Norwegians Tarjei Boe and Johannes Boe are the most talented brother duo in the history of biathlon, known for skiing exploits and scandalous stories.

BROTHER VS BROTHER

The father of five children, Aslaug Boe, is not deprived of excessive modesty and is ready to talk for hours about the unique talent of his offspring, who in the upcoming season will become the protagonists in the Norwegian biathlon team. Judge for yourself. At the age of 21, both brothers not only burst into the elite of the world biathlon, but became Olympic champions. Tarjei won at 22 world Cup, and Johannes in the first full-fledged season won five personal victories, losing in the overall standings only to Martin Fourcade. Only a few can boast of such a stormy start to a career in the history of biathlon. At the same time, unlike the Great and Terrible Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, the brothers are far from fans of sports discipline and allow themselves funny jokes and light brawls.

“In today's tolerant and law-abiding Scandinavia, such heroes remain only in sports, where wild competition will not soon give way to socialist leveling.”

In the coming winter, Boe is ready to challenge the biathlon hegemon of recent years, Martin Fourcade. Even the most incorrigible critics of the crazy brothers admit that their appearance makes the sport much more interesting, just as imposing villains sometimes become more popular characters than the all-positive blockbuster protagonist. It seems that in today's tolerant and law-abiding Scandinavia, such heroes remain only in sports, where wild competition will not soon give way to socialist leveling.

But throwing Fourcade off the top of a mountain and becoming the best in the world is one thing, but fighting for the status of the best in the family is quite another. The confrontation between the brothers began in early childhood in computer and board games, where the elder Tarja asserted himself at the expense of his red-haired younger brother. Johannes grew by leaps and bounds and by the age of 18 he was not physically inferior to the older one and did not hide his ambitions to plug him into the belt. With success last season, he managed to charge Tarjei with incredible motivation, while the older brother refuses to admit defeat, emphasizing that Johannes won all his five victories in his absence.

A NIGHTMARE FOR COACHES

One can argue for a long time what the brothers could have achieved if not for their scandalous antics. Perhaps if they thought day and night exclusively about biathlon, the fate of the Klitschko brothers would have already awaited them. On the other hand, the ability to relax can also shorten the path to success. Tarjei did not look like a modest newcomer from the first season. At first he enchanted at competitions, and then lit up in nightclubs at after-parties. He was especially successful at parties in Russia, where, in company with Svendsen, he lit up in the nightclubs of Khanty-Mansiysk and Moscow. The hookah story that has become public is just the tip of the iceberg.

“The trouble is that none of the coaches can yet rein in the wild Norwegian youth.”

It's not a problem for Tarja to steal Svetlana Sleptsova's car as a joke and drive it around the hotel. And the final World Cup- Is 2013 not fresh in your mind? Young Be then organically joined the Norwegian ensemble jumping with his pants down, and everything would have gone without consequences if Svendsen, who had been on the run the day before, had not “burned out” on camera. Then there were long trials, fines and apologies. The Norwegians also celebrated the gold of the Olympics with all their hearts. Three gold medals were washed in Pokljuka, and then the Swedish neighbors and lifelong teetotaler Bjoerndalen went to lower the wheels.

The trouble is that none of the coaches can not yet rein in the wild Norwegian youth. The lack of discipline in the team and, as a result, the decrease in sports results cost the Swede Mikael Löfgren, who was a prominent athlete and received various awards as a coach of the year, a place on the coaching exchange. The young nugget Espen Andersen, who was positioned as a coach of a new formation, also failed to cope with the role of a nanny. After the incident in Pokljuka, he announced his resignation, despite a successful season overall. Now Egil Yelland will try to curb the brothers, who managed to put together the world's strongest women's club over the previous four years. national team.

HOLD ON, FURCADE!

It is still difficult to evaluate the work of a new mentor, but it seems that he has already managed to revive his older brother. Tarjei vomits and thrashes at control trainings, overtakes Nurtuga on roller skates and captured the challenge banner of the leader in the summer national team. According to the athlete himself, he simply copied his training from three years ago. The Boe brothers launched the most fashionable biathlon flash mob of the past summer, and we are not talking about the Ice Bucket Challenge at all. Boe challenged Fourcade in rate of fire, hitting all targets in ten seconds. First, the Frenchman, and then Bjoerndalen, gave even faster answers, and the machine gunner Eder completed the argument, stopping the stopwatch at a fantastic 8.15. Usain Bolt would have no chance to run away from such a sniper.

Against the backdrop of some decline in Svendsen and his sad talk about the failed relay race and the end of his career, it is the brothers who will have to return the Big Crystal Globe to Norway from strong French hands. Many respected people are sure that they have every chance for this. In particular, Bjoerndalen called the brothers among the main favorites of the season, and the “demobilization” who was pouring revelations to the right and left

Tarjei Boe was born in the small Norwegian town of Stryn into a large family. The town of Strune has only 7 thousand inhabitants. Tarja has an older brother and an older sister, as well as two younger brothers. He has been involved in sports since early childhood. He started skiing when he was only three years old. He always loved skiing and outperformed his peers in competitions. But later he became seriously interested in football and devoted 6 whole years of his life to it.

After some time, without giving up football, he began to engage in biathlon. Soon I had to make a choice, and the lot fell on biathlon. I must say that the young man gave preference to skiing for a reason, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen himself saw in him the talent of a biathlete. Tarja is now called his successor. By that time, the young man was already 17 years old.

Success in sports and career growth

The future biathlon star did not completely abandon football, sometimes taking part in amateur matches. But he perfectly understands that he cannot compete in this sport. As a hobby, the athlete also devotes himself to cycling and mountaineering.

At the age of 18, the talented biathlete has already won his first "gold" in the individual race at the Junior World Championships held in the United States. At the same championship, in addition to gold, he also won silver in the pursuit. The following year also brought him second place.

In 2007, Tarja had health problems. The athlete's tonsils became so inflamed that he had to leave training for a long time, and only after the operation was he able to start increasing the load and soon return to duty.

In 2009, he joined the Norwegian national team. Everyone predicted a great future for him, he went to the World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk as a powerful biathlete and a potential star of the championship, but disappointed his coaches and the public, taking only 61st place. A long illness affected, because he went to the start only six months after a full recovery.

The following year, he showed better results, but they were still far from victorious. Participating in the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, where he went, despite numerous doubts from sports experts, Tarjei was able to bring gold to his team in the relay race, but in the individual he became only 21st. At that time, the athlete was the youngest Norwegian to win Olympic gold.

But next year he fully rehabilitated for the "buildup" in the previous two, showing excellent results. At the World Championships, he brought three gold and two bronze medals to his team. In total for the 2010/2011 season, he won eight gold and eight more silver and bronze medals and became the owner of one Big Crystal Globe and two Small Crystal Globes. Few people won these awards at such a young age.

The next season, he started no less successfully, but then, due to illness, he was forced to miss several starts. At the World Championships, he again led the podium.

Subsequent seasons were not successful for the athlete due to numerous illnesses. He went to the Olympics in Sochi with another hope, but the team did not perform brilliantly and even became only fourth in the relay race.

Tarjei is not a person who loses heart. He continued to train hard and in the 2014/2015 season he already showed significant results, taking silver and gold medals at the next world championship. True, the “gold” then did not submit to him. He showed himself well in the 2015/2016 season, finding himself in first place several times, and becoming fifth in the overall standings in the World Cup.

Now the athlete constantly lives and trains in Lillehammer. He is a very cheerful and sociable guy, a natural sense of humor allows him to overcome many obstacles in life. True, it does not do without curiosities. Sometimes he wants to have fun so much that he does things that the media then replicate with pleasure.

For example, at one World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, he, along with a teammate, jokingly stole the car of the famous Russian biathlete Svetlana Sleptsova. Of course, this was not done out of malice, but just for fun.

Athlete's personal life

He is reluctant to share details of his personal life. The guy does not have a wife yet, but also time for a family. He trains a lot. There are more than enough admirers at the charmer, moreover, from different countries, including from Russia. They guard him at the hotels and literally do not give passage.

When asked about marriage, he invariably answers that he is ready to go down the aisle at any moment, as he receives millions of letters with declarations of love. But for now, his family is his parents, brothers and sister, whom he cherishes very much. By the way, his 5-year-old younger brother Johannes is also a successful biathlete.

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A country: Norway
Date of Birth: 29.07.1988
Place of Birth: Stryn
Location: Lillehammer
Height: 185 cm.
Weight: 76 kg.
Languages: Norwegian, English, German
Hobby: cycling, Playstation

Club: Markane IL
First coach: Kjell Setter (Markane Sports Academy)
First year in biathlon: 2000th
Member of the first national team since 2009
Skis: Fischer
Rifle: Anschutz

Achievements:

• Olympic relay champion (2010, Vancouver).
• Eight-time world champion (three golds in Khanty-Mansiysk in 2001; one gold in 2012 in Ruhpolding; three golds in Nove Mesto in 2013; gold in Holmenkollen in 2016).
• Winner of seven bronze medals of the World Championship (2011, Khanty-Mansiysk and 2015, Kontiolahti; 2016, Holmenkollen) and one "silver" (2015, Kontiolahti).
• Winner of the overall World Cup in the 2010-2011 season.
• Winner of the Small Crystal Globe in the sprint, pursuit and Cup of Nations standings as part of the Norwegian team.

Tarjei Boe is a multiple winner and medalist of the Junior World and European Championships.

• World Cup Presque Isle 2006 (U19): individual race - 1st place; pursuit - 2nd place.
• World Championship Val Martello 2007 (U19): pursuit - 2nd place; relay - 2nd place.

In August 2007, Tarja fell seriously ill, which is why he missed the 2007-2008 season. Only after surgery to remove his tonsils was he able to recover and return to biathlon in December 2008.

At the 2009 World Junior Championships in Canmore (U21), Tarjei Boe took third place twice - in the sprint and pursuit. In the same year, in the junior part of the European Championship (Ufa), he became the absolute winner in individual disciplines. Tarjei ran the relay in the main competitions (U26), and this performance brought him the fourth "gold"

After such a successful performance in Ufa in the same year he was invited to the national team, and made his debut at the World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk. On the eve of a week and a half, he had the flu, nevertheless he went to the start in the sprint, although he took only 61st place there.

In the 2009-2010 season, Tarjei Boe did not immediately get to the World Cup stages, his first performance took place at the third stage in Pokljuka. Here, in the individual race, he hits the points for the first time - 37th place. And in the sprint for the first time he gets to the extended podium - 4th place. Due to this success, Tarjei Boe got to the winter stages of the World Cup, and also became a permanent member of the Norwegian relay four. At the Olympic Games in Vancouver in the relay, Tarja Boe, together with her teammates, becomes the Olympic champion!

In the 2009-2010 World Cup season, Tarjei Boe took part in 11 races, scored 176 points and took 43rd place at the end of the season.

The 2010/2011 season was a triumph for Tarjei Boe. 5 personal victories were won (including in the individual race at the World Championships), 3 wins in relay races (including mixed and men's at the World Championships), and Boe got on the podium 15 times in total - 11 times in individual competitions and 4 times - in the team.

The first victory was won by Tarjei Boe in the sprint at the second stage of the World Cup in Hochfilzen. This stage became completely “golden” for the Norwegian: he also won the pursuit race and, as part of the Norwegian national team, the relay race.

Already at the third stage of the World Cup, in Pokljuka, Tarjei Boe put on the yellow jersey of the leader of the overall standings for the first time in his career. In Oberhof, the Norwegian strengthened his position with victories in the sprint and mass start. High-quality and stable performances in Ruhpolding and at two American stages in Presque Isle and Fort Kent, where Tarjei never dropped below 6th place, allowed him to maintain leadership in the total.

The World Championship in Russian Khanty-Mansiysk brought Tarja Boe "gold" in the very first race - the mixed relay (stage 4 as part of the team). At his last stage, Boe won back the backlog of the Norwegian team and won a tactical fight against Michael Greis at the decisive firing line. This was the first world title for Tarjei.
In the next two WCH individual races, sprint and pursuit, the young Norwegian won two bronze medals. Tarjei Boe won his first personal victory at the World Championships in the individual race, finishing it with one miss. As part of the men's relay team, Bø had another success, winning gold again. And even a penalty loop at the last frontier did not prevent him from finishing with the flag in his hands.

Dramatic for Boe was the final stage of the KM in the Norwegian Holmenkollen. Having made 5 misses in the sprint, Tarjei took 44th place, while his gap from Emil Hegle Swensen, who was second in the overall World Cup standings, was reduced from 75 points to 37. In the pursuit race, Tarjei Boe, having made a record breakthrough, was able to rise from 44th place to second . In the final race of the 2010/2011 season (mass start), Tarjei Boe finished eighth, and eventually outstripped Emil Hegle Svensen by 5 points in the total, becoming the youngest BHG winner in the last 25 years.

The 2011-2012 season was not as successful for Tarjei Boe as the previous one. Having suffered a cold shortly before the start of the World Cup, the athlete was unable to gain optimal physical shape in December. However, thanks to confident shooting at the December starts (90%), he showed consistently high results and, with the exception of the individual race in Östersund, he never ended up outside the top six. As a result, the young Norwegian led the overall World Cup standings before the New Year.

During the Christmas holidays, Tarjei Bö fell ill again and missed the first post-New Year World Cup in Oberhof. As a result, not fully recovered and not fully recovered, Tarjei Boe never reached his last year's level of functional training. The situation was aggravated by the fact that the disease affected the psychological state of the athlete, which led to serious problems in shooting. The most unsuccessful races for Tarjei were sprints in Anterselva (40th place, 0-4) and Kontiolahti (59th place, 1+3).

Tarjei's most successful race after his illness was the men's relay at the World Championships, in which the Norwegians won gold. Boe left for his third stage 5th. Having shown the best time (1st place in speed, 2 extra rounds), Tarjei passed the baton to 2nd. In personal races, the athlete no longer climbed the podium until the end of the season. The best result is 5th place in the pursuit at the final stage of the KM in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Before the 2012-2013 season, Tarjei Boe was seriously ill, was unable to train at full capacity and eventually missed the first part of the season. He was able to perform at the World Cup only in January - from the stage in Oberhof. Tarjei showed good results and went to the World Championship in Nove Mesto, where everything went very well for him. With the teams, he won two gold medals - in the relay and mixed relay, and in the final race of the Championship - the mass start - he took a personal "gold" (and did not make a single miss on the firing lines). In addition, Tarjei managed to take first place in the sprint at the stage in Holmenkollen (he came second in the pursuit race).

The 2013-2014 season was unsuccessful for Tarja Boe. Behind him are only a few prizes - 3rd place in the pursuit at the stage in Hochfilzin, here - 1st place in the relay and 3rd place in the mass start at the stage in Oberhof. At the Olympic Games in Sochi, Tarjei could not even qualify for the mass start, his best result was 26th place in the individual race (problems with adaptation to height affected him). At the last two stages of the World Cup, Tarjei did not compete due to illness, in the overall standings he became only 29th.

The 2014-2015 season started well for Tarjei compared to the previous season's result, although he did not take any prizes in individual races. However, he traditionally fell ill during the Christmas holidays and after the New Year before the World Championship he performed only at the stages in Antholz and Nove Mesto. However, Tarjei managed to prepare quite well for the World Championships in Kontiolahti, from which he left with five medals: he won bronze in the mixed relay, sprint, pursuit and mass start, and silver in the relay. In addition, in the last race of the season (mass start in Khanty-Mansiysk) he came third. As a result, in the overall standings, Tarjei became 19th.

Tarja Boe

Tarjei Boe (in Russian it is found as Bo - Norwegian. Tarjei Bø; July 29, 1988, Stryn, Sogn-og-Fyurane) - Norwegian biathlete, 2010 Olympic champion in the relay, three-time world champion in 2011 in the relay, mixed relay and individual race .

The story of the ascension of the new leader of the Biathlon World Cup, Tarjei Boe, who is already being called the heir of Bjoerndalen: his jokes and emotions, illness and depression, nicknames and skirmishes with Swensen, Olympic debut and brilliant speed this season. Vyacheslav Sambur is trying to understand what caused the Norwegian Cannon to fire.

“This off-season, I completed the planned plan for 100 percent. Honestly, there are no mistakes in my preparation. I added physically and hardly got sick. I have two goals for the season: a personal victory and a medal in Khanty-Mansiysk. I have already done one."
present day

January, 2011. Tarja Boe - 22. A little less than a year ago, he was awarded Olympic gold for the relay. Now the Norwegian is the leader of the World Cup, and in this leadership, if you wish, you can consider anything but fleeting. No, there is no smell of "Tim Berkovshchina" here.

Everything is much more serious, but Tarja himself is constantly fooling around, joking in front of the cameras, joking with Svensen and over Svensen, and after another successful finish, he beats himself in the chest with his fist: I'm the best! And he's not that far from the truth. In general, posturing is zero - pure emotions. Close associates assure: pride and any of its derivatives are not about Bo at all.

This is how he comments on the first “adult” victory in his life:

"What kind of celebration? I lie half-naked in bed, a good night awaits me. But before going to bed, perhaps, I’ll take a bite of sweets. ”

This is how Bjoerndalen technically reveals the theme:

“Catch up with Ole in the number of stage wins? I'll try, of course. I think Emil will help me. Although, to tell the truth, I do not see any chances, even if we summarize our achievements with him.

Sounds of Stryn

Dashing 90s. The “specific sportiness” of the Bo family jumped sharply with the birth of their third child, Tarja. Subsequently, there were five guys, and the two younger ones - Johannes and Goethe - moved to biathlon for their brother.

“Ole Einar said that I am Norway's greatest talent? Come on, he was wrong. The greatest talent is my brother Johannes.”

By the age of three, Boe was firmly on the skis, and by the age of eight he had acquired extensive competitive experience. For his speed and original anthropometry, he was nicknamed Cannon (According to the surname: Bø - Børsa).

In the local sports academy Markane, the big-headed kid was praised by everyone and sundry: even the first coach, Kjell Seter, noted the seriousness and psychological stamina of the ward. Ten years later, Thurgeir Bjorn, Knut Tore Berland and Mikael Löfgren will repeat his compliments in different formulations.

“Bø is a very wise athlete: since childhood, he has been distinguished by maturity both physically and in terms of attitude to training” (Markane manager Eldbjorg Hatldal).

At the honoring of the Olympic champion, Hatldal, by the way, did not hesitate to shed a tear - almost a quarter of the population of the native seven thousandth Stryn gathered to greet the hero. Bo, unlike the former chief, restrained himself.

“The guy is good at both skiing and shooting. He works very wisely. He has everything he needs to become a world star in biathlon.” (Ola Lunde, NRK expert)

How to treat a throat

December, 2008. Strafferunden comes out with the caption "Bo is back?". The question mark, one must think, was put up out of superstition - so as not to jinx the messenger, tortured by illnesses.

The trouble began at the end of August 2007, when Tarjei caught a common cold. Over time, however, it became clear that the cold was still not an ordinary one: Cannons were constantly complaining of pain in the neck, in the throat, and shortness of breath. Symptoms came in waves, and the lull created the illusion of recovery: the Norwegian somehow trained, competed, and even managed to look quite decent.

In the spring, however, the situation worsened (the YJWCH in Ruhpolding was missed) - Be underwent an operation to remove the tonsils and only then began to recover with a rattle. This is how they return after severe injuries: training for half an hour, a sparing regimen, enhanced control over well-being.

“You get depressed when you run into problems all the time. Many would probably quit the sport in such a situation. I couldn’t train normally, the loads were half as much as expected, about 300 hours a year came out, which is incredibly small.”

In November of the year before last, the Norwegian, already a collector, was overturned for a long time by swine flu. The preparation, of course, fell apart: in the Olympic winter, Tarja raced infrequently and for the most part not brightly.

This past preseason was the smoothest of his career, with Beau only a little moping for a few days in August and around Christmas. What little things.

"Four" for effort

February, 2010. Tarja, keeping a mask of composure, actively pushes with Mezotich, Bergman and Shipulin at the second stage of the Olympic relay race. Much is not required from the Norwegian: the main thing is not to lose contact with the leaders, then the elders will figure it out. Boe flew into the “exchange” first, and after the elders really figured it out, he became the youngest Norwegian to take Olympic biathlon gold.

Stryn, meanwhile, was shaking - in one of the local recreation centers they arranged a collective review of the relay, which ended with a super party.

The inclusion of Bo in the four immediately after the New Year was announced personally by Lefgren. Not to say that his decision was accepted enthusiastically. What's more, had the Swedish boss hurried on for a few more weeks, he'd have had a good chance of getting slapped on the back of the head by someone. It's funny now, but in fact the Norwegian press all 2009 carefully wondered who would take the post number 4 in Vancouver. Tarja was remembered there not earlier than such interesting personalities as Rune Brattsveen and Hans Martin Jedrem.

Canmore - Ufa - Khanty-Mansiysk

March, 2009. Even six months have not passed since the final recovery, and Be is already shifting from ski to ski in the starting corridor of the Khanty-Mansiysk stadium. This is his cup debut and he will finish in 61st place.

“No, I was not at all nervous. The only problem is that by that time I had just recovered from a cold. I said to myself before the race: either pan or go.”

The last JWCH for Tarja in Canmore brought him two bronzes, which were not enough for the "pre-hospital" collection. Having moved to Ufa for the European Championship, Bo collected gold according to the same schedule as Olga Vilukhina: one race = one victory. It was no longer possible to ignore the heroism of the Cannon.

“He has a great future. Byo can be as good as the current leaders. But there is one condition: he needs to stay healthy ”(Egil Yelland, ex-coach of the Norwegian youth team.)

Tarjei himself was also not too lazy to express his opinion, which is much simpler:

"I'll be the best!"

Season 2010-2011

The 2010-2011 season was the most successful for Tarja in her career. As of March 12, 2011, he has 5 personal victories (including the individual race within the World Championship), 3 relay victories (the mixed relay of the 2010-2011 World Championship, as well as the usual relay at the same competitions), and in total Be has 15 hits on the podium (11 personal and 4 team). The season began at the World Cup stage in Östersund, Sweden, where Tarjei stopped just one step away from the podium in all three individual races - 4th place in the individual race, 5th in the sprint and again 4th in the pursuit.

The next stage in the Austrian Hochfilzen was absolutely “golden” for the Norwegian - victories in the sprint, pursuit, relay and, as a result, the second place in the overall World Cup standings behind the leader Emil Egle Svendsen by 11 points.

The stage in Slovenian Pokljuka became a little less triumphant for Boe, but at the same time it was indicative in terms of the athlete's stability - 12th place in the individual and second in the sprint (with a tiny gap behind the winner Bjorn Ferry). Thus, although without victories, at the end of the stage, Boe was able to put on the yellow jersey of the leader of the overall World Cup standings for the first time in his career (where he was ahead of Svendsen by 23 points).

Having missed the relay race, which opened the stage in the German Oberhof, Tarjei won the sprint, and two days later - his first race from the mass start, ahead of his competitor Emil Svendsen in the sprint denouement. These victories allowed him to increase the lead in the World Cup to 53 points.

The Ruhpolding round that took place a week later did not bring prizes, but thanks to very stable performances (5 in the individual race, 5 in the sprint and 4 in the pursuit), Tarjei was able to maintain his leadership and the yellow jersey (39 points of advantage).

The stage in Italian Antholz did not bring not only prizes, but even hits in the top ten in individual competitions. 51st place in the sprint and 15th in the mass start - the lead over Svendsen, who performed more successfully in Italy, was reduced to only 6 points. The third place in the relay hardly cheered Tarja up.

The main pursuer Bø Svendsen did not come to the stage in the American Presque Isle, which started in 2 weeks, which made it possible to increase the lead in the overall standings again thanks to high places in both personal races - 4 in the sprint and 6 in the pursuit.

A week later, in the American Fort Kent, Tarjei performed very well and consistently - three third places in the sprint, pursuit and mass start, respectively. However, Svendsen performed even more convincingly - 2 wins and another hit in the top ten recorded his backlog at around 73 points.

The World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, which started almost a month later, brought Boe gold in the very first race - the mixed relay (stage 4 as part of the team). fight with the most experienced German Michael Greis. This was the debut world title for Tarja Be. Then there was the continuation of the "bronze series" in individual races - two more places were added to the three third places at the previous stage of the cup, in the sprint and pursuit. Boe won his next personal race, the individual, with just one miss in four shooting ranges and over 40 seconds ahead of second-placed Russian Maxim Maximov. This is the second gold medal of the championship for Tarja, there are currently 4 of them (2 gold + 2 bronze). Such high places allow Boe to confidently lead the overall World Cup standings with a 93-point lead over Emil Egle Svendsen in just 4 individual races to the end of the season. Also, the Norwegian ahead of schedule became the owner of his first small crystal globe in the sprint standings (the gap from the second-placed Svendsen was 62 points, while in the last remaining race Emil could win back a maximum of 60 points, and then only in case of non-participation or a completely failed performance by Tarja). Boe also leads with a rather comfortable advantage in the pursuit races, took the final second place in the individual standings (where Svendsen celebrated the victory) and is second in the mass start standings (however, he is behind the leader Martin Fourcade by almost 30 points). Tarjei Boe, as part of the relay, achieved another success at the World Championships, winning another gold. And even a penalty loop at the last frontier did not prevent him from finishing with the flag in his hands. The next day, in the mass start, there was also a chance for a medal (and not even gold), but 2 misses in the decisive stand threw Tarja to 4th place, thus preventing the Norwegian from winning medals in all championship races. The mass start was won by Svendsen, narrowing his gap a little. The leader of the standings in the mass starts, Martin Fourcade, finished only tenth, significantly letting Svendsen and Boe down on points.

Overall standings in the World Cup

2009-2010 - 43rd (176 points)
2010-2011 - 1st place (1110 points)