2020–21 Biathlon World Cup

2020–21 Biathlon World Cup
Mixed	France
Competition

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) is a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 28 November 2020 in Kontiolahti, Finland and will end on 21 March 2021 in Oslo Holmenkollen, Norway.

Starting from this season a blue bib will be introduced for the best biathlete under the age of 25.[1]

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2020–21 season.[2]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Kontiolahti	28–29 November	●	●						details
2	Kontiolahti	3–6 December		●	●		●			details
3	Hochfilzen	11–13 December		●	●		●			details
4	Hochfilzen	17–20 December		●	●	●				details
5	Oberhof	8–10 January		●	●			●	●	details
6	Oberhof	13–17 January		●		●	●			details
7	Antholz-Anterselva	21–24 January	●			●	●			details
WC	Pokljuka	10–21 February	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
8	Nové Město	4–7 March		●	●		●			details
9	Nové Město	11–14 March		●	●			●	●	details
10	Oslo Holmenkollen[lower-alpha 1]	18–21 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 70 (32 men's, 32 women's, 6 mixed)			3 (m, w)	10 (m, w)	8 (m, w)	5 (m, w)	6 (m, w)	3 (mix)	3 (mix)

Calendar changes

On 28 September the rounds originally scheduled at Östersund, Sweden and Le Grand-Bornand, France were replaced by additional rounds at Kontiolahti, Finland and Hochfilzen, Austria respectively.[3]
On 5 October it was announced that Oberhof will host two events, replacing Ruhpolding.[4]
A round which was set to be held in Beijing as test event for the 2022 Winter Olympics was replaced on 23 November with another round at Nové Město.[5]

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Det.
1	28 November 2020	Kontiolahti	20 km Individual	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Erik Lesser	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Detail
1	29 November 2020		10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sebastian Samuelsson	Martin Ponsiluoma	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sebastian Samuelsson	Detail
2	3 December 2020		10 km Sprint	Tarjei Bø	Arnd Peiffer	Johannes Thingnes Bø			Detail
2	5 December 2020		12.5 km Pursuit	Sebastian Samuelsson	Fabien Claude	Johannes Thingnes Bø			Detail
3	11 December 2020	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Dale	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Fabien Claude			Detail
3	12 December 2020		12.5 km Pursuit	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Dale			Detail
4	17 December 2020		10 km Sprint	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Dale	Johannes Thingnes Bø			Detail
	19 December 2020		12.5 km Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Émilien Jacquelin	Johannes Thingnes Bø		Sturla Holm Lægreid	Detail
	20 December 2020		15 km Mass Start	Arnd Peiffer	Martin Ponsiluoma	Tarjei Bø			Detail
5	8 January 2021	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid			Detail
5	9 January 2021		12.5 km Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Johannes Dale	Tarjei Bø			Detail
6	13 January 2021		10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Arnd Peiffer			Detail
6	17 January 2021		15 km Mass Start	Tarjei Bø	Felix Leitner	Benjamin Weger			Detail
7	22 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	20 km Individual	Alexander Loginov	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Quentin Fillon Maillet			Detail
7	24 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Jakov Fak			Detail

WC	12 February 2021	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint				Detail
	14 February 2021		12.5 km Pursuit						Detail
	17 February 2021		20 km Individual						Detail
	21 February 2021		15 km Mass Start						Detail
8	6 March 2021	Nové Město na M.	10 km Sprint						Detail
8	7 March 2021		12.5 km Pursuit						Detail
9	11 March 2021		10 km Sprint						Detail
9	13 March 2021		12.5 km Pursuit						Detail
10	19 March 2021	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint						Detail
	20 March 2021		12.5 km Pursuit						Detail
	21 March 2021		15 km Mass Start						Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Dark blue bib (After competition)	Det.
1	28 November 2020	Kontiolahti	15 km Individual	Dorothea Wierer	Denise Herrmann	Johanna Skottheim	Dorothea Wierer	Elvira Öberg	Detail
1	29 November 2020		7.5 km Sprint	Hanna Öberg	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Karoline Offigstad Knotten	Hanna Öberg	Dzinara Alimbekava	Detail
2	3 December 2020		7.5 km Sprint	Hanna Öberg	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	Elvira Öberg		Elvira Öberg	Detail
2	6 December 2020		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Hanna Öberg		Dzinara Alimbekava	Detail
3	11 December 2020	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Dzinara Alimbekava	Tiril Eckhoff	Franziska Preuß			Detail
3	13 December 2020		10 km Pursuit	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Dzinara Alimbekava	Julia Simon	Marte Olsbu Røiseland		Detail
4	18 December 2020		7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	Marte Olsbu Røiseland			Detail
	19 December 2020		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Öberg	Elvira Öberg			Detail
	20 December 2020		12.5 km Mass Start	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Tiril Eckhoff	Dorothea Wierer		Elvira Öberg	Detail
5	8 January 2021	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Öberg	Lisa Theresa Hauser			Detail
5	9 January 2021		10 km Pursuit	Tiril Eckhoff	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	Lisa Theresa Hauser			Detail
6	14 January 2021		7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Dorothea Wierer	Lisa Theresa Hauser			Detail
6	17 January 2021		12.5 km Mass Start	Julia Simon	Franziska Preuß	Hanna Öberg			Detail
7	21 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Individual	Lisa Theresa Hauser	Yuliia Dzhima	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet		Dzinara Alimbekava	Detail
7	23 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Julia Simon	Hanna Öberg	Lisa Theresa Hauser		Dzinara Alimbekava	Detail
WC	13 February 2021	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint						Detail
	14 February 2021		10 km Pursuit						Detail
	16 February 2021		15 km Individual						Detail
	21 February 2021		12.5 km Mass Start						Detail
8	6 March 2021	Nové Město na M.	7.5 km Sprint						Detail
8	7 March 2021		10 km Pursuit						Detail
9	12 March 2021		7.5 km Sprint						Detail
9	13 March 2021		10 km Pursuit						Detail
10	18 March 2021	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint						Detail
	20 March 2021		10 km Pursuit						Detail
	21 March 2021		12.5 km Mass Start						Detail

Men's team – 4x7.5 km Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Det.
2	6 December 2020	Kontiolahti	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Sweden Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson	Germany Erik Lesser Roman Rees Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	Norway	Detail
3	13 December 2020	Hochfilzen	Sweden Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Martin Ponsiluoma Sebastian Samuelsson	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Germany Erik Lesser Roman Rees Benedikt Doll Philipp Horn	Norway Sweden	Detail
6	15 January 2021	Oberhof	France Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet Fabien Claude Émilien Jacquelin	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Italy Thomas Bormolini Lukas Hofer Tommaso Giacomel Dominik Windisch	Norway	Detail
7	23 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	France Antonin Guigonnat Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Émilien Jacquelin	Norway Sturla Holm Lægreid Johannes Dale Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Russia Anton Babikov Matvey Eliseev Alexander Loginov Eduard Latypov	Norway
WC	20 February 2021	Pokljuka
8	5 March 2021	Nové Město na M.

Women's team – 4x6 km Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)	Det.
2	5 December 2020	Kontiolahti	Sweden Johanna Skottheim Mona Brorsson Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg	France Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Chloé Chevalier Justine Braisaz-Bouchet	Germany Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß Maren Hammerschmidt Denise Herrmann	Sweden	Detail
3	12 December 2020	Hochfilzen	Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	France Anaïs Bescond Julia Simon Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	Sweden Johanna Skottheim Linn Persson Hanna Öberg Elvira Öberg		Detail
6	16 January 2021	Oberhof	Germany Vanessa Hinz Janina Hettich Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuß	Belarus Iryna Kryuko Dzinara Alimbekava Hanna Sola Elena Kruchinkina	Sweden Mona Brorsson Linn Persson Elvira Öberg Hanna Öberg		Detail
7	24 January 2021	Antholz-Anterselva	Russia Evgeniya Pavlova Tatiana Akimova Svetlana Mironova Uliana Kaisheva	Germany Vanessa Hinz Janina Hettich Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuß	France Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Julia Simon	Germany
WC	20 February 2021	Pokljuka
8	4 March 2021	Nové Město na M.

Mixed Relay

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader (After competition)
5	10 January 2021	Oberhof	2x7.5 km + 2x6 km	Russia Uliana Kaisheva Svetlana Mironova Alexander Loginov Eduard Latypov	Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Røiseland Johannes Dale Sturla Holm Lægreid	France Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet Justine Braisaz-Bouchet Fabien Claude Quentin Fillon Maillet	Russia
5	10 January 2021	Oberhof	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km	France Julia Simon Émilien Jacquelin	Sweden Hanna Öberg Sebastian Samuelsson	Norway Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø	France
WC	10 February 2021	Pokljuka	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
WC	18 February 2021	Pokljuka	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km
9	14 March 2021	Nové Město	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
9	14 March 2021	Nové Město	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km

Standings (men)

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Johannes Thingnes Bø	709
2.	Sturla Holm Lægreid	645
3.	Tarjei Bø	566
4.	Johannes Dale	545
5.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	506
6.	Sebastian Samuelsson	482
7.	Émilien Jacquelin	479
8.	Martin Ponsiluoma	464
9.	Jakov Fak	436
10.	Lukas Hofer	428

Standings after 15 of 26 races.

Under 25

Pos.		Points
	Sturla Holm Laegreid	645
2.	Johannes Dale	545
3.	Sebastian Samuelsson	482
4.	Felix Leitner	186
5.	Anton Smolski	127
6.	Tero Seppala	96
7.	Anton Dudchenko	79
8.	Didier Bionaz	71
9.	Aleksander Fjeld Andersen	64
10.	Tuomas Harjula	27

Standings after 15 of 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Sturla Holm Laegreid	114
2.	Alexander Loginov	91
3.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	91
4.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	85
5.	Lukas Hofer	64

Standings after 2 of 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Johannes Thingnes Bø	319
2.	Johannes Dale	258
3.	Sturla Holm Lægreid	236
4.	Tarjei Bø	225
5.	Martin Ponsiluoma	208

Standings after 6 of 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Sturla Holm Lægreid	201
2.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	173
3.	Johannes Dale	172
4.	Émilien Jacquelin	170
5.	Fabien Claude	164

Standings after 4 of 8 races.

Mass start

Pos.		Points
	Tarjei Bø	137
2.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	132
3.	Arnd Peiffer	130
4.	Quentin Fillon Maillet	117
5.	Simon Eder	104

Standings after 3 of 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	222
2.	France	192
3.	Germany	179
4.	Russia	177
5.	Sweden	176

Standings after 4 of 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	5526
2.	France	4953
3.	Germany	4748
4.	Russia	4560
5.	Sweden	4509

Standings after 14 of 25 races.

Standings (women)

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	625
2.	Tiril Eckhoff	617
3.	Hanna Öberg	616
4.	Dorothea Wierer	509
5.	Lisa Theresa Hauser	490
6.	Franziska Preuß	490
7.	Dzinara Alimbekava	448
8.	Elvira Öberg	443
9.	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	407
10.	Markéta Davidová	404

Standings after 15 of 26 races.

Under 25

Pos.		Points
	Dzinara Alimbekava	448
2.	Elvira Öberg	443
3.	Markéta Davidová	404
4.	Julia Simon	381
5.	Justine Braisaz-Bouchet	337
6.	Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold	326
7.	Janina Hettich	264
8.	Darya Blashko	140
9.	Julia Schwaiger	130
10.	Irina Kazakevich	129

Standings after 15 of 26 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
	Dorothea Wierer	103
2.	Yuliia Dzhima	85
3.	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	80
4.	Denise Herrmann	78
5.	Dzinara Alimbekava	68

Standings after 2 of 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
	Tiril Eckhoff	268
2.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	262
3.	Hanna Öberg	260
4.	Franziska Preuß	199
5.	Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet	190

Standings after 6 of 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
	Tiril Eckhoff	204
2.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	204
3.	Hanna Öberg	179
4.	Dzinara Alimbekava	152
5.	Elvira Öberg	146

Standings after 4 of 8 races.

Mass start

Pos.		Points
	Julia Simon	156
2.	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	132
3.	Hanna Öberg	129
4.	Franziska Preuß	129
5.	Tiril Eckhoff	122

Standings after 3 of 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Germany	205
2.	France	196
3.	Sweden	192
4.	Russia	180
5.	Norway	168

Standings after 4 of 6 races.

Nation

Pos.		Points
1.	France	4947
2.	Sweden	4902
3.	Germany	4885
4.	Norway	4836
5.	Russia	4559

Standings after 14 of 25 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	France	108
2.	Norway	102
3.	Russia	92
4.	Germany	83
4.	Belarus	83

Standings after 2 of 6 races.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	21	16	11	48
2	France	6	8	6	20
3	Sweden	5	7	8	20
4	Russia	3	0	1	4
5	Germany	2	4	6	12
6	Belarus	1	2	0	3
7	Austria	1	1	4	6
8	Italy	1	1	2	4
9	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
10	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
10	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		40	40	40	120

Points distribution

The table shows the number of points won in the 2020/21 Biathlon World Cup for men and women. Relay events do not impact individual rankings.

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40

Individual	60	54	48	43	40	38	36	34	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Sprint
Pursuit
Mass Start																						18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men

Sturla Holm Laegreid, 23, in his 2nd season — Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti; it also was his first podium
Sebastian Samuelsson, 23, in his 5th season — Stage 2 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2018–19 Sprint in Oberhof
Johannes Dale, 23, in his 3rd season — Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was his first podium

Women

Dzinara Alimbekava, 24, in her 4th season — Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was her first podium
Lisa Theresa Hauser, 27, in her 8th season — Stage 7 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2020–21 Sprint in Oberhof

First World Cup podium

Men

Sturla Holm Laegreid, 23, in his 2nd season — no. 1 in the Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti
Johannes Dale, 23, in his 3rd season — no. 1 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen
Felix Leitner, 24, in his 5th season – no. 2 in the Stage 6 Mass Start in Oberhof

Women

Johanna Skottheim, 26, in her 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Individual in Kontiolahti
Karoline Offigstad Knotten, 25, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the Stage 1 Sprint in Kontiolahti
Elvira Öberg, 21, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the Stage 2 Sprint in Kontiolahti
Dzinara Alimbekava, 24, in her 4th season — no. 1 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Hochfilzen
Lisa Theresa Hauser, 27, in her 8th season - no. 3 in the Stage 5 Sprint in Oberhof

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Men

Johannes Thingnes Bø, 4 (51) first places
Sturla Holm Laegreid, 4 (4) first places
Tarjei Bø, 2 (11) first places
Arnd Peiffer, 1 (10) first place
Quentin Fillon Maillet, 1 (4) first place
Alexander Loginov, 1 (3) first place
Sebastian Samuelsson, 1 (1) first place
Johannes Dale, 1 (1) first place

Women

Tiril Eckhoff, 6 (19) first places
Marte Olsbu Røiseland, 2 (8) first places
Hanna Öberg, 2 (5) first places
Julia Simon, 2 (3) first places
Dorothea Wierer, 1 (12) first place
Dzinara Alimbekava, 1 (1) first place
Lisa Theresa Hauser, 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2020–21 season:

Men

Women

Notes

The provisional calendar had a supersprint event, scheduled to make its début on World Cup level at the Olso Holmenkolen round. In recent revisions of the calendar it is shown to be replaced by a pursuit event

References

"Rule Changes for 2020/2021: A New Bib and Qualification Criteria Adjusted". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
"International Biathlon Union - IBU". www.biathlonworld.com.
"IBU announces plans for first trimester of World Cup season". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
"IBU announces BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon schedule for January 2021". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
"IBU announces World Cup schedule for final trimester of 2020/21 season". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
"Moravec plánuje poslední sezonu. Na olympiádu do Pekingu už nepojede". isport.blesk.cz/ (in Czech). March 15, 2020.
"Simon Schempp beendet Karriere mit einem Lächeln". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/ (in German). January 28, 2021.
"Norwegian world champion ends". tellerreport.com. 4 February 2021.

External links

IBU official site

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[SupersprintHolmenkolen-3] The provisional calendar had a supersprint event, scheduled to make its début on World Cup level at the Olso Holmenkolen round. In recent revisions of the calendar it is shown to be replaced by a pursuit event

[1] "Rule Changes for 2020/2021: A New Bib and Qualification Criteria Adjusted". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[2] "International Biathlon Union - IBU". www.biathlonworld.com.

[4] "IBU announces plans for first trimester of World Cup season". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[5] "IBU announces BMW IBU World Cup Biathlon schedule for January 2021". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[6] "IBU announces World Cup schedule for final trimester of 2020/21 season". International Biathlon Union - IBU. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[7] "Moravec plánuje poslední sezonu. Na olympiádu do Pekingu už nepojede". isport.blesk.cz/ (in Czech). March 15, 2020.

[8] "Simon Schempp beendet Karriere mit einem Lächeln". stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/ (in German). January 28, 2021.

[9] "Norwegian world champion ends". tellerreport.com. 4 February 2021.

2020–21 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Marte Olsbu Røiseland
U25	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Dzinara Alimbekava
Individual	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Dorothea Wierer
Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tiril Eckhoff
Pursuit	Sturla Holm Lægreid	Tiril Eckhoff
Mass start	Tarjei Bø	Julia Simon
Relay	Norway	Germany
Nations Cup	Norway	France
Mixed	France
Competition

2020–21 World Cup seasons in winter sports
Skiing sports (FIS)	Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Continental Cup Freestyle skiing Nordic combined Continental Cup Ski jumping Ski flying Grand Prix Continental Cup FIS Cup FIS Race Alpen Cup Snowboarding
Skating sports (ISU)	Figure skating ISU Grand Prix ISU Challenger Series ISU Junior Grand Prix Short track Speed skating
Sliding sports (FIL, IBSF)	Bobsleigh North American Cup Luge Skeleton
Others (IBU, WCF)	Biathlon IBU Cup Curling