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Biathlon, World Championship 2017, the composition of the Russian national team, the schedule and broadcasts of races and much more, read in this review.

Biathlon, World Cup 2017: the composition of the Russian biathlon team at the 2017 World Championships in Austrian Hochfilzin is already known.

During the competition, 11 sets of medals will be played.

Biathlon: composition of the Russian team for the 2017 World Championship

Previously coaching staff The Russian national biathlon team named the names of the athletes who will defend the colors of the Russian tricolor at the 2017 Biathlon World Championships.

Men: Anton Babikov, Alexey Volkov, Evgeny Garanichev, Matvey Eliseev, Alexander Loginov, Dmitry Malyshko, Maxim Tsvetkov, Anton Shipulin

Women: Tatyana Akimova, Daria Virolainen, Ekaterina Glazyrina, Olga Podchufarova, Svetlana Sleptsova, Irina Starykh

Race Schedule Biathlon 2017

World Championship (World Championships).

RESULTS

Martin Fourcade won all individual events, including the overall one; The Russian team became the winner in the men's relay standings

Medal standings of the Biathlon World Cup 2016-2017

On Sunday in the Norwegian Holmenkollen ended the final stage of the Biathlon World Cup. Interfax sums up the results of the 2016/17 season.

Overall winners
In the men's standings of the World Cup, Frenchman Martin Fourcade took the lead and quickly went into the lead. His closest pursuer, but with a noticeable backlog, was the Russian Anton Shipulin. As a result, the French biathlete

ahead of schedule won the Big crystal globe, becoming the owner of the World Cup for the sixth time in a row. Shipulin also took second place.

In the women's standings, the winner was determined in the final race of the World Cup stages - in the mass start. For a long time, several athletes claimed the final first place at once, in particular, Gabriela Koukalova (Czech Republic), Laura Dahlmeier (Germany), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (Finland). As a result, Dahlmeier became the winner of the overall standings.

The best of the Russians was Tatiana Akimova, who took 16th place in the overall standings.

Small crystal globe

In addition to the overall standings, Martin Fourcade took first place in the small standings of the World Cup, namely in the individual race, sprint, pursuit. In the mass start standings before the final race, in Holmenkollen, he was 22 points behind the German Simon Schempp. As a result, the Frenchman not only won the race, but also eliminated the backlog, thus becoming the winner in all individual classifications.

Laura Dahlmeier, in addition to the overall standings, won the standings in the individual race and the pursuit.

Gabriela Koukalova won the sprint and mass start.

The Russian national team won the Small Crystal Globe in the men's relay standings, this is the only victory for the representatives of the Russian Federation in the small standings of the World Cup. In the women's relay races, the German team was the best. The Russian team is ninth. In the mixed relay standings, Germany won, Russia was fifth.

In the women's and men's classifications of nations, Germany won. The Russian team became the third among men and seventh among women.

Achievements of the Russians at the stages

At the stages of the World Cup, which includes the results of the World Championship, Russian biathletes won 5 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze medals.

The following representatives of the domestic biathlon became the owners of the highest dignity awards:

Anton Babikov, pursuit, 1st stage, Östersund, Sweden

Tatyana Akimova, sprint, 3rd stage, Nove Mesto, Czech Republic

Anton Shipulin, Individual, Stage 6, Antholz, Italy

Men's team, relay, world championship, Hochfilzen, Austria

Anton Shipulin, Pursuit, Stage 9, Holmenkollen, Norway

Transfer of the World Cup stage from Tyumen to Kontiolahti

The eighth stage of the World Cup was to be held in Tyumen. In December, the data of the second part of the report of the independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) headed by Richard McLaren were made public. After that, WADA handed over to the International Biathlon Union (IBU) a list of 31 Russian biathletes suspected of violating anti-doping rules. And then the Russian Biathlon Union refused to hold the World Cup stage in Tyumen. The stage was moved to the Finnish Kontiolahti.

Scandal at the World Cup in Austria

During the mixed relay at the World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria, Frenchman Martin Fourcade prevented the transfer from third to fourth between Russians Alexander Loginov and Anton Shipulin, stepping on the first ski. Later, Shipulin, on the air of Match TV, condemned Martin Fourcade's actions, admitting that he "completely lost respect for him." Fourcade himself, through a commentator on the same channel, conveyed the words of apology for his actions, saying that he unintentionally knocked down Loginov. However, the story continued. Before the start of the awards ceremony, Russian biathletes shook hands with both German and French athletes, except for Fourcade. He defiantly left the ceremony, but was stopped by the President International Union biathletes (IBU) Andres Besseberg.

Earlier, Fourcade responded to the message of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), who congratulated Loginov on Instagram on his birthday, who just recently triumphantly performed at the 2017 European Championship. Fourcade left a comment here with the words "One of Loginov's main trophies is a disqualification for EPO." Soon this message was deleted by the Frenchman.

Shipulin overtook Fourcade and won the pursuit race on 03/18/2017 at the KM biathlon stage in Oslo

Russian Anton Shipulin won gold in the pursuit race on final stage Biathlon World Cup in Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway.

Shipulin covered the distance in 32 minutes and 11.9 seconds with just one miss.

The Russian came to the last frontier in the company of Martin Fourcade and Johannes Boe, but, unlike his rivals, he never missed.

The Frenchman finished second, 5.7 seconds back, with the Norwegian third.

Skiing today, World Championship 2017, men 03/05/2017, 50 km mass start, results: Ustyugov - "silver"

March 5 at the 2017 World Cup cross-country skiing in Finnish Lahti Russian skier Sergey Ustyugov won a silver medal in the 50 km race free style from the general start.

Russian Sergey Ustyugov won a silver medal in the 50 km freestyle race from the general start at the World Championships in ski activities sports, which ended on March 5 in Finnish Lahti.

Canadian Alex Harvey became the world champion, to whom Ustyugov lost only 0.6 seconds.

Third place went to Finn Matti Heikkinen.

For Ustyugov, this medal was the fifth at the 2017 World Cup. Previously, our skier won two gold medals (in skiathlon and team sprint) and two silver medals (in individual sprint and relay).

Skiing World Championship 2017. Watch online. Live broadcast 5.03.2017. VIDEO

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The Norwegians took the entire podium in the 30 km free style mass start at the World Ski Championships in Lahti.

Norwegian skier Marit Bjorgen won the mass start at the World Championships in Lahti.

In the finish line, Bjorgen was ahead of her compatriot Heidi Weng, another Norwegian Astrid Jacobsen closed the top three.

The best of the Russians - Yulia Chekaleva - became the 10th.

For Bjorgen, this is the fourth Golden medal at the current World Championship and 18th in his career. In addition, the Norwegian won four gold medals at the same World Championship for the third time, Sport Express notes.

Skiing, relay of the 2017 World Cup, men, results today 03.03.2017: Norwegians win gold, Russia is second

On March 3, in Finnish Lahti, as part of the 2017 World Ski Championships, the Russian team took second place in the relay race.

Skiing today, World Championship 2017, relay, results for men 03.03.2017: Norwegians win gold, Russians are second

On March 3, 2017, the men's relay race was held in Lahti, Finland, as part of the World Ski Championships taking place these days.

Best time skiers from Norway showed the distance in this discipline.

Athletes of the Russian national team consisting of Andrei Larkov, Alexander Bessmertnykh, Alexei Chervotkin and Sergei Ustyugov won silver medals.

The leader of our team, Sergei Ustyugov, in the final stage, despite all his efforts, could not get the Norwegian Krogh at a distance, only 5 seconds behind him.

Closed the top three strongest Swedish skiers.

Skiing today, men, relay race March 3, 2017. Watch online. Live Stream. VIDEO

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Biathlon today, World Cup 2017, men, mass start, results 02/19/2017: Schempp won gold, Shipulin was 4th

On February 19, 2017, in the Austrian Hochfilzen, the men's mass start ended the Biathlon World Championship.

Biathlon today, men, mass start results 02/19/2017: Simon Schempp won gold

On February 19, the 2017 Biathlon World Championships ended in Hochfilzen, Austria. The last discipline in which a set of medals was played was the men's mass start, where the German biathlete celebrated the victory Simon Schempp.

The silver medal was won by the Norwegian Johannes Boe. And the Austrian biathlete closed the top three Simon Eder.

The day before he won the first gold medal of the World Championship in the relay Anton Shipulin, failed to repeat the success, finishing fourth with two misses.

The leader of our team, having coped with the first prone, was also unable to shoot accurately on the second and third firing lines, and as a result, he lost his chance to compete for medals.

Evgeny Garanichev, for which current championship world can not be called successful, having made one single mistake, became only 11th.

Could not compete for medals and another world champion in the relay Maxim Tsvetkov. His result is 26th place.

Note that the leader of the world biathlon French Martin Fourcade made two misses and in the end also remained without medals, taking 5th place.

Biathlon today, mass start of the 2017 World Cup, men 02/19/2017. Watch online VIDEO

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Biathlon. World Championship. Hochfilzen, Austria Men. Mass start. 15 km

1. Simon Schempp (Germany) - 35.38.3 (0).

2. Johannes Boe (Norway) - +9.0 (1).

3. Simon Eder (Austria) - +10.1 (0).

4. Anton Shipulin (Russia) - +25.3 (2).

6. Lowell Bailey (USA) - +33.5 (0).

7. Dominik Landertinger (Austria) - +38.0 (2).

8. Fredrik Lindstrom (Sweden) - +39.7 (1).

9. Benedikt Doll (Germany) - +42.9 (2).

10. Arnd Peiffer (Germany) - +46.1 (2).

11. Evgeny Garanichev (Russia) - +50.7 (2) ...

26. Maxim Tsvetkov (Russia) - +2.01.5 (3).

Biathlon today, WCH 2017, mass start, women, results 02/19/2017: Dahlmeier wins gold

On February 19, on the final day of the 2017 Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen, the women's mass start was held, where German Laura Dahlmeier celebrated the victory.

Biathlon World Championships 2017, women's mass start results 02/19/2017: Dahlmeier wins another gold

On February 19, in the Austrian Hochfilzen, as part of the Biathlon World Championship, the penultimate discipline of the world championship took place - the women's mass start at a distance of 12.5 kilometers.

Celebrating a race win German biathlete Laura Dahlmeier. This is already her fifth gold medal at the World Championships in Hochfilzen.

Another German won the silver medal Suzanne Dunkley. Both German biathletes did not allow a single miss on four firing lines.

"Bronze" went to the representative of Finland Kaise Mäkäräinen.

Unfortunately, Irina Starykh And Tatyana Akimova, who took part in the race as part of the 30 strongest biathletes on the planet, failed to compete with the leaders.

Starykh, having made two misses, came to the finish line only 15th. Akimova finished 23rd with five misses.

Biathlon, World Championship 2017, mass start, women 19.02.2017. Watch online. VIDEO

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Biathlon. World Championship. Hochfilzen, Austria Women. Mass start, 12.5 km

1. Laura Dahlmeier (Germany) - 33.13.8 (0).

2. Suzanne Dunkley (USA) - +4.6 (0).

3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen (Finland) - +20.1 (1).

4. Gabriela Koukalova (Czech Republic) - +24.0 (1).

5. Thea Gregorin (Slovenia) - +24.2 (1).

6. Julia Jima (Ukraine) - +24.4 (1).

7. Marie Dorin-Habert (France) - +40.3 (1).

8. Dorothea Wierer (Italy) - +1.05.6 (2)

9. Alexia Rungaldier (Italy) - +1.06.9 (0).

10. Paulina Fialkova (Slovakia) - +1.14.1 (2)…

15. Irina Starykh (Russia) - +1.37.0 (2)…

23. Tatyana Akimova (Russia) - +2.43.4 (5).

Biathlon, World Championship 2017, relay, men, today 18.02.2017, Russia 1st place.

Russian athletes won men's relay at the Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria.

Gold medals were won by Alexei Volkov, Maxim Tsvetkov, Anton Babikov and Anton Shipulin. Together they made three misses, showing best shooting among all teams.

2nd stage of the Biathlon World Cup 2015-2016. Hochfilzen (Austria), December 13th
Men's relay, 4x7.5 km with eight firing lines

1. Russia (Alexey Volkov, Evgeny Garanichev, Dmitry Malyshko, Anton Shipulin) (0+6) - 1:11:40.8
2. Norway (0+7) - +3.1
3. France (0+6) - +1:01.9
4. Austria (2+13) - +1:10.9
5. Germany (0+16) - +1:18.4
6. Canada (0+9) - +1:23.2
7. Sweden (0+6) - +1:26.1
8. USA (1+12) - +2:06.6

Biathlon, World Championship 2017, relay, women, results today 02/17/2017: Germans take gold, Russians - 10th

February 17 at the 2017 Biathlon World Championships women's relay, the winners of which were biathletes from Germany.

Biathlon today, World Championship 2017, relay race, results for women 02/17/2017: German team wins gold, Russians again without medals

On February 17, 2017, the women's 4x6 km biathlon relay was held in Hochfilzen, Austria. In a stubborn struggle, gold medals were won by the representatives of the German national team. The "golden" line-up of the Germans included Vanessa Heinz, Marie Hammerschmidt, Franziska Hildebrandt and the leader of the women's world biathlon Laura Dahlmeier.

Silver medals were won by sportswomen from Ukraine. And the French team closed the top three.

The Russians, alas, were again left without medals. Our team consisting of Olga Podchufarova, Svetlana Sleptsova, Irina Starykh and Tatyana Akimova, despite all efforts, could not compete with the strongest teams in the world.

It should be noted that in the course of the race, thanks to the efforts of Irina Starykh, the Russian team, which perfectly passed its third stage, even moved to 4th place before the final stage with a gap of 27 seconds. However, Tatyana Akimova could not defend her positions: she fell during the race, breaking her stick and damaging her rifle, after which she made 3 misses in prone and went to the penalty loop. As a result - only 10th place.

Tatyana Akimova on the "prone" swearing in live. VIDEO

Biathlon today, women, relay 17 February 2017. Watch online. Live Stream. VIDEO

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Biathlon, World Championship 2017, individual race, men, results today 02/16/2017: "gold" - American Bailey

On February 15, at the 2017 Biathlon World Championships, an individual race for men was held, the winner of which was the American Lowell Bailey.

Biathlon today, World Championship 2017, individual race, results for men 02/16/2017: American Bailey wins gold, Russians again without medals

In the Austrian Hochfilzen on February 16, 2017, an individual men's race was held at a distance of 20 kilometers. The American became the winner of the race Lowell Bailey.

The Czech biathlete won the silver medal Ondrej Moravec. And closed the top three of the strongest French Martin Fourcade, who previously took gold in the individual race, silver in the pursuit and bronze in the sprint.

Russian biathletes, alas, were again left without medals.

Started at No. 1 leader of the Russian team Anton Shipulin, having made two misses at the very first shooting range, then he was able to pull himself together and shoot for "zero", but, alas, this was not enough to compete for medals. As a result, Shipulin took only 7th place.

Alexander Loginov, on which experts and fans did big stakes after a convincing performance at the European Championship, he frankly failed the race, making 7 (!) misses.

Biathlon today, men's individual 16 February 2017. Watch online. Live Stream. VIDEO

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Biathlon. World Championship - 2017. Hochfilzen, Austria Men. Individual race, 20 km

1. Lowell Bailey (USA) - 48.07.4 (0).

2. Ondrej Moravec (Czech Republic) +3.3 (0).

4. Eric Lesser (Germany) +32.0 (1).

5. Sergey Semyonov (Ukraine) +38.6 (1).

6. Michal Krchmarzh (Czech Republic) +43.6 (0).

7. Anton Shipulin (Russia) +43.9 (2).

8. Johannes Boe (Norway) +1.11.9 (2).

9. Lars-Helge Birkeland (Norway) +1.14.3 (1).

10. Benjamin Weger (Switzerland) +1.22.8 (1).

11. Alexey Volkov (Russia) +1.28.7 (1).

20. Evgeny Garanichev (Russia) +2.337 (3)…

72. Alexander Loginov (Russia) +7.27.6 (7)…

Biathlon 2017 WCH Women Individual Results Today 02/15/2017: Dahlmeier Takes Gold Again

On February 15, at the 2017 Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen, an individual race for women took place. The winner of the race was the German Laura Dahlmeier.

Biathlon World Cup 2017, individual race today, women's results: Dahlmeier won gold

On February 15, 2017, an individual biathlon race for women at 15 kilometers took place in Hochfilzen, Austria. The race was held as part of the 2017 World Championship.

Germany's Laura Dahlmeier won the individual race, having previously won the pursuit race and won silver in the sprint.

In turn, the sprint winner - Czech Gabriela Koukalova - became the second. The top three was closed by the Italian Alexia Rungalder.

Representatives of the Russian national team frankly failed the race, not even getting into the "twenty" of the individual race. The best of our biathletes, Olga Podchufarova, is only 26th.

Biathlon today, women's individual 15 February 2017. Watch online. Live Stream. VIDEO

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Biathlon. World Championship - 2017. Hochfilzen, Austria Women. Individual race, 15 km

1. Laura Dahlmeier (Germany) - 41.30.1 (1).

2. Gabriela Koukalova (Czech Republic) - +24.7 (1).

3. Alexia Rungaldier (Italy) +1.45.6 (0)

4. Mari Laukkanen (Finland) + 1.56.8 (1).

5. Ekaterina Avvakumova ( South Korea) +2.03,6 (0).

6. Susan Dunkley (USA) +2.06.8 (2)

7. Maren Hammerschmidt (Germany) +2.27.5 (2).

8. Vanessa Hinz (Germany) +2.45.5 (2).

9. Julia Jima (Ukraine) +2.46.1 (2).

10 Elena Pidhrushnaya (Ukraine) +2.54.6 (2).

26. Olga Podchufarova (Russia) +4.03.0 (2)…

42. Irina Starykh (Russia) +5.11.2 (3)…

51. Tatyana Akimova (Russia) +6.12.3 (5)…

71. Svetlana Sleptsova (Russia) +7.53.7 (5).

Biathlon World Cup 2017, pursuit, men, results today 02/12/2017: Fourcade again has gold

On February 12, 2017, the men's pursuit race was held as part of the Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen.

Biathlon World Cup 2017, pursuit race, results for men today: Fourcade has another “gold”

On February 12, 2017, the Frenchman celebrated another victory at the Biathlon World Championships in Austria. Martin Fourcade. The world biathlon leader was the strongest in the men's 12.5 km pursuit.

Despite one miss and third place at the start, Fourcade took the lead after the first firing line and did not let anyone doubt his superiority until the end of the race.

This victory was already the 11th for the Frenchman in the framework of the World Championships.

Norwegian finished second Johannes Boe. Bronze medal won another Norwegian biathlete - Ole Einar Bjoerndalen.

The best of Russians Anton Shipulin, having made an unfortunate miss on the second shooting range, failed to climb the podium, finishing fourth.

Biathlon today, men's pursuit February 12, 2017. Watch online. Live Stream. VIDEO

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Biathlon, WCH 2017, pursuit, women, results today 02/12/2017: "gold" - Dahlmeier, Starykh - fourth

On February 12, at the 2017 Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria, the women's pursuit race took place, where German Laura Dahlmeier celebrated the victory.

Biathlon World Cup 2017, pursuit today, women's results: Dahlmeier wins gold

On February 12, 2017, in the Austrian Hochfilzen, a women's 10 km pursuit race was held as part of the Biathlon World Championship.

The winner of the race was the German biathlete Laura Dahlmeier, who managed to climb to the top step of the podium after a silver medal in the sprint.

Belarusian athlete Darya Domrycheva, who recently resumed her career after giving birth, finished second. "Bronze" went to the Czech Gabriela Koukalova.

The three-time winner of the European Championship, Russian Irina Starykh, without allowing a single miss, managed to win fourth place.

Biathlon today, women's pursuit February 12, 2017. Watch online. Live Stream. VIDEO

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Biathlon. World Championship. Hochfilzen, Austria Women. Pursuit, 10 km

1. Laura Dahlmeier (Germany) - 28.02.3 (1).

2. Daria Domracheva (Belarus) - +11.6 (0).

3. Gabriela Koukalova (Czech Republic) - +16.6 (3).

4. Irina Starykh (Russia) - +35.9 (0).

5. Justine Braza (France) - +36.1 (1).

6. Marie Dorin-Habert (France) - +36.3 (3).

7. Kaisa Mäkäräinen (Finland) - +37.2 (1).

8. Anastasia Merkushina (Ukraine) - +48.5 (0).

9. Celia Emoni (France) - +57.7 (2).

10. Dorothea Wierer (Italy) - +1.02.9 (3)…

18. Tatiana Akimova (Russia) - +1.35.4 (3)…

24. Svetlana Sleptsova (Russia) - +1.50.6 (2)…

39. Irina Uslugina (Russia) - +2.39.8 (4).

Biathlon, World Championship 2017, sprint, men, results 02/11/2017: gold - Doll, the Russians were left without medals

February 11, 2017 at the Biathlon World Championships, the German Benedikt Doll won the "gold" in the sprint. Russian biathletes did not even enter the top five.

Biathlon World Cup 2017, sprint today, results for men February 11, 2017: "gold" - the German Doll

On February 11, 2017, the men's 10 km sprint race took place in Hochfilzen, Austria. After the scandal that broke out after the mixed relay, all the attention of biathlon fans was focused on the confrontation between the Frenchman Martin Fourcade and our Anton Shipulin, who found the strength to shake hands after the race.

Alas, the scandal clearly did not benefit the leader of the Russian team. Having made three misses, Shipulin ended up finishing only 21st.

Failed to celebrate the victory and the leader of the world biathlon. Nevertheless, even with two misses, Martin Fourcade entered the top three, winning a bronze medal.

And the victory in the sprint race was sensationally won by the German Benedikt Doll, who managed to get around the Norwegian biathlete Johannes Boe by only 0.7 seconds.

The best of the Russians Evgeny Garanichev took 10th place.

Biathlon today, men, sprint February 11, 2017. Watch online. Live Stream. VIDEO

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Biathlon. World Championship - 2017. Hochfilzen, Austria Men. Sprint, 10 km

1. Benedikt Doll (Germany) - 23.27.4 (0).

2. Johannes Boe (Norway) +0.7 (0).

4. Lowell Bailey (USA) +29.5 (0).

5. Ondzhrey Moravec (Czech Republic) +30.7 (1).

6. Krasimir Anev (Bulgaria) +33.5 (0).

7. Julian Uberhard (Austria) +35.3 (2).

8. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Norway) +38.4 (1).

9. Simon Schempp (Germany) +40.0 (0).

10. Evgeniy Garanichev (Russia) +45.1 (1)…

21. Anton Shipulin (Russia) +1.14.7 (3)…

49. Anton Babikov (Russia) +1.49.0 (3)…

69. Maxim Tsvetkov (Russia) +2.33.4 (3)…

Biathlon, WCH 2017, sprint, women, results 02/10/2017: Russians off the podium

Women's sprint took place at the 2017 Biathlon World Championships. The winner in this discipline was Gabriela Koukalova.

On February 10, 2017, the women's 7.5 km biathlon sprint took place in Hochfilzen, Austria. The winner in this discipline was the Czech Gabriela Koukalova, who beat the German Laura Dahlmeier, who became the second in the end, by four seconds.

"Bronze" went to the Frenchwoman Anais Chevalier.

Representatives of the Russian biathlon team were left without medals in the sprint. The best time among our athletes was shown by Irina Uslugina, who replaced Ekaterina Glazyrina at a distance, and became 15th.

Biathlon today, women, sprint February 10, 2017. Watch online. Live Stream. VIDEO

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Biathlon World Cup 2017, mixed relay, results today 02/09/2017: Russia won the bronze

On February 9, 2017, at the Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen, Austria, a mixed relay was held, where the German team celebrated the victory.

Biathlon, mixed relay results 02/09/2017: gold - Germans, Russia - third

On February 9, 2017, the Biathlon World Championship started in Hochfilzen, Austria. On the first day of the 2017 World Cup, a mixed relay was held at a distance of 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km.

The Russian team consisting of Olga Podchufarova, Tatyana Akimova, Alexander Loginov and Anton Shipulin won bronze medals.

And the winners in the relay race were the athletes of the German national team. In second place is the French team led by Martin Fourcade.

Olga Podchufarova, who ran in the first stage, did a great job with the shooting, not allowing a single miss, but still brought Tatyana Akimova, who started from the second stage, half a minute behind.

The leader of our women's team, despite a miss on the standing position, managed to win back a few seconds along the distance and passed the baton to Alexander Loginov in the third stage, having already moved from 10th to 5th place.

The best beatal player of the European Championship held in Poland famously shot on the prone, but made three misses at once on the stand, making the Russian fans worry. But, given that the Norwegians and the French went to the penalty loop, the shooting of the Russian language does not turn out to be called a failure.

Be that as it may, Loginov managed to pass the baton to Anton Shipulin, who had fled at the final stage, already fourth, behind the then-leading German Arnd Pfeiffer in 47 seconds.

Shipulin came to prone together with the leader of the world biathlon Frenchman Martin Fourcade. Both athletes shot synchronously to "zero". Also flawlessly both conducted shooting on the “rack”, leaving the showdown to the finish line. Fourcade turned out to be stronger this time in the finish line.

Note that during the transfer of the baton at the final stage, Alexander Loginov fell, and there is a possibility that not without the help of Fourcade. A little later, the IBU Twitter posted a recording of the incident between Fourcade and Loginov.

The 2017/2018 biathlon season starts on August 24, 2017 and ends on March 25, 2018. Fans will see the European Championship, Olympic tournament, World Cup and other significant competitions. Russian masters will take part in all competitions. And not as extras, but as serious contenders for awards! Anton Shipulin, Olga Podchufarova, Alexey Loginov, Tatyana Akimova - this is our star "bestiary", on which the main hopes of domestic fans are placed!

Biathlon season 2017-2018 schedule

In the upcoming season, viewers will see 6 significant tournaments. Here's what the full calendar looks like:

August 25-27, 2017: Summer Biathlon World Championship 2017 (Tchaikovsky, Russia);
November 24 - 26, 2017: 1st stage of the European Cup 2017/18 (Beistolen, Norway);
November 24 - December 3, 2017: 1st round of the World Cup 2017/2018 (Östersund, Sweden);
December 4 - 10, 2017: 2nd stage of the World Cup 2017/2018 (Hochfilzen, Austria);
December 8 – 10, 2017: 2nd stage of the European Cup 2017/18 (Lenzerheide, Switzerland);
11 – 17 December 2017: 3rd round of the World Cup 2017/2018 (Annecy, France);
13 - 16 December 2017: 3rd stage of the European Cup 2017/18 (Obertilliach, Austria);
January 2 – 7, 2018: 4th round of the World Cup 2017/2018 (Oberhof, Germany);
5 - 7 January 2018: 4th stage of the European Cup 2017/18 (Brezno-Osrblie, Slovakia);
January 8 – 14, 2018: 5th round of the World Cup 2017/2018 (Ruhpolding, Germany);
January 11 - 13, 2018: 5th stage of the European Cup 2017/18 (Arber, Germany);
15 - 21 January 2018: 6th round of the World Cup 2017/2018 (Antholz-Anterselva, Italy);
January 22 - 28, 2018: European Biathlon Championship 2018 (Ridnau, Italy);
January 31 - February 3, 2018: 6th stage of the European Cup 2017/18 (Martel-Val Martello, Italy);
February 10 - 23, 2018: 2018 Winter Olympic Tournament (Pyeongchang, South Korea);
February 26 - March 4, 2018: Biathlon World Championship among juniors and youths 2018 (Otepaa, Estonia);
March 5 - 11, 2018: 7th round of the World Cup 2017/2018 (Kontiolahti, Finland);
March 8 – 11, 2018: 7th round of Europe 2017/18 (Uvat, Russia);
March 12 - 18, 2018: 8th round of the World Cup 2017/2018 (Oslo-Holmenkollen, Norway);
March 13 - 17, 2018: 8th stage of the European Cup 2017/18 (Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia);
March 19 – 25, 2018: 9th round of the World Cup 2017/2018 (Tyumen, Russia).

Championships of the biathlon season

Let's sort it out in in general terms, which are the main competitions of the upcoming edition, and what fans of domestic athletes should hope for.

Summer Biathlon World Championship 2017

Summer, August, roller skates… We are all used to associate biathlon competitions with snow and winter. However, for many years, since 1996, the World Cup has been held on this unusual variety biathlon. And, I must say, Russia regularly wins awards at these championships, being among the leaders in the medal count.

The upcoming draw of the competition will take place in the city of Chaikovsky (Perm Territory). The competition will be held from 25 to 27 August.

European Open Cup 2017/18

A series of competitions that will be held on the territory of the European continent. The upcoming edition of the tournament will begin in Beistostolen, Norway on November 23, 2017, and will end on March 17, 2018 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. A total of 8 rounds are planned for the new season.

Biathlon World Cup 2017/2018

One of the top three biathlon tournaments in the world. Spectators will witness 9 stages, which will determine the champions among men and women. In the last draw, Anton Shipulin took second place in the general classification. The crystal goblet went to Martin Fourcade. Let's hope Anton finally wins the trophy!

European Biathlon Championship 2018

This is an open championship, in which representatives of all continents, not only Europe, can take part.

The competition is deprived of the attention of the main biathlon stars. Despite this, the European Championship is still considered the largest competition. So biathlon fans always have something to see.

Olympic Biathlon Tournament 2018

Athletes have been waiting for this event for the last 4 years! Olympic gold is an opportunity to write oneself into the history of world biathlon forever. Therefore, no other competition can compare with the Olympics.

The last time the games were held in Russian Sochi. Our athletes did not perform too convincingly. Maybe the Korean Pyeongchang will be more favorable to our athletes?!

Youth/Junior Biathlon World Championships 2018

The tournament is for juniors (under 21) and girls/boys (under 19). Young athletes 16 sets of awards will be played in the Estonian city of Otepää.

It is unlikely that such a competition will attract a wide audience. However, ardent fans of biathlon will find interesting moments in any case.

The Biathlon World Championship resumes activity. For some time, the athletes rested after the European Championship, but from February 9, new, interesting battles are waiting for them.

The new round of the World Cup will last 10 days from 9 to 19 February. The next round of the competition will be held in Austria, namely in the city of Hochfilzen. The stadium is located in the mountains, there are practically no problems with snow - there are large cities nearby (Munich, Salzburg), where there is something to see. However, there are often heavy fogs and rains.

Almost every year the Biathlon World Cup takes place in the small town of Hochfilzen, which is located in Tyrol. Many athletes note that this place is one of the most difficult tracks, both for movement and for shooting. The main reason for the competition is fresh air and beautiful panoramas. Traditional Austrian friendliness, delicious local cuisine and the intensity of biathlon passions attract more and more biathlon fans to Hochfilzen every year.

Biathlon lovers buy tickets both before the races and in advance on the official website of the biathlon association - as it is more convenient for anyone. The cost of tickets for the track for one day is 10 euros, for the entire period of the competition - 25 euros. A seat in Grandstand B costs 16 euros per day, and a seat in Grandstand A costs 18 euros. All-day passes for these stands can be purchased for 40 and 45 euros respectively. Children under 14 are entitled to free admission.

In total, eleven different races are planned for ten days: there will be both single races and team races. The people of Austria love winter views sports, especially biathlon, so the World Cup in the country will be a great gift for them.