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. Location Date Individual Sprint Pursuit Relay Details Östersund 2–6 December ● ● ● details Hochfilzen 11–13 December ● ● ● details Pokljuka 17–20 December ● ● ● details Oberhof 6–10 January ● ● ● details Ruhpolding 13–17 January ● ● ● details Antholz 20–24 January ● ● ● details Vancouver 13–26 February ● ● ● ● ● Winter Olympics Kontiolahti 12–14 March ● ● details Oslo 18–21 March ● ● ● details Khanty-Mansiysk 25–27 March ● ● details Total 4 10 6 5 5

World Cup podiums

Men Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 3 December 2009 Östersund 20 km Individual Emil Hegle Svendsen Tim Burke Christoph Sumann Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 5 December 2009 Östersund 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen Tim Burke Detail 2 11 December 2009 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Ole Einar Bjørndalen Nikolay Kruglov Evgeny Ustyugov Detail 12 December 2009 Hochfilzen 12.5 km Pursuit Emil Hegle Svendsen Simon Eder Ole Einar Bjørndalen Detail 3 17 December 2009 Pokljuka 20 km Individual Christoph Sumann Simon Fourcade Alexander Os Christoph Sumann Detail 19 December 2009 Pokljuka 10 km Sprint Ivan Tcherezov Dominik Landertinger Thomas Frei Detail 20 December 2009 Pokljuka 12.5 km Pursuit Evgeny Ustyugov Roland Lessing Simon Eder Tim Burke Detail 4 9 January 2010 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Evgeny Ustyugov Michael Greis Carl Johan Bergman Evgeny Ustyugov Detail 10 January 2010 Oberhof 15 km Mass Start Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tim Burke Tomasz Sikora Tim Burke Detail 5 14 January 2010 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Michael Greis Evgeny Ustyugov Detail 16 January 2010 Ruhpolding 15 km Mass Start Emil Hegle Svendsen Evgeny Ustyugov Simon Eder Detail 6 21 January 2010 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km Individual Serhiy Sednev Daniel Mesotitsch Alexis Bœuf Detail 23 January 2010 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Sprint Arnd Peiffer Dominik Landertinger Christoph Stephan Detail 24 January 2010 Antholz-Anterselva 12.5 km Pursuit Daniel Mesotitsch Arnd Peiffer Dominik Landertinger Simon Fourcade Detail OG 14 February 2010 Vancouver 10 km Sprint Vincent Jay Emil Hegle Svendsen Jakov Fak Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 16 February 2010 Vancouver 12.5 km Pursuit Björn Ferry Christoph Sumann Vincent Jay Christoph Sumann Detail 18 February 2010 Vancouver 20 km Individual Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sergey Novikov Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 21 February 2010 Vancouver 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Pavol Hurajt Christoph Sumann Evgeny Ustyugov Detail 7 13 March 2010 Kontiolahti 10 km Sprint Ivan Tcherezov Emil Hegle Svendsen Martin Fourcade Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 14 March 2010 Kontiolahti 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Christian De Lorenzi Vincent Jay Detail 8 18 March 2010 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Maxim Tchoudov Christoph Sumann Detail 20 March 2010 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Simon Schempp Ivan Tcherezov Detail 21 March 2010 Oslo Holmenkollen 15 km Mass Start Ivan Tcherezov Christoph Sumann Emil Hegle Svendsen Detail 9 26 March 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk 10 km Sprint Ivan Tcherezov Christian De Lorenzi Andriy Deryzemlya Detail 27 March 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk 15 km Mass Start Dominik Landertinger Arnd Peiffer Halvard Hanevold Detail

Women Stage Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third Yellow bib Det. 1 2 December 2009 Östersund 15 km Individual Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Darya Domracheva Helena Jonsson Detail 5 December 2009 Östersund 7.5 km Sprint Tora Berger Olga Medvedtseva Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail 2 11 December 2009 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Helena Jonsson Olga Zaitseva Detail 12 December 2009 Hochfilzen 10 km Pursuit Helena Jonsson Svetlana Sleptsova Olga Zaitseva Detail 3 17 December 2009 Pokljuka 15 km Individual Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Anastázia Kuzminová Detail 19 December 2009 Pokljuka 7.5 km Sprint Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Magdalena Neuner Detail 20 December 2009 Pokljuka 10 km Pursuit Svetlana Sleptsova Magdalena Neuner Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Detail 4 8 January 2010 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Simone Hauswald Helena Jonsson Ann Kristin Flatland Detail 10 January 2010 Oberhof 12.5 km Mass Start Andrea Henkel Helena Jonsson Tora Berger Detail 5 13 January 2010 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Olga Medvedtseva Magdalena Neuner Detail 16 January 2010 Ruhpolding 12.5 km Mass Start Helena Jonsson Simone Hauswald Magdalena Neuner Detail 6 20 January 2010 Antholz-Anterselva 15 km Individual Magdalena Neuner Kati Wilhelm Andrea Henkel Detail 22 January 2010 Antholz-Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Magdalena Neuner Andrea Henkel Sandrine Bailly Detail 24 January 2010 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km Pursuit Andrea Henkel Magdalena Neuner Ann Kristin Flatland Detail OG 13 February 2010 Vancouver 7.5 km Sprint Anastázia Kuzminová Magdalena Neuner Marie Dorin Detail 16 February 2010 Vancouver 10 km Pursuit Magdalena Neuner Anastázia Kuzminová Marie-Laure Brunet Detail 18 February 2010 Vancouver 15 km Individual Tora Berger Elena Khrustaleva Darya Domracheva Detail 21 February 2010 Vancouver 12.5 km Mass Start Magdalena Neuner Olga Zaitseva Simone Hauswald Detail 7 13 March 2010 Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Darya Domracheva Olga Zaitseva Kati Wilhelm Magdalena Neuner Detail 14 March 2010 Kontiolahti 10 km Pursuit Darya Domracheva Magdalena Neuner Simone Hauswald Detail 8 18 March 2010 Oslo Holmenkollen 7.5 km Sprint Simone Hauswald Darya Domracheva Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Detail 20 March 2010 Oslo Holmenkollen 10 km Pursuit Simone Hauswald Darya Domracheva Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Detail 21 March 2010 Oslo Holmenkollen 12.5 km Mass Start Simone Hauswald Vita Semerenko Magdalena Neuner Detail 9 25 March 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk 7.5 km Sprint Yana Romanova Marie-Laure Brunet Helena Jonsson Detail 27 March 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk 12.5 km Mass Start Magdalena Neuner Sandrine Bailly Anastázia Kuzminová Detail

Men's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 6 December 2009 Östersund 4x7.5 km Relay 2 13 December 2009 Hochfilzen 4x7.5 km Relay 4 7 January 2010 Oberhof 4x7.5 km Relay 5 17 January 2010 Ruhpolding 4x7.5 km Relay OG 26 February 2010 Vancouver 4x7.5 km Relay

Women's team Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 1 6 December 2009 Östersund 4x6 km Relay 2 13 December 2009 Hochfilzen 4x6 km Relay 4 6 January 2010 Oberhof 4x6 km Relay 5 15 January 2010 Ruhpolding 4x6 km Relay OG 23 February 2010 Vancouver 4x6 km Relay

Mixed Event Date Place Discipline Winner Second Third 7 12 March 2010 Kontiolahti 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay 9 (WC) 28 March 2010 Khanty-Mansiysk 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay

Standings: Men

Overall Pos.Points 1. Emil Hegle Svendsen 828 2. Christoph Sumann 813 3. Ivan Tcherezov 782 4. Evgeny Ustyugov 752 5. Martin Fourcade 719 Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Christoph Sumann 142 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 120 3. Daniel Mesotitsch 120 4. Serhiy Sednev 114 5. Pavol Hurajt 111 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Emil Hegle Svendsen 354 2. Ivan Tcherezov 344 3. Christoph Sumann 292 4. Evgeny Ustyugov 278 5. Dominik Landertinger 272 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Martin Fourcade 197 2. Simon Eder 196 3. Ivan Tcherezov 189 4. Evgeny Ustyugov 184 5. Dominik Landertinger 184 Final standings after 6 races.

Mass start Pos.Points 1. Evgeny Ustyugov 197 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen 163 3. Arnd Peiffer 161 4. Christoph Sumann 160 5. Dominik Landertinger 157 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Norway 228 2. Austria 210 3. Russia 205 4. France 195 5. Germany 179 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 6250 2. 6161 3. 6107 4. 5846 5. 5760 Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

Overall Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Neuner 933 2. Simone Hauswald 857 3. Helena Jonsson 820 4. Andrea Henkel 786 5. Anna Carin Zidek 778 Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos.Points 1. Anna Carin Zidek 132 2. Andrea Henkel 126 3. Kati Wilhelm 121 4. Darya Domracheva 121 5. Helena Jonsson 120 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos.Points 1. Simone Hauswald 346 2. Magdalena Neuner 334 3. Helena Jonsson 334 4. Anna Carin Zidek 327 5. Kati Wilhelm 303 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Neuner 256 2. Simone Hauswald 217 3. Olga Zaitseva 207 4. Darya Domracheva 200 5. Andrea Henkel 195 Final standings after 6 races.

Mass start Pos.Points 1. Magdalena Neuner 216 2. Simone Hauswald 198 3. Andrea Henkel 171 4. Helena Jonsson 168 5. Olga Zaitseva 154 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos.Points 1. Russia 234 2. Germany 205 3. France 204 4. Sweden 191 5. Norway 165 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos.Points 1. 6309 2. 6290 3. 5834 4. 5829 5. 5456 Final standings after 19 races.

Medal table (includes medals of the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010)

Achievements First World Cup career victory , 24, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka; first podium was 2009–10 Sprint in Hochfilzen , 26, in his 7th season — the WC 6 Individual in Antholz; first podium was 2007–08 Individual in Pokljuka , 25, in her 4th season — the 2010 Winter Olympics Sprint; first podium was 2009 World Championships Mass start in Pyeongchang , 23, in her 4th season — the WC 7 Sprint in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2008–09 Sprint in Ruhpolding , 21, in his 3rd season — the WC 7 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2010 Winter Olympics Mass start in Vancouver , 26, in her 3rd season — the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; it also was her first podium

First World Cup podium , 27, in his 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund , 24, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen , 29, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka , 31, in his 12th season — no. 2 in the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka , 27, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof , 23, in his 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Antholz , 29, in her 5th season — no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Individual , 29, in his 10th season — no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Individual , 21, in his 3rd season — no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Mass start , 29, in his 7th season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Kontiolahti , 21, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Oslo , 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)

Men , 5 (16) first places , 4 (7) first places , 3 (91) first places , 3 (3) first places , 3 (3) first places , 1 (5) first place , 1 (3) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (2) first place , 1 (1) first place

Women , 5 (19) first places , 4 (9) first places , 4 (7) first places , 2 (18) first places , 2 (11) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (6) first places , 2 (2) first places , 1 (1) first place , 1 (1) first place

Retirements Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2009–10 season:

(comeback in 2012/2013 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.

References

External links IBU official site