2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 9

The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 9[1] was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from 17 March until 20 March 2016. Due to strong winds on the final day of competition, which caused a light pole to collapse onto the shooting range, the men's and women's mass start events were cancelled.[2]

Schedule of events

[3]

Date	Time	Events
March 17	14:15 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
March 18	14:15 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
March 19	12:45 CET	Women's 10 km Pursuit
	14:30 CET	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
March 20	10:20 CET	Women 12.5 km Mass Start
	13:00 CET	Men 15 km Mass Start

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint details	Julian Eberhard  Austria	24:18.6 (0+0)	Simon Schempp  Germany	24:19.7 (0+0)	Arnd Peiffer  Germany	24:41.6 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Simon Schempp  Germany	33:27.8 (1+1+0+1)	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	33:36.3 (0+0+0+1)	Erik Lesser  Germany	33:43.5 (0+0+1+1)
15 km Mass Start Cancelled	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint details	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	20:42.3 (0+1)	Gabriela Soukalová  Czech Republic	20:45.4 (0+0)	Marte Olsbu  Norway	20:47.1 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	30:06.7 (1+0+1+0)	Marie Dorin Habert  France	30:08.2 (0+0+0+1)	Dorothea Wierer  Italy	30:12.4 (0+0+1+0)
12.5 km Mass Start Cancelled	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Achievements

Best performance for all time

Julian Eberhard (AUT), 1st place in Sprint

Marte Olsbu (NOR), 3rd place in Sprint  Justine Braisaz (FRA), 4th place in Sprint  Tatiana Akimova (RUS), 12th place in Sprint

References

1. "Event schedule". IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
2. "Mass Start Competitions Cancelled". Archived from the original on April 2, 2016. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
3. "Events". Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved December 20, 2015.