.0 (1)
		3.  Michela Ponza (ITA) +1:03.9 (1)
	Men 15 km MS IBU Report	1.  Michal Šlesingr (CZE) 39:11.97 (1)	4. Andrei Makoveev (RUS), 5. Zhang Chengye (CHN), 6. Michael Rösch (GER), 7. Simon Eder (AUT), 8. Tim Burke (USA), 9. Michael Greis (GER), 10. Daniel Graf (GER)
		2.  Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS) +0.1 (1)
		3.  Halvard Hanevold (NOR) +5.1 (2)

Total WC standings at the end of WC 9

Men 1. (1.)  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 869 2. (2.)  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 696 3. (3.)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 687 4. (6.)  Michael Greis (GER) 596 5. (8.)  Ivan Cherezov (RUS) 573 6. (4.)  Björn Ferry (SWE) 568 7. (5.)  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) 541 8. (7.)  Halvard Hanevold (NOR) 512 9.(10.)  Nikolay Kruglov, Jr. (RUS) 493 10. (12.)  Andreas Birnbacher (GER) 481

Women 1. (2.)  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 818 2. (1.)  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 805 3. (3.)  Andrea Henkel (GER) 766 4. (4.)  Kati Wilhelm (GER) 749 5. (6.)  Martina Glagow (GER) 679 6. (5.)  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS) 671 7. (7.)  Tora Berger (NOR) 664 8. (9.)  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) 579 9. (8.)  Helena Jonsson (SWE) 544 10. (10.)  Michela Ponza (ITA) 515

Trivia

First World Cup career victory:

•  Tora Berger (NOR), 26, in her 6th season — the WC 1 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2004–05 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS) 31, in his 6th season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; first podium was 2006–07 Sprint in Östersund
•  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 22, in his 3rd season — the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka; first podium was 2006–07 Sprint in Ruhpolding
•  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS), 24, in her 3rd season — the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka; first podium was 2006–07 Sprint in Lahti
•  Kaisa Varis (FIN), 32, in her 2nd season — the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding; also her first individual podium
•  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 21, in her 2nd season — the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding; first podium was 2007–08 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
•  Solveig Rogstad (NOR), 25, in her 3rd season — the WC 5 Pursuit in Ruhpolding; also her first individual podium
•  Björn Ferry (SWE), 29, in his 7th season — the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2004–05 Sprint in Torino - Cesana San Sicario
•  Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 21, in her 2nd season — the WC 8 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk ; first podium was 2006–07 Pursuit in Lahti
•  Michal Šlesingr (CZE), 25, in his 7th season — the WC 9 Mass Start in Holmenkollen ; first podium was 2006–07 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva

First podium placement:

•  Carsten Pump (GER), 31, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the WC 1 Sprint in Kontiolahti
•  Daniel Graf (GER), 26, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
•  Sergey Sednev (UKR), 23, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka
•  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 24, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka
•  Olga Anisimova (RUS), 35, in her 6th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Mass Start in Oberhof
•  Maxim Maksimov (RUS), 28, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the World Championships 2008 Individual in Östersund
•  Friedrich Pinter (AUT), 30, in his 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Sprint in Pyeong Chang

World Cup victory (in brackets total victory):

•  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 7 (81) first places
•  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 6 (6) first places
•  Sandrine Bailly (FRA) 4 (20) first places
•  Andrea Henkel (GER), 4 (14) first places
•  Magdalena Neuner (GER), 4 (11) first places
•  Michael Greis (GER), 4 (9) first places
•  Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 3 (3) first place
•  Kati Wilhelm (GER), 2 (18) first places
•  Martina Glagow (GER), 2 (12) first places
•  Tomasz Sikora (POL), 2 (4) first places
•  Ivan Cherezov (RUS), 2 (3) first places
•  Tora Berger (NOR), 2 (2) first places
•  Yekaterina Youriyeva (RUS), 2 (2) first places
•  Kathrin Hitzer (GER), 2 (2) first places
•  Vincent Defrasne (FRA), 1 (3) first places
•  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS), 1 (2) first places
•  Dmitry Yaroshenko (RUS), 1 (1) first place
•  Solveig Rogstad (NOR), 1 (1) first place
•  Björn Ferry (SWE), 1 (1) first place
•  Michal Šlesingr (CZE), 1 (1) first place
•  Kaisa Varis (FIN), 1 (1) first place

References and notes

1. ^ World Cup Schedule
2. ^ (Norwegian) Tilbake i verdenscupen, Ole Martin Rudstaden, Ringerikes Blad, retrieved 15 December 2007
3. ^ (Swedish) Sjuk Ferry missar världscuplopp, TT, retrieved from SVT 15 December 2007

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