Biathlon World Championships 2011
| Biathlon World Cup |
| 2010–11 |
| 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 |
The 44th Biathlon World Championships was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia from March 3–13, 2011.
There was a total of 11 competitions: sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, and relay races for men and women, and mixed relay. All the events during this championships also counted for the 2010–11 Biathlon World Cup season.
Championship highlights
The Championships kicked off with the Mixed relay event which is seeking to make its way onto the Olympic programme for the 2014 games in Sochi. As the first event of the programme, it was finally given importance by the different teams, with all nations fielding their best teams, in difference to earlier world cup events. The Norwegians won it, overtaking Germany on the last leg. The veteran Ole Einar Bjørndalen won his fifteenth world championship gold medal in the process and his first in the mixed relay, giving him a full set of gold medals in the six events that are currently contested.[1]
Tarjei Bø, Martin Fourcade, Kaisa Mäkäräinen and Arnd Peiffer won their first champion titles in career. Martin Fourcade also won a full scope of medals, gold, silver and bronze at these championships.
The surprise medalists included Maxim Maximov of Russia, Tina Bachmann of Germany and Vita Semerenko of Ukraine.
Helena Ekholm literally swept the field in the individual with zero shooting and fast skiing, winning more than 2 minutes over the runner-up Bachmann and making one of the greatest 1–2 place margins in biathlon history.
Schedule of events
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| Individual | men | women | ||
| Sprint | men | women | ||
| Pursuit | men | women | ||
| Mass start | men | women | ||
| Relay | men | mixed | women | |
The provisional timeschedule of the event stands below. All times in UTC+5.
| Date | Time | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 3 | 16:30 | Mixed relay | |
| March 5 | 14:00 / 18:00 | Sprint | Sprint |
| March 6 | 14:00 / 16:30 | Pursuit | Pursuit |
| March 8 | 17:15 | Individual | |
| March 9 | 17:15 | Individual | |
| March 11 | 18:00 | Relay | |
| March 12 | 18:30 / 16:30 | Mass start | Mass start |
| March 13 | 15:00 | Relay | |
Medal winners
Men
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km individual |
Tarjei Bø  Norway | 48:29.9 (0+0+1+0) |
Maxim Maksimov  Russia | 49:09.9 (0+0+0+0) |
Christoph Sumann  Austria | 49:15.4 (0+0+0+1) |
| 10 km sprint |
Arnd Peiffer Germany | 24:34.0 (0+1) |
Martin Fourcade  France | 24:47.0 (2+0) |
Tarjei Bø Norway | 24:59.2 (1+0) |
| 12.5 km pursuit |
Martin Fourcade France | 33:02.6 (0+1+2+0) |
Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 33:06.4 (0+0+1+1) |
Tarjei Bø Norway | 33:07.8 (0+0+1+1) |
| 15 km mass start |
Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 38:42.7 (0+0+0+1) |
Evgeny Ustyugov Russia | 38:47.7 (0+0+0+0) |
Lukas Hofer Italy | 38:57.0 (0+0+0+1) |
| 4 × 7.5 km relay |
Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Alexander Os Emil Hegle Svendsen Tarjei Bø | 1:16:13.5 | Russia Anton Shipulin Evgeny Ustyugov Maxim Maksimov Ivan Tcherezov | 1:16:26.9 |  UkraineOlexander Bilanenko Andriy Deryzemlya Serhiy Semenov Serguei Sednev | 1:16:41.5 |
Women
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 km individual |
Helena Ekholm  Sweden | 47:08.3 (0+0+0+0) |
Tina Bachmann Germany | 49:24.1 (0+2+0+0) |
Vita Semerenko Ukraine | 50:00.4 (1+0+0+2) |
| 7.5 km sprint |
Magdalena Neuner Germany | 20:31.2 (0+0) |
Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland | 20:43.4 (0+0) |
Anastasiya Kuzmina  Slovakia | 21:11.2 (0+1) |
| 10 km pursuit |
Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:00.1 (0+0+0+0) |
Magdalena Neuner Germany | 30:21.7 (0+0+0+2) |
Helena Ekholm Sweden | 31:43.7 (0+0+0+0) |
| 12.5 km mass start |
Magdalena Neuner Germany | 36:48.5 (0+1+2+1) |
Darya Domracheva  Belarus | 36:53.3 (2+1+0+0) |
Tora Berger Norway | 37:02.5 (2+1+0+0) |
| 4 × 6 km relay |
Germany Andrea Henkel Miriam Gössner Tina Bachmann Magdalena Neuner | 1:13:31.1 | France[1] Anais Bescond Marie-Laure Brunet Sophie Boilley Marie Dorin | 1:14:18.3 | Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Darya Domracheva Nadzeya Pisareva Liudmila Kalinchik | 1:15:18.5 |
- ^ Ukraine initially finished 2nd with the time 1:13:55.6, but was later disqualified because Oksana Khvostenko – who did the final leg for Ukraine – had too high levels of ephedrine in a doping test. France thus gets the Silver instead of the Bronze medal which now goes to Belarus.[2]
Mixed
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km relay |
Norway Tora Berger Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø | 1:14:22.5 | Germany Andrea Henkel Magdalena Neuner Arnd Peiffer Michael Greis | 1:14:45.4 | France Marie-Laure Brunet Marie Dorin Alexis Bœuf Martin Fourcade | 1:15:38.7 |
Medal table
Top nations
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Norway | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Russia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Top athletes
All athletes with two or more medals.
| Rank | Biathlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magdalena Neuner (GER) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Tarjei Bø (NOR) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Martin Fourcade (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Arnd Peiffer (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tina Bachmann (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Andrea Henkel (GER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Tora Berger (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Helena Ekholm (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Maxim Maksimov (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 14 | Marie Dorin (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Darya Domracheva (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Participating countries
40 nations will compete.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Boe the hero, 15th gold for Bjoerndalen as Norway win". monstersandcritics.com. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
- ↑ "Decision in Khvostenko case now final, France receives WCH Relay Silver" IBU
- ↑ Archive for the ‘Participating countries’ Category
External links
Media related to 2011 Biathlon World Championships at Wikimedia Commons- Biathlon World Championships 2011 official site (English)
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