2009–10 Biathlon World Cup

2009–10 Biathlon World Cup
Competition

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]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	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 (After competition)	Det.
1	3 December 2009	Östersund	20 km Individual	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Tim Burke	Christoph Sumann	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
1	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
2	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
3	19 December 2009	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Ivan Tcherezov	Dominik Landertinger	Thomas Frei	Christoph Sumann	Detail
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	23 January 2010	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Arnd Peiffer	Dominik Landertinger	Christoph Stephan		Detail
6	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
OG	16 February 2010	Vancouver	12.5 km Pursuit	Björn Ferry	Christoph Sumann	Vincent Jay	Christoph Sumann	Detail
OG	18 February 2010	Vancouver	20 km Individual	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sergey Novikov	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
OG	21 February 2010	Vancouver	15 km Mass Start	Evgeny Ustyugov	Martin Fourcade	Pavol Hurajt	Evgeny Ustyugov	Detail
7	13 March 2010	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Ivan Tcherezov	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
7	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
8	20 March 2010	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Simon Schempp	Ivan Tcherezov		Detail
8	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
9	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 (After competition)	Det.
1	2 December 2009	Östersund	15 km Individual	Helena Jonsson	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek	Darya Domracheva	Helena Jonsson	Detail
1	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
2	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
3	19 December 2009	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Svetlana Sleptsova	Anna Bogaliy-Titovets	Magdalena Neuner		Detail
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	22 January 2010	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Magdalena Neuner	Andrea Henkel	Sandrine Bailly		Detail
6	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
OG	16 February 2010	Vancouver	10 km Pursuit	Magdalena Neuner	Anastázia Kuzminová	Marie-Laure Brunet		Detail
OG	18 February 2010	Vancouver	15 km Individual	Tora Berger	Elena Khrustaleva	Darya Domracheva		Detail
OG	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
7	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
8	20 March 2010	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Simone Hauswald	Darya Domracheva	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek		Detail
8	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
9	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	France Vincent Jay Vincent Defrasne Simon Fourcade Martin Fourcade	Norway Emil Hegle Svendsen Alexander Os Lars Berger Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann
2	13 December 2009	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Austria Simon Eder Daniel Mesotitsch Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann	Russia Ivan Tcherezov Evgeny Ustyugov Nikolay Kruglov Maxim Tchoudov	Germany Christoph Stephan Arnd Peiffer Michael Greis Simon Schempp
4	7 January 2010	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Halvard Hanevold Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	France Vincent Jay Vincent Defrasne Simon Fourcade Martin Fourcade	Germany Christoph Stephan Michael Greis Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp
5	17 January 2010	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Ivan Tcherezov Anton Shipulin Maxim Tchoudov Evgeny Ustyugov	Norway Halvard Hanevold Tarjei Bø Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Tobias Eberhard Dominik Landertinger
OG	26 February 2010	Vancouver	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Halvard Hanevold Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Austria Simon Eder Daniel Mesotitsch Dominik Landertinger Christoph Sumann	Russia Ivan Tcherezov Anton Shipulin Maxim Tchoudov Evgeny Ustyugov

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	6 December 2009	Östersund	4x6 km Relay	Germany Martina Beck Andrea Henkel Simone Hauswald Kati Wilhelm	Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Boulygina Olga Zaitseva Olga Medvedtseva	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly
2	13 December 2009	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Boulygina Yana Romanova Olga Zaitseva	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly	Sweden Elisabeth Högberg Anna Carin Zidek Anna Maria Nilsson Helena Jonsson
4	6 January 2010	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay	Russia Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Anna Boulygina Olga Medvedtseva Svetlana Sleptsova	Germany Martina Beck Simone Hauswald Tina Bachmann Andrea Henkel	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly
5	15 January 2010	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Sweden Elisabeth Högberg Anna Carin Zidek Anna Maria Nilsson Helena Jonsson	Russia Yana Romanova Anna Boulygina Olga Medvedtseva Olga Zaitseva	Norway Liv-Kjersti Eikeland Ann Kristin Flatland Solveig Rogstad Tora Berger
OG	23 February 2010	Vancouver	4x6 km Relay	Russia Svetlana Sleptsova Anna Boulygina Olga Medvedtseva Olga Zaitseva	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sylvie Becaert Marie Dorin Sandrine Bailly	Germany Kati Wilhelm Simone Hauswald Martina Beck Andrea Henkel

Mixed

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
7	12 March 2010	Kontiolahti	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Norway Ann Kristin Flatland Tora Berger Halvard Hanevold Tarjei Bø	Germany Kati Wilhelm Magdalena Neuner Erik Lesser Simon Schempp	Italy Katja Haller Karin Oberhofer Lukas Hofer Christian De Lorenzi
9	28 March 2010	Khanty-Mansiysk	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Germany Simone Hauswald Magdalena Neuner Simon Schempp Arnd Peiffer	Norway Ann Kristin Flatland Tora Berger Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sweden Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Zidek Björn Ferry Carl Johan Bergman

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
	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
	Christoph Sumann	142
2.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	120
3.	Daniel Mesotitsch	120
4.	Serguei Sednev	114
5.	Pavol Hurajt	111

Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	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
	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
	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
	Norway	228
2.	Austria	210
3.	Russia	205
4.	France	195
5.	Germany	179

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	6250
2.	Russia	6161
3.	Austria	6107
4.	France	5846
5.	Germany	5760

Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	Russia	234
2.	Germany	205
3.	France	204
4.	Sweden	191
5.	Norway	165

Final standings after 5 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	6309
2.	Russia	6290
3.	France	5834
4.	Sweden	5829
5.	Ukraine	5456

Final standings after 19 races.

Medal table

(includes medals of the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	14	13	13	40
2	Russia	14	12	6	32
3	Norway	13	8	8	29
4	Sweden	8	5	6	19
5	France	5	7	9	21
6	Austria	4	7	7	18
7	Belarus	2	3	2	7
8	Slovakia	1	1	3	5
9	Ukraine	1	1	1	3
10	Italy	0	2	1	3
10	United States	0	2	1	3
12	Estonia	0	1	0	1
12	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
14	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 nations)		62	63	61	186

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)

Men

Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 5 (16) 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
Christoph Sumann (AUT), 1 (5) first place
Björn Ferry (SWE), 1 (3) first place
Arnd Peiffer (GER), 1 (2) first place
Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 1 (2) first place
Vincent Jay (FRA), 1 (2) first place
Dominik Landertinger (AUT), 1 (2) first place
Serguei Sednev (UKR), 1 (1) first place

Women

Magdalena Neuner (GER), 5 (19) first places
Helena Jonsson (SWE), 4 (9) first places
Simone Hauswald (GER), 4 (7) 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
Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 1 (1) first place
Yana Romanova (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

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

Olga Kudrashova (BLR)
Sandra Keith (CAN)[7]
Liu Xianying (CHN)[8]
Kong Yingchao (CHN)[8]
Sandrine Bailly (FRA)[4]
Sylvie Becaert (FRA)[4]
Martina Beck (GER)[9]
Simone Hauswald (GER)[9]
Kati Wilhelm (GER)[9]
Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen (NOR)
Olga Medvedtseva (RUS)[6]
Dijana Ravnikar (SLO)[10] (returned in the 2012–13 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

"World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
Brisbane, Justin (14 November 2013). "Clegg eyes fourth Olympics". Rocky Mountain Outlook. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
"Laskesuusataja Kaldvee tegi karjääriga lõpparve" [Biathlete Kaldvee wraps up career]. Postimees (in Estonian). 15 September 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2014. (in Estonian)
Kokesh, Jerry (15 November 2010). "French Team Reloads for New Season". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
Kokesh, Jerry (10 November 2010). "Norwegian Men Focus on World Cups". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
Kokesh, Jerry (23 November 2010). "Russia Focuses on World Championships". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
"Competition and Farewells at City-Biathlon Püttlingen". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
"China keeps low key ahead of Winter Asiad". China Daily USA. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
Kokesh, Jerry (21 November 2010). "New-Look German Team Aiming for the Top". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
Kokesh, Jerry (28 November 2010). "Optimism Abounds in Slovenian Team". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

External links

IBU official site

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[1] "World Cup Schedule". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2009-11-09.

[2] Brisbane, Justin (14 November 2013). "Clegg eyes fourth Olympics". Rocky Mountain Outlook. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.

[3] "Laskesuusataja Kaldvee tegi karjääriga lõpparve" [Biathlete Kaldvee wraps up career]. Postimees (in Estonian). 15 September 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2014. (in Estonian)

[FRAretirements-4] Kokesh, Jerry (15 November 2010). "French Team Reloads for New Season". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[5] Kokesh, Jerry (10 November 2010). "Norwegian Men Focus on World Cups". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[RUSretirements-6] Kokesh, Jerry (23 November 2010). "Russia Focuses on World Championships". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[7] "Competition and Farewells at City-Biathlon Püttlingen". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[CHNretirements-8] "China keeps low key ahead of Winter Asiad". China Daily USA. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 31 December 2014.

[GERretirements-9] Kokesh, Jerry (21 November 2010). "New-Look German Team Aiming for the Top". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.

[10] Kokesh, Jerry (28 November 2010). "Optimism Abounds in Slovenian Team". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.