The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup

2009–10 Biathlon World Cup

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 December 2, 2009 in Östersund, Sweden and ended March 28, 2010 with the Mixed Relay World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia...

 – World Cup 7 was the seventh event of the season and was held in Kontiolahti

Kontiolahti

Kontiolahti is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 from Friday, March 12 until Sunday, March 14, 2010.

Schedule of events

The timeschedule of the event stands below

Date	Time	Events
March 12	14:15 cet Central European Time Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...	Mixed Relay
March 13	10:30 cet	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
	14:15 cet	Men's 10 km Sprint
March 14	10:30 cet	Women's 10 km Pursuit
	13:00 cet	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint details	Ivan Tcherezov	24:42.4 (0+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen Emil Hegle Svendsen Emil Hegle Svendsen is a Norwegian biathlete. He skis with Strindheim IL, based in Trondheim. He is tall, and weighs 170 lb ....	24:49.2 (0+0)	Martin Fourcade Martin Fourcade Martin Fourcade is a French biathlete. Fourcade won the pursuit at the 2011 Biathlon World Championships, and is also an Olympic silver medalist and winner of the 2009–10 Pursuit World Cup.-Early career:...	25:12.5 (1+1)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Martin Fourcade Martin Fourcade Martin Fourcade is a French biathlete. Fourcade won the pursuit at the 2011 Biathlon World Championships, and is also an Olympic silver medalist and winner of the 2009–10 Pursuit World Cup.-Early career:...	32:35.1 (1+0+0+0)	Christian De Lorenzi	32:45.2 (0+0+0+1)	Vincent Jay Vincent Jay Vincent Jay is a French biathlete. He won a gold medal in the 10 km sprint and a Bronze medal in the 12.5 km pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Jay also won the 20 km individual race at the 2009 World Cup event in Vancouver.- External links :*...	32:50.7 (0+0+0+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint details	Darya Domracheva Darya Domracheva Darya Vladimirovna Domracheva is a Belarusian biathlete who has been competing in the Biathlon World Cup since 2005. She became Junior World Champion in sprint and pursuit in 2005, and received numerous medals between 2005 and 2007...	21:17.5 (0+0)	Olga Zaitseva Olga Zaitseva Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva is a Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994.-Career:*Winter Olympics*2010 - gold medal in the relay, silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start*2006 - gold medal in the relay...	21:25.9 (0+0)	Kati Wilhelm Kati Wilhelm Kati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant...	21:31.0 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Darya Domracheva Darya Domracheva Darya Vladimirovna Domracheva is a Belarusian biathlete who has been competing in the Biathlon World Cup since 2005. She became Junior World Champion in sprint and pursuit in 2005, and received numerous medals between 2005 and 2007...	31:32.6 (0+0+1+0)	Magdalena Neuner Magdalena Neuner Magdalena "Lena" Neuner is a German professional biathlete. She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the age of 21, she became the youngest Overall World Cup winner in the history of the International Biathlon Union...	31:44.7 (0+0+2+1)	Simone Hauswald	31:50.7 (0+0+0+1)

Mixed

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Relay details	Ann Kristin Flatland Ann Kristin Flatland Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland is a Norwegian biathlete. Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland debuted in the World Cup in 2003 in the Finnish Kontiolahti, where she came in 56th in the sprint event. In the second world cup weekend in Hochfilzen she debuted on the Norwegian relay team who finished 5th... Tora Berger Tora Berger Tora Berger is a World Cup level biathlete and Olympic Champion. She has been a member of the Norwegian women's biathlon team since 1999. She has 5 individual victories in the World Cup. She is the sister of biathlete and cross-country skier Lars Berger... Halvard Hanevold Halvard Hanevold Halvard Hanevold , is a Norwegian biathlete and Olympic champion. Hanevold won the bronze medal in the men's 20 km individual and the silver medal in the men's 10 km sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics.He also medaled in biathlon events at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter... Tarjei Bøe	1:14:55.0 (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0)	Kati Wilhelm Kati Wilhelm Kati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant... Magdalena Neuner Magdalena Neuner Magdalena "Lena" Neuner is a German professional biathlete. She is the most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. At the age of 21, she became the youngest Overall World Cup winner in the history of the International Biathlon Union... Erik Lesser Erik Lesser Erik Lesser is a German biathlete. In 2010, he ran his first single World Cup Race.-Career highlights:World Cup-References:... Simon Schempp Simon Schempp Simon Schempp is a German biathlete. In 2009, he ran his first single World Cup Race. He competed for Germany at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing fifth.-Career highlights:IBU World ChampionshipsWorld Cup...	1:15:00.4 (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1)	Katja Haller Katja Haller Katja Haller is an Italian professional biathlete, who has been competing on the World Cup circuit since the 2001–02 season. She has had one second place and one third place finishes in World Cup races... Karin Oberhofer Lukas Hofer Lukas Hofer Lukas Hofer is an Italian biathlete. He competed for Italy at the 2010 Winter Olympics in biathlon.- References :... Christian De Lorenzi	1:15:30.6 (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1)

Achievements

Best performance for all time

, 9 place in Sprint, 28 place in Sprint, 42 place in Sprint, 55 place in Sprint, 65 place in Sprint, 67 place in Sprint, 99 place in Sprint

• ', 1 place in Pursuit
• ', 2 place in Pursuit, 10 place in Pursuit, 18 place in Pursuit

• ', 1 places in Sprint and Pursuit, 4 places in Sprint and Pursuit, 15 place in Sprint, 32 place in Sprint, 37 place in Sprint, 59 place in Sprint and 56 place in Pursuit, 65 place in Sprint, 71 place in Sprint, 76 place in Sprint, 79 place in Sprint, 81 place in Sprint, 45 place in Pursuit

First World Cup race

, 42 place in Sprint, 89 place in Sprint, 90 place in Sprint, 108 place in Sprint, 109 place in Sprint
, 54 place in Sprint, 64 place in Sprint