2010–11 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon World Cup

2010–11 Previous Following

Men

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

Mixed relay

Women

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

World Cup events

Östersund | Hochfilzen | Pokljuka | Oberhof | Ruhpolding Antholz | Presque Isle | Fort Kent | Oslo

World Championships

World cup in Östersund

The 2010–11 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 29 November 2010 in Östersund, Sweden and ended 20 March 2011 in Holmenkollen, Norway.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2010–11 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Details
Östersund	1–5 December	●	●	●				details
Hochfilzen	10–12 December		●	●		●		details
Pokljuka	16–19 December	●	●				●	details
Oberhof	5–9 January		●		●	●		details
Ruhpolding	12–16 January	●	●	●				details
Antholz-Anterselva	20–23 January		●		●	●		details
Presque Isle	4–6 February		●	●			●	details
Fort Kent	10–13 February		●	●	●			details
Khanty-Mansiysk	3–13 March	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
Holmenkollen	17–20 March		●	●	●			details
Total		4	10	7	5	4	3

Standings: Men

Overall rank name points     Tarjei Bø (NOR) 1110 2  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 1105 3  Martin Fourcade (FRA) 990

Individual rank name points     Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 188 2  Tarjei Bø (NOR) 172 3  Martin Fourcade (FRA) 133

Sprint rank name points     Tarjei Bø (NOR) 393 2  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 369 3  Arnd Peiffer (GER) 333

Pursuit rank name points     Tarjei Bø (NOR) 334 2  Martin Fourcade (FRA) 320 3  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 304

Mass start rank name points     Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 244 2  Martin Fourcade (FRA) 230 3  Tarjei Bø (NOR) 211

Relay rank name points 1  Norway 216 2  Germany 199 3  Ukraine 163

Standings: Women

Overall rank name points     Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 1005 2  Andrea Henkel (GER) 972 3  Helena Ekholm (SWE) 971

Individual rank name points     Helena Ekholm (SWE) 173 2  Valj Semerenko (UKR) 159 3  Olga Zaitseva (RUS) 138

Sprint rank name points     Magdalena Neuner (GER) 404 2  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 391 3  Tora Berger (NOR) 356

Pursuit rank name points     Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) 343 2  Andrea Henkel (GER) 303 3  Helena Ekholm (SWE) 279

Mass start rank name points     Darya Domracheva (BLR) 236 2  Magdalena Neuner (GER) 228 3  Tora Berger (NOR) 206

Relay rank name points 1  Germany 206 2  Sweden 190 3  Russia 177

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	25	9	11	45
2	Germany	15	15	8	38
3	Sweden	9	3	5	17
4	France	4	12	9	25
5	Russia	3	6	10	19
6	Finland	3	3	3	9
7	Slovakia	2	2	1	5
8	Belarus	1	3	8	12
9	Austria	1	2	2	5
10	Ukraine	0	3	4	7
10	Czech Republic	0	2	1	3
12	Italy	0	1	1	2
13	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
14	Poland	0	1	0	1
13	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
Total		63	63	64	190

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 27, in her 7th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; first podium was 2007–08 Sprint in Pokljuka
•  Tarjei Bø (NOR), 22, in his 2nd season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium
•  Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR), 28, in her 8th season — the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2009–10 Sprint in Oberhof
•  Anton Shipulin (RUS), 23, in his 3rd season — the WC 6 Sprint in Anholz; it also was his first podium
•  Alexis Bœuf (FRA), 24, in his 4th season — the WC 7 Pursuit in Presque Isle; first podium was 2009–10 Individual in Antholz
•  Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 29, in his 10th season — the WC 9 Sprint in Oslo; first podium was 2004–05 Sprint in Pokliuka

First World Cup podium

•  Miriam Gössner (GER), 20, in her 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund
•  Benjamin Weger (SUI), 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Individual in Pokljuka
•  Valj Semerenko (UKR), 25, in her 6th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Sprint in Presque Isle
•  Lukas Hofer (ITA), 21, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WCh Mass Start in Khanty-Mansiysk

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

•  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 8 (24) first places
•  Tora Berger (NOR), 6 (12) first places
•  Magdalena Neuner (GER), 5 (24) first places
•  Tarjei Bø (NOR), 5 (5) first places
•  Helena Ekholm (SWE), 4 (13) first places
•  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 3 (6) first places
•  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 3 (3) first places
•  Andrea Henkel (GER), 2 (20) first places
•  Björn Ferry (SWE), 2 (5) first places
•  Arnd Peiffer (GER), 2 (4) first places
•  Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 2 (3) first places
•  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 1 (92) first places
•  Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek (SWE), 1 (12) first places
•  Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 1 (9) first places
•  Lars Berger (NOR), 1 (6) first places
•  Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 1 (3) first places
•  Darya Domracheva (BLR), 1 (3) first places
•  Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR), 1 (1) first places
•  Anton Shipulin (RUS), 1 (1) first places
•  Alexis Bœuf (FRA), 1 (1) first places
•  Andreas Birnbacher (GER), 1 (1) first places

Retirements

Following are notable biathletes who announced their retirement:

Mattias Nilsson (SWE)[2]  Vyacheslav Derkach (UKR)[3]

Anna Carin Zidek (SWE)  Oksana Khvostenko (UKR)  Tadeja Brankovič-Likozar (SLO)[4]

References

1. World Cup Schedule
2. Jemteborn, Patrik (27 September 2011). "Heart Condition Ends Mattias Nilsson’s Career". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
3. Kokesh, Jerry (9 May 2011). "Ukrainian Vyacheslav Derkach Retires". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
4. Finc, Mojca (21 December 2014). "Če je po vsakem porodu tako, bi imela Tadeja še pet otrok". Delo. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

External links

• IBU official site