2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 9

The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 9 is the 9th and final event of the season and was held in Tyumen, Russia, from 22 until 25 March 2018.

Boycott of the event The Canadian team announced on 15 December that they will boycott the event after the IBU decided to keep the event in Tyumen. This was followed up by the delegations from the United States and Czech Republic as well as individual boycotts from Sebastian Samuelsson from Sweden and Klemen Bauer from Slovenia. Due to the ongoing crisis in Donbass Ukraine also boycotted the event.

Schedule of events

Date Time Events22 March 14:45 CET Men's 10 km Sprint23 March 14:45 CET Women's 7.5 km Sprint24 March 12:30 CET Men's 12.5 km Pursuit 15:15 CETWomen's 10 km Pursuit25 March 12:00 CET Men's 15 km Mass Start 14:45 CET Women's 12.5 km Mass Start

Medal winners

Men Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time 10 km SprintdetailsMartin Fourcade 25:49.0(0+0)Simon Desthieux 26:22.2(0+0)Fredrik Lindström 26:22.5(0+0) 12.5 km PursuitdetailsMartin Fourcade 32:09.7(0+0+0+1)Johannes Thingnes Bø 32:57.6(0+0+1+0)Lukas Hofer 33:18.1(0+0+0+0) 15 km Mass StartdetailsMaxim Tsvetkov 37:37.3(0+0+0+0)Erlend Bjøntegaard 37:40.0(0+0+0+0)Johannes Thingnes Bø 37:53.9(1+0+1+0)

Women Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time 7.5 km SprintdetailsDarya Domracheva 21:42.8(0+0)Kaisa Mäkäräinen 21:44.0(0+0)Tiril Eckhoff 22:16.1(1+0) 10 km PursuitdetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 30:52.7(0+1+1+0)Anaïs Bescond 30:52.9(0+0+0+1)Laura Dahlmeier 31:10.2(0+0+0+1) 12.5 km Mass StartdetailsDarya Domracheva 35:27.4(0+0+1+0)Paulína Fialková 35:29.2(1+0+0+0)Anaïs Chevalier 35:34.0(0+0+0+0)

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