The 21st Biathlon European Championships were held in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic from January 29 to February 4, 2014.
There were total of 15 competitions held: sprint, pursuit and individual both for U26 and U21, relay races for U26 and a mixed relay for U21.
Schedule of events The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET. Date Time Event January 29 10:00 U21 Women's individual 13:30 U21 Men's individual January 30 10:00 U26 Women's individual 13:30 U26 Men's individual January 31 10:00 U21 Women's sprint 13:00 U21 Men's sprint February 1 10:00 U26 Women's sprint 12:45 U26 Men's sprint February 2 09:15 U26 Women's pursuit 10:15 U21 Women's pursuit 12:30 U26 Men's pursuit 13:30 U21 Men's pursuit February 3 12:00 U21 Mixed relay February 4 10:00 U26 Women's relay 13:00 U26 Men's relay
Results
U26
Men's It was the first time ever at the Biathlon European Championships when two sportsmen ranked the same podium place - Andrejs Rastorgujevs and David Komatz in sprint. Men's 10 km sprint Lars Helge Birkeland Maxim Tsvetkov Andrejs Rastorgujevs David Komatz Men's 12.5 km pursuitMen's 12.5 km pursuit final results Maxim Tsvetkov Lars Helge Birkeland Anton Babikov Men's 20 km individual Andrejs Rastorgujevs Benedikt Doll Maxim Tsvetkov Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AustriaLorenz WägerMichael ReiterPeter BrunnerDavid Komatz NorwayKristoffer SkjelvikVetle Ravnsborg GurigardErlend BjøntegaardLars Helge Birkeland GermanyMichael WilleitnerMatthias BischlBenedikt DollFlorian Graf
Women's Audrey Vaillancourt from Canada became the first ever non-European biathlete to win a race at the Open Biathlon European Championships. Before that two Kazakh biathletes (Irina Moszewitina won a silver and Olga Dudczenko won a bronze medal in junior's individual race in 2005) and one American biathlete (Lowell Bailey won two bronze medals in the junior sprint and pursuit in 2001) had won medals. Victoria Padial from Spain became the first biathlete from her country to win a medal at the Biathlon European Championships (A Spanish biathlete has never won a medals at the Winter Olympics or World Championships). Mona Brorsson became the first Swedish biathlete to win a race at the Biathlon European Championships. Women's 7.5 km sprint Marte Olsbu Victoria Padial Iana Bondar Women's 10 km pursuitWomen's 10 km pursuit final results Mona Brorsson Victoria Padial Daria Virolaynen Women's 15 km individual Audrey Vaillancourt Nastassia Kalina Iryna Kryuko Women's 4 x 6 km relay BelarusIryna KryukoAla TalkachAksana ShymanovichNastassia Kalina GermanyKarolin HorchlerAnnika KnollVanessa HinzMaren Hammerschmidt NorwayAne Skrove NossumHilde FenneBente LandheimMarte Olsbu
U21
Men's Rene Zahkna won first ever medal for Estonia at this kind of championships. Men's sprint Raman Yaliotnau Adam Václavík Maikol Demetz Men's pursuitJunior men's pursuit final results Alexander Povarnitsyn Artem Tyshchenko Adam Václavík Men's individual Rene Zahkna Ivan Alekhin Artem Tyshchenko
Women's Women's sprint Tuuli Tomingas Svetlana Mironova Uliana Kaisheva Women's pursuitJunior women's pursuit final results Svetlana Mironova Uliana Kaisheva Dunja Zdouc Women's individual Anastasia Evsyunina Anastasiya Merkushyna Lisa Vittozzi
Mixed 2 x 6 + 2 x 7.5 relayJunior mixed relay final results UkraineYuliya BryhynetsYuliya ZhuravokAndriy DotsenkoArtem Tyshchenko RussiaAnastasia EvsyuninaUliana KaishevaEduard LatypovAlexander Povarnitsyn EstoniaMeril BeilmannTuuli TomingasJohan TalihärmRene Zahkna
Medal table
Participating countries 33 nations competed
References
External links Official webpage Nove Mesto Ready for another Major Event