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 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]
Standings: Men
Standings: Women
Medal table
(includes medals of the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010)
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:
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.
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