Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
| Biathlon at the X Paralympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Whistler Paralympic Park |
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| Dates | March 13 March 17 |
| Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics | ||||
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| Pursuit | men | women | ||
The biathlon competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events will be held on 13 March and 17 March 2010.
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 2 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 3 |  Germany (GER) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 |  Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | .svg.png){kind=small} Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 |  United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Events
The program includes a total of 12 events, 6 for men and 6 for women. Competitors are divided into three categories: standing, visually impaired, and sitting. Standing biathletes are those that have a locomotive disability but are able to use the same equipment as able-bodied skiers, while sitting competitors use a sitski. Skiers with a visual impairement compete with the help of a sighted guide and an acoustic aiming system. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[1]
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Women's events
Pursuit & Individual - visually impaired. From left to right: Bronze medalists Alexey Ivanov (guide) and Mikhalina Lysova of Russia, gold medalists Thomas Friedrich (guide) and Verena Bentele of Germany, and silver medalists Natalia Yakimova (guide) and Liubov Vasilyeva of Russia.
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Pursuit |
visually impaired |
Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich Germany (GER) | 12:51.8 | Liubov Vasilyeva Guide: Natalia Yakimova Russia (RUS) | 13:23.4 | Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov Russia (RUS) | 13:40.8 |
| sitting | Olena Iurkovska Ukraine (UKR) | 09:55.5 | Maria Iovleva Russia (RUS) | 10:12.6 | Lyudmyla Pavlenko Ukraine (UKR) | 10:20.7 | |
| standing | Anna Burmistrova Russia (RUS) | 11:24.1 | Maija Loytynoja Finland (FIN) | 12:59.8 | Alena Gorbunova Russia (RUS) | 13:25.1 | |
| Individual |
visually impaired |
Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich Germany (GER) | 43:57.3 | Liubov Vasilyeva Guide: Natalia Yakimova Russia (RUS) | 46:59.4 | Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov Russia (RUS) | 47:59.1 |
| sitting | Maria Iovleva Russia (RUS) | 38:46.6 | Olena Iurkovska Ukraine (UKR) | 39:07.8 | Andrea Eskau Germany (GER) | 39:54.2 | |
| standing | Oleksandra Kononova Ukraine (UKR) | 46:01.4 | Anna Burmistrova Russia (RUS) | 48:04.0 | Iuliia Batenkova Ukraine (UKR) | 48:22.5 | |
Men's events
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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| Pursuit |
visually impaired |
Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov Ukraine (UKR) | 10:54.3 | Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev Russia (RUS) | 11:09.2 | Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski Belarus (BLR) | 11:16.0 |
| sitting | Irek Zaripov Russia (RUS) | 09:51.0 | Iurii Kostiuk Ukraine (UKR) | 10:38.9 | Andy Soule United States (USA) | 10:53.1 | |
| standing | Kirill Mikhaylov Russia (RUS) | 10:32.2 | Nils-Erik Ulset Norway (NOR) | 10:51.3 | Grygorii Vovchinskiy Ukraine (UKR) | 10:58.9 | |
| Individual |
visually impaired |
Wilhelm Brem Guide: Florian Grimm Germany (GER) | 38:28.6 | Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev Russia (RUS) | 38:32.7 | Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov Ukraine (UKR) | 38:55.5 |
| sitting | Irek Zaripov Russia (RUS) | 42:22.4 | Vladimir Kiselev Russia (RUS) | 42:29.9 | Roman Petushkov Russia (RUS) | 43:11.0 | |
| standing | Nils-Erik Ulset Norway (NOR) | 38:29.4 | Grygorii Vovchinskiy Ukraine (UKR) | 39:28.5 | Josef Giesen Germany (GER) | 41:25.0 | |
See also
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. |
- ↑ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
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