The 2010–11 Biathlon World Cup

2010–11 Biathlon World Cup

The 2010–11 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union...

 - World Cup 1 was the opening event of the season and was held in Östersund

Östersund

Östersund is an urban area in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön, and is the only city in Jämtland. Östersund is the...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, from 1 December until 5 December 2010.

Schedule of events

The time schedule of the event stands below

Date	Time	Events
December 1	16:20 CET	Women's 15 km Individual
December 2	17:20 CET	Men's 20 km Individual
December 3	17:20 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
December 4	14:15 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
December 5	11:30 CET	Women's 10 km Pursuit
	14:15 CET	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
20 km Individual details	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 ....	55:07.7 (0+1+0+1)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...	55:26.8 (0+0+0+2)	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:...	55:45.5 (0+1+0+0)
10 km Sprint details	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 ....	25:01.0 (1+0)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...	25:05.8 (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:...	25:16.2 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen is a Norwegian professional biathlete. He is often regarded as one of the greatest athletes of all time. In 1992, he won his first career medal at the junior world championships. A year later In 1993, after winning a record three junior world championship titles, Bjørndalen...	35:47.7 (0+0+1+1)	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 ....	36:13.9 (0+0+1+2)	Jakov Fak Jakov Fak Jakov Fak is a Croatian-Slovenian biathlete. As a member of the Croatian biathlon team, Fak won a bronze medal at the World Championships in 2009 and another bronze at the 2010 Winter Olympics...	36:48.4 (1+2+0+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
15 km Individual details	Anna Carin Zidek	45:26.1 (0+0+0+0)	Marie-Laure Brunet Marie-Laure Brunet Marie-Laure Brunet is a French biathlete and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in the women's pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympics games of Vancouver....	45:35.0 (1+0+0+1)	Helena Ekholm	46:08.8 (1+0+0+1)
7.5 km Sprint details	Kaisa Mäkäräinen Kaisa Mäkäräinen Kaisa Leena Mäkäräinen is a Finnish biathlete, who currently competes for Kontiolahden Urheilijat. Outside of sports, Mäkäräinen is currently studying to be a Physics teacher at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu...	22:42.1 (0+0)	Miriam Gössner Miriam Gössner Miriam Gössner is a German-Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier. Noted for her fast skiing performances, she won two junior world championship titles in biathlon in 2008 and 2009...	23:00.8 (0+0)	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...	23:29.2 (1+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Kaisa Mäkäräinen Kaisa Mäkäräinen Kaisa Leena Mäkäräinen is a Finnish biathlete, who currently competes for Kontiolahden Urheilijat. Outside of sports, Mäkäräinen is currently studying to be a Physics teacher at the University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu...	31:57.1 (0+0+0+0)	Miriam Gössner Miriam Gössner Miriam Gössner is a German-Norwegian biathlete and cross-country skier. Noted for her fast skiing performances, she won two junior world championship titles in biathlon in 2008 and 2009...	33:22.4 (0+1+1+1)	Helena Ekholm	33:38.6 (0+1+0+1)

Achievements

Best performance for all time

, 18th place in Individual, 35th place in Individual, 39th place in Individual and 33rd in Pursuit, 40th place in Individual, 46th place in Individual, 95th place in Individual, 10th place in Sprint and 7th place in Pursuit, 68 place in Sprint, 86th place in Sprint, 91st place in Sprint
, 14th place in Individual, 25th place in Individual, 30th place in Individual, 32nd place in Individual, 37th place in Individual and 35th place in Sprint

• ', 39th place in Individual, 2nd place in Sprint and Pursuit, 42nd place in Individual, 62nd place in Individual, 24th place in Sprint, 41st place in Sprint, 74th place in Sprint, 12th place in Pursuit

First World Cup race

, 61st place in Individual, 93rd place in Individual
, 42nd place in Individual, 44th place in Individual, 45th place in Individual, 53rd place in Individual, 79th place in Individual, 85th place in Individual, 90th place in Individual, 61st place in Sprint