2013–14 Biathlon World Cup

The 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 24 November 2013 in Östersund, Sweden, and ended on 23 March 2014 in Holmenkollen, Norway.[1]

2013–14 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Martin Fourcade	Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Nations Cup	Norway	Norway
Individual	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Gabriela Soukalová
Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Mass start	Martin Fourcade	Darya Domracheva
Relay	Germany	Germany
Mixed	Norway Czech Republic
Competition

2013–14 World Cup in Kontiolahti

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2013–14 season.[1]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Details
1	Östersund	24 November–1 December	●	●				●	details
2	Hochfilzen	6–8 December		●	●		●		details
3	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand	12–15 December		●	●		●		details
4	Oberhof	3–5 January		●	●	●			details
5	Ruhpolding	8–12 January	●		●		●		details
6	Antholz-Anterselva	16–19 January		●	●		●		details
OG	Sochi	8–22 February	Olympic Games					●
7	Pokljuka	6–9 March		●	●	●			details
8	Kontiolahti	13–16 March		●●	●				details
9	Holmenkollen	20–23 March		●	●	●			details
Total: 54 (26 men's, 26 women's, 2 mixed)			2	9	8	3	4	2

• 2014 Winter Olympics races are not included in the 2013–14 World Cup scoring system with the exception of mixed relay.[2][3]
• In stage 6, women's relay was suspended due to poor visibility and dense fog.

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	28 November 2013	Östersund	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Simon Eder	Daniel Mesotitsch	Martin Fourcade	Detail
1	30 November 2013	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Fredrik Lindström	Tim Burke		Detail
2	6 December 2013	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Lars Berger	Martin Fourcade	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
2	8 December 2013	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Tarjei Bø		Detail
3	14 December 2013	Le Grand-Bornand	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Ondřej Moravec	Martin Fourcade		Detail
3	15 December 2013	Le Grand-Bornand	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Erik Lesser	Anton Shipulin		Detail
4	3 January 2014	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Martin Fourcade		Detail
4	4 January 2014	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Martin Fourcade		Detail
4	5 January 2014	Oberhof	15 km Mass start	Martin Fourcade	Alexey Volkov	Tarjei Bø		Detail
5	11 January 2014	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Alexey Volkov	Evgeny Ustyugov		Detail
5	12 January 2014	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Pursuit	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Jakov Fak	Evgeniy Garanichev		Detail
6	17 January 2014	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Simon Schempp Lukas Hofer		Arnd Peiffer		Detail
6	18 January 2014	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Simon Schempp	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	Henrik L'Abée-Lund		Detail
7	6 March 2014	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Björn Ferry	Anton Shipulin	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
7	8 March 2014	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Anton Shipulin	Björn Ferry	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Detail
7	9 March 2014	Pokljuka	15 km Mass start	Björn Ferry	Martin Fourcade	Evgeny Ustyugov		Detail
8	13 March 2014	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
8	15 March 2014	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Lowell Bailey	Ondřej Moravec		Detail
8	16 March 2014	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Björn Ferry		Detail
9	20 March 2014	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Jakov Fak	Evgeniy Garanichev	Björn Ferry		Detail
9	22 March 2014	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Simon Eder	Björn Ferry	Carl Johan Bergman		Detail
9	23 March 2014	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Mass start	Martin Fourcade	Dominik Landertinger	Jakov Fak		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	28 November 2013	Östersund	15 km Individual	Gabriela Soukalová	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Marie-Laure Brunet	Gabriela Soukalová	Detail
1	29 November 2013	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Ann Kristin Flatland	Olga Zaitseva	Tora Berger		Detail
2	6 December 2013	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Selina Gasparin	Veronika Vítková	Irina Starykh		Detail
2	8 December 2013	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Synnøve Solemdal	Yuliia Dzhima	Krystyna Pałka		Detail
3	14 December 2013	Le Grand-Bornand	7.5 km Sprint	Selina Gasparin	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Valj Semerenko		Detail
3	15 December 2013	Le Grand-Bornand	10 km Pursuit	Valj Semerenko	Irina Starykh	Tiril Eckhoff		Detail
4	3 January 2014	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Olena Pidhrushna		Detail
4	4 January 2014	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Synnøve Solemdal	Valj Semerenko	Detail
4	5 January 2014	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass start	Tora Berger	Synnøve Solemdal	Darya Domracheva	Gabriela Soukalová	Detail
5	10 January 2014	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Gabriela Soukalová	Darya Domracheva	Veronika Vítková		Detail
5	12 January 2014	Ruhpolding	10 km Pursuit	Gabriela Soukalová	Tora Berger	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
6	16 January 2014	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Anaïs Bescond	Andrea Henkel	Darya Domracheva		Detail
6	18 January 2014	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Andrea Henkel	Nadezhda Skardino	Tora Berger	Darya Domracheva	Detail
7	6 March 2014	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Katharina Innerhofer	Daria Virolaynen	Nadezhda Skardino	Tora Berger	Detail
7	8 March 2014	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Tora Berger	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
7	9 March 2014	Pokljuka	12.5 km Mass start	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Olga Zaitseva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
8	13 March 2014	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Olga Zaitseva	Mari Laukkanen		Detail
8	15 March 2014	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Tora Berger	Gabriela Soukalová		Detail
8	16 March 2014	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Darya Domracheva	Olga Zaitseva		Detail
9	20 March 2014	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Darya Domracheva	Tora Berger	Susan Dunklee		Detail
9	22 March 2014	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Tora Berger	Olga Vilukhina		Detail
9	23 March 2014	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Mass start	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Teja Gregorin	Marie Dorin Habert		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	7 December 2013	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Vetle Sjastad Christiansen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	Sweden Christoffer Eriksson Björn Ferry Fredrik Lindström Carl Johan Bergman	Russia Alexey Volkov Evgeny Ustyugov Anton Shipulin Dmitry Malyshko
3	13 December 2013	Le Grand-Bornand	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Austria Christoph Sumann Daniel Mesotitsch Dominik Landertinger Simon Eder	Sweden Tobias Arwidson Björn Ferry Fredrik Lindström Carl Johan Bergman
5	9 January 2014	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Austria Christoph Sumann Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger	Germany Christoph Stephan Andreas Birnbacher Erik Lesser Simon Schempp	Russia Alexey Volkov Evgeny Ustyugov Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin
6	19 January 2014	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	France Simon Fourcade Alexis Boeuf Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Martin Fourcade	Sweden Tobias Arwidson Björn Ferry Fredrik Lindström Carl Johan Bergman	Germany Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp

Women's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
2	7 December 2013	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Vita Semerenko Valj Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna	Germany Franziska Preuss Andrea Henkel Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier	France Marie-Laure Brunet Sophie Boilley Anais Chevalier Anais Bescond
3	12 December 2013	Le Grand-Bornand	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Franziska Preuss Andrea Henkel Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier	Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Vita Semerenko Valj Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna	Norway Tiril Eckhoff Fanny Horn Synnove Solemdal Tora Berger
5	8 January 2014	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Franziska Preuss Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Laura Dahlmeier Franziska Hildebrand	Norway Tiril Eckhoff Ann Kristin Flatland Synnove Solemdal Tora Berger	Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Vita Semerenko Natalya Burdyga Valj Semerenko

Mixed relay

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third
1	24 November 2013	Östersund	4x7.5 km Relay	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Zdeněk Vítek Ondřej Moravec	Norway Tora Berger Synnove Solemdal Vetle Sjastad Christiansen Tarjei Bo	Ukraine Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Serhiy Semenov Andriy Deryzemlya
OG	19 February 2014	Sochi	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Tora Berger Tiril Eckhoff Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Jaroslav Soukup Ondřej Moravec	Italy Dorothea Wierer Karin Oberhofer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer

Standings (men)

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Martin Fourcade	934
2.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	642
3.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	636
4.	Dominik Landertinger	616
5.	Simon Eder	585

• Final standings after 22 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Emil Hegle Svendsen 84 2. Simon Eder 79 3. Alexey Volkov 76 4. Evgeny Ustyugov 76 5. Christian De Lorenzi 65 Final standings after 2 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Martin Fourcade 402 2. Arnd Peiffer 289 3. Johannes Thingnes Bø 278 4. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 262 5. Dominik Landertinger 252 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points    Martin Fourcade 298 2. Björn Ferry 241 3. Simon Eder 237 4. Anton Shipulin 236 5. Johannes Thingnes Bø 226 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points    Martin Fourcade 174 2. Dominik Landertinger 110 3. Tim Burke 102 4. Emil Hegle Svendsen 101 5. Simon Desthieux 101 Final standings after 3 races.

Relay Pos. Points    Germany 200 2. Sweden 199 3. Austria 197 4. Norway 178 5. France 171 Final standings after 4 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 5968 2.  Germany 5847 3.  Austria 5761 4.  France 5712 5.  Sweden 5452 Final standings after 17 races.

Standings (women)

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	861
2.	Tora Berger	857
3.	Darya Domracheva	795
4.	Gabriela Soukalová	614
5.	Olga Vilukhina	613

• Final standings after 22 races.

Individual Pos. Points    Gabriela Soukalová 120 2. Darya Domracheva 94 3. Anastasiya Kuzmina 84 4. Nadezhda Skardino 74 5. Franziska Hildebrand 72 Final standings after 2 races.

Sprint Pos. Points    Kaisa Mäkäräinen 368 2. Tora Berger 361 3. Darya Domracheva 254 4. Olga Vilukhina 246 5. Gabriela Soukalová 239 Final standings after 9 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points    Kaisa Mäkäräinen 350 2. Tora Berger 319 3. Darya Domracheva 296 4. Olga Vilukhina 242 5. Tiril Eckhoff 236 Final standings after 8 races.

Mass start Pos. Points    Darya Domracheva 151 2. Anastasiya Kuzmina 139 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 130 4. Tora Berger 121 5. Olga Vilukhina 102 Final standings after 3 races.

Relay Pos. Points    Germany 174 2. Ukraine 162 3. Norway 142 4. France 131 5. Belarus 105 Final standings after 3 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 5641 2.  Germany 5460 3.  Ukraine 5377 4.  France 4968 5.  Russia 4945 Final standings after 17 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
	Czech Republic	114
	Norway	114
3.	Italy	91
4.	Ukraine	84
5.	Russia	81

• Final standings after 2 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	15	11	10	36
2	France	7	5	6	18
3	Germany	6	4	4	14
4	Finland	4	4	2	10
5	Belarus	4	3	3	10
	Czech Republic	4	3	3	10
7	Austria	3	3	1	7
8	Sweden	2	5	4	11
9	Ukraine	2	2	4	8
10	Slovakia	2	1	0	3
11	Switzerland	2	0	0	2
12	Russia	1	8	10	19
13	Slovenia	1	2	1	4
14	Italy	1	0	2	3
15	United States	0	1	2	3
16	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 nations)		54	52	53	159

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Selina Gasparin (SUI), 29, in her 6th season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was her first podium
•  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 20, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand; it also was his first podium
•  Valj Semerenko (UKR), 27, in her 8th season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand; first podium was 2010–11 Sprint in Presque Isle
•  Anaïs Bescond (FRA), 26, in her 5th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was her first podium
•  Lukas Hofer (ITA), 24, in his 5th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2010–11 Mass start in Khanty-Mansiysk
•  Simon Schempp (GER), 25, in his 6th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2009–10 Pursuit in Holmenkollen
•  Katharina Innerhofer (AUT), 23, in her 3rd season — the WC 7 Sprint in Pokljuka; it also was her first podium

First World Cup podium

•  Irina Starykh (RUS), 26, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen
•  Juliya Dzhyma (UKR), 23, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
•  Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 23, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Pursuit in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand
•  Alexey Volkov (RUS), 25, in his 5th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Mass start in Oberhof
•  Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA), 25, in his 6th season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Daria Virolaynen (RUS), 25, in her 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Sprint in Pokljuka
•  Dorothea Wierer (ITA), 23, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Pokljuka
•  Mari Laukkanen (FIN), 26, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint in Kontiolahti
•  Lowell Bailey (USA), 32, in his 10th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint (2) in Kontiolahti
•  Susan Dunklee (USA), 28, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Sprint in Holmenkollen

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

Men  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 5 (29) first places  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 5 (5) first places  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 4 (35) first places  Björn Ferry (SWE), 2 (7) first places  Simon Schempp (GER), 2 (2) first places  Lars Berger (NOR), 1 (7) first place  Anton Shipulin (RUS), 1 (5) first place  Jakov Fak (SLO), 1 (4) first place  Simon Eder (AUT), 1 (2) first place  Lukas Hofer (ITA), 1 (1) first place

Women  Darya Domracheva (BLR), 4 (16) first places  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 4 (9) first places  Gabriela Soukalová (CZE), 3 (7) first places  Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 2 (6) first places  Selina Gasparin (SUI), 2 (2) first places  Tora Berger (NOR), 1 (28) first place  Andrea Henkel (GER), 1 (22) first place  Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Synnøve Solemdal (NOR), 1 (2) first place  Valj Semerenko (UKR), 1 (1) first place  Anaïs Bescond (FRA), 1 (1) first place  Katharina Innerhofer (AUT), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2013–14 season:

Men  Christoph Sumann (AUT)[4][5]  Evgeny Abramenko (BLR)[6]  Vladimir Alenishko (BLR)[6]  Sergey Novikov (BLR)[5][6][7]  Jean-Philippe Leguellec (CAN)[5][7]  Zdeněk Vítek (CZE)[8]  Daniil Steptšenko (EST)[9]  Markus Windisch (ITA)[10]  Hidenori Isa (JPN)[11]  Edgars Piksons (LAT)[12]  Rune Brattsveen (NOR)[13]  Andrei Makoveev (RUS)[14]  Maxim Tchoudov (RUS)[15][16]  Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS)[5][7]  Claudio Böckli (SUI)[17]  Simon Hallenbarter (SUI)[5][7][17]  Pavol Hurajt (SVK)[5][7]  Carl Johan Bergman (SWE)[5][18]  Björn Ferry (SWE)[5][18]  Olexander Bilanenko (UKR)[19]  Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR)[19]  Roman Pryma (UKR)[19]  Jay Hakkinen (USA)[20]  Jeremy Teela (USA)[5][20]

Women  Laure Soulie (AND)[7]  Liudmila Kalinchik (BLR)[21]  Megan Imrie (CAN)[22]  Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA)[23]  Andrea Henkel (GER)[22][24]  Kathrin Lang (GER)[25]  Adele Walker (GBR)[22]  Michela Ponza (ITA)[7][22]  Tora Berger (NOR)[22][26]  Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR)[22][27]  Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS)[28]  Jenny Jonsson (SWE)[29]  Anna Karin Strömstedt (SWE)[7]  Mariya Panfilova (UKR)[30] (comeback in 2015–16 season for Belarus)  Olena Pidhrushna (UKR)[22][31] (comeback in 2015–16 season)  Sara Studebaker (USA)[7][22]

External links

• IBU official site

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