2009–10 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon World Cup

2009–10

Men

Women

World Cup locations

Winter Olympics

World Championships

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started 2 December 2009 in Östersund, Sweden and ended 28 March 2010 with the Mixed Relay World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Races of the season were broadcast in Europe on Eurosport channel.

Calendar

Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2009–10 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Details
Östersund	2–6 December	●	●			●		details
Hochfilzen	11–13 December		●	●		●		details
Pokljuka	17–20 December	●	●	●				details
Oberhof	6–10 January		●		●	●		details
Ruhpolding	13–17 January		●		●	●		details
Antholz	20–24 January	●	●	●				details
Vancouver	13–26 February	●	●	●	●	●		Winter Olympics
Kontiolahti	12–14 March		●	●			●	details
Oslo	18–21 March		●	●	●			details
Khanty-Mansiysk	25–27 March		●		●			details
Khanty-Mansiysk	28 March						●	Mixed Relay World Championships
Total		4	10	6	5	5	2

Standings: Men

Overall

rank	name	points
	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	828
2	Christoph Sumann (AUT)	813
3	Ivan Tcherezov (RUS)	782

Individual

rank	name	points
	Christoph Sumann (AUT)	142
2	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	120
3	Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT)	120

Sprint

rank	name	points
	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	354
2	Ivan Tcherezov (RUS)	344
3	Christoph Sumann (AUT)	292

Pursuit

rank	name	points
	Martin Fourcade (FRA)	197
2	Simon Eder (AUT)	196
3	Ivan Tcherezov (RUS)	189

Mass start

rank	name	points
	Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS)	197
2	Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)	163
3	Arnd Peiffer (GER)	161

Relay

rank	name	points
1	Norway	228
2	Austria	210
3	Russia	205

Standings: Women

Overall

rank	name	points
	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	933
2	Simone Hauswald (GER)	854
3	Helena Jonsson (SWE)	813

Individual

rank	name	points
	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek (SWE)	131
2	Andrea Henkel (GER)	126
3	Kati Wilhelm (GER)	121

Sprint

rank	name	points
	Simone Hauswald (GER)	345
2	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	334
3	Helena Jonsson (SWE)	332

Pursuit

rank	name	points
	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	256
2	Simone Hauswald (GER)	217
3	Olga Zaitseva (RUS)	207

Mass start

rank	name	points
	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	216
2	Simone Hauswald (GER)	198
3	Andrea Henkel (GER)	169

Relay

rank	name	points
1	Russia	228
2	Germany	205
3	France	198

Medal table

(includes medals of the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	14	13	13	40
2	Russia	14	12	6	32
3	Norway	13	8	8	29
4	Sweden	8	5	6	19
5	France	5	7	9	21
6	Austria	4	7	7	18
7	Belarus	2	3	2	7
8	Slovakia	1	1	3	5
9	Ukraine	1	1	1	3
10	Italy	0	2	1	3
10	United States	0	2	1	3
12	Estonia	0	1	0	1
12	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
14	Croatia	0	0	1	1
14	Finland	0	0	1	1
14	Poland	0	0	1	1
14	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Total		62	63	61	186

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS), 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka; first podium was 2009–10 Sprint in Hochfilzen
Serguei Sednev (UKR), 26, in his 7th season — the WC 6 Individual in Antholz; first podium was 2007–08 Individual in Pokljuka
Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 25, in her 4th season — the 2010 Winter Olympics Sprint; first podium was 2009 World Championships Mass start in Pyeongchang
Darya Domracheva (BLR), 23, in her 4th season — the WC 7 Sprint in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2008–09 Sprint in Ruhpolding
Martin Fourcade (FRA), 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 7 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2010 Winter Olympics Mass start in Vancouver
Yana Romanova (RUS), 26, in her 3rd season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; it also was her first podium

First World Cup podium

Tim Burke (USA), 27, in his 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS), 24, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen
Thomas Frei (SUI), 29, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka
Roland Lessing (EST), 31, in his 12th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka
Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR), 27, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
Alexis Bœuf (FRA), 23, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Antholz
Elena Khrustaleva (KAZ), 29, in her 5th season — no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Individual
Sergey Novikov (BLR), 29, in his 10th season — no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Individual
Martin Fourcade (FRA), 21, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Mass start
Christian De Lorenzi (ITA), 29, in his 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
Simon Schempp (GER), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Oslo
Yana Romanova (RUS), 26, in her 3rd season — no. 1 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Magdalena Neuner (GER), 5 (19) first places
Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 5 (16) first places
Helena Jonsson (SWE), 4 (9) first places
Simone Hauswald (GER), 4 (7) first places
Ivan Tcherezov (RUS), 4 (7) first places
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 3 (91) first places
Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS), 3 (3) first places
Martin Fourcade (FRA), 3 (3) first places
Andrea Henkel (GER), 2 (18) first places
Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek (SWE), 2 (11) first places
Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 2 (6) first places
Tora Berger (NOR), 2 (6) first places
Darya Domracheva (BLR), 2 (2) first places
Christoph Sumann (AUT), 1 (5) first places
Björn Ferry (SWE), 1 (3) first places
Arnd Peiffer (GER), 1 (2) first places
Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 1 (2) first places
Vincent Jay (FRA), 1 (2) first places
Dominik Landertinger (AUT), 1 (2) first places
Serguei Sednev (UKR), 1 (1) first places
Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 1 (1) first places
Yana Romanova (RUS), 1 (1) first places

Retirements

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2009–10 season:

Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)
Robin Clegg (CAN)^[2]
Roman Dostál (CZE)
Martten Kaldvee (EST)^[3]
Vincent Defrasne (FRA)^[4]
Halvard Hanevold (NOR)^[5]
Nikolay Kruglov (RUS)^[6]
Marek Matiaško (SVK)

Olga Kudrashova (BLR)
Sandra Keith (CAN)^[7]
Liu Xianying (CHN)^[8]
Kong Yingchao (CHN)^[8]
Sandrine Bailly (FRA)^[4]
Sylvie Becaert (FRA)^[4]
Martina Beck (GER)^[9]
Simone Hauswald (GER)^[9]
Kati Wilhelm (GER)^[9]
Olga Medvedtseva (RUS)^[6]
Dijana Ravnikar (SLO)^[10] (returned in the 2012–13 season)

Notes

Yellow mark means the leader in the overall standings, one will wear the yellow jersey in the next World Cup race. Red mark means the leader in the discipline, one will wear the red jersey during the next World Cup race in the discipline, unless the athlete is at the same time the leader in the overall standings, in which case one will wear combined yellow/read jersey.

References

↑ World Cup Schedule
↑ Brisbane, Justin (14 November 2013). "Clegg eyes fourth Olympics". Rocky Mountain Outlook. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
↑ "Laskesuusataja Kaldvee tegi karjääriga lõpparve" [Biathlete Kaldvee wraps up career]. Postimees (in Estonian). 15 September 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2014. (in Estonian)
1 2 3 Kokesh, Jerry (15 November 2010). "French Team Reloads for New Season". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ Kokesh, Jerry (10 November 2010). "Norwegian Men Focus on World Cups". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
1 2 Kokesh, Jerry (23 November 2010). "Russia Focuses on World Championships". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ "Competition and Farewells at City-Biathlon Püttlingen". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. 9 August 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
1 2 "China keeps low key ahead of Winter Asiad". China Daily USA. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
1 2 3 Kokesh, Jerry (21 November 2010). "New-Look German Team Aiming for the Top". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
↑ Kokesh, Jerry (28 November 2010). "Optimism Abounds in Slovenian Team". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

External links

IBU official site

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