2017–18 Biathlon World Cup

2017–18 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Martin Fourcade	Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Nations Cup	Norway	Germany
Individual	Martin Fourcade Johannes Thingnes Bø	Nadezhda Skardino
Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Anastasiya Kuzmina
Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Anastasiya Kuzmina
Mass start	Martin Fourcade	Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Relay	Norway	Germany
Mixed	Italy
Competition

The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 24 November 2017 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 25 March 2018 in Tyumen, Russia. The defending overall champions from the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2017–18 season.^[1]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
1	Östersund	26 November–3 December	●	●	●			●	●	details
2	Hochfilzen	8–10 December		●	●		●			details
3	Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand	14–17 December		●	●	●				details
4	Oberhof	4–7 January		●	●		●			details
5	Ruhpolding	10–14 January	●			●	●			details
6	Antholz-Anterselva	18–21 January		●	●	●				details
OG	Pyeongchang	9–25 February	Olympic Games
7	Kontiolahti	8–11 March		●		●		●	●	details
8	Oslo Holmenkollen	13–18 March		●	●		●			details
9	Tyumen	20–25 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 56 (26 men's, 26 women's, 4 mixed)			2	8	7	5	4	2	2

World Cup podiums

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	30 November 2017	Östersund	20 km Individual	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Detail
1	2 December 2017	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Tarjei Bø	Martin Fourcade	Erik Lesser	Martin Fourcade	Detail
1	3 December 2017	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Jakov Fak	Quentin Fillon Maillet		Detail
2	8 December 2017	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Jakov Fak		Detail
2	9 December 2017	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Jakov Fak	Martin Fourcade		Detail
3	15 December 2017	Le Grand-Bornand	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Antonin Guigonnat		Detail
3	16 December 2017	Le Grand-Bornand	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin		Detail
3	17 December 2017	Le Grand-Bornand	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Erik Lesser		Detail
4	5 January 2018	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Johannes Thingnes Bø		Detail
4	6 January 2018	Oberhof	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Tarjei Bø		Detail
5	10 January 2018	Ruhpolding	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Ondřej Moravec	Johannes Thingnes Bø		Detail
5	14 January 2018	Ruhpolding	15 km Mass Start	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Antonin Guigonnat		Detail
6	19 January 2018	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
6	20 January 2018	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin		Detail
6	21 January 2018	Antholz-Anterselva	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Tarjei Bø	Erlend Bjøntegaard		Detail
OG	11 February 2018	Pyeongchang	10 km Sprint	Arnd Peiffer	Michal Krčmář	Dominik Windisch		Detail
	12 February 2018	Pyeongchang	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Sebastian Samuelsson	Benedikt Doll		Detail
	15 February 2018	Pyeongchang	20 km Individual	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Jakov Fak	Dominik Landertinger		Detail
	18 February 2018	Pyeongchang	15 km Mass Start	Martin Fourcade	Simon Schempp	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
7	8 March 2018	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Anton Shipulin	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Martin Fourcade	Detail
7	11 March 2018	Kontiolahti	15 km Mass Start	Julian Eberhard	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin		Detail
8	15 March 2018	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Henrik L'Abée-Lund	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Martin Fourcade		Detail
8	17 March 2018	Oslo Holmenkollen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Lukas Hofer	Johannes Thingnes Bø		Detail
9	22 March 2018	Tyumen	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Simon Desthieux	Fredrik Lindström		Detail
9	24 March 2018	Tyumen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Lukas Hofer		Detail
9	25 March 2018	Tyumen	15 km Mass Start	Maxim Tsvetkov	Erlend Bjøntegaard	Johannes Thingnes Bø		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	29 November 2017	Östersund	15 km Individual	Nadezhda Skardino	Synnøve Solemdal	Yuliia Dzhima	Nadezhda Skardino	Detail
1	1 December 2017	Östersund	7.5 km Sprint	Denise Herrmann	Justine Braisaz	Yuliia Dzhima	Synnøve Solemdal	Detail
1	3 December 2017	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Denise Herrmann	Justine Braisaz	Marte Olsbu	Justine Braisaz	Detail
2	8 December 2017	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Darya Domracheva	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
2	9 December 2017	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
3	14 December 2017	Le Grand-Bornand	7.5 km Sprint	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Laura Dahlmeier	Vita Semerenko		Detail
3	16 December 2017	Le Grand-Bornand	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Lisa Vittozzi	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Detail
3	17 December 2017	Le Grand-Bornand	12.5 km Mass Start	Justine Braisaz	Iryna Kryuko	Laura Dahlmeier		Detail
4	4 January 2018	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Veronika Vítková		Detail
4	6 January 2018	Oberhof	10 km Pursuit	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Dorothea Wierer	Vita Semerenko		Detail
5	11 January 2018	Ruhpolding	15 km Individual	Dorothea Wierer	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Rosanna Crawford		Detail
5	14 January 2018	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Mass Start	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Laura Dahlmeier	Veronika Vítková	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
6	18 January 2018	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Laura Dahlmeier	Veronika Vítková		Detail
6	20 January 2018	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Dorothea Wierer	Darya Domracheva		Detail
6	21 January 2018	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Mass Start	Darya Domracheva	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
OG	10 February 2018	Pyeongchang	7.5 km Sprint	Laura Dahlmeier	Marte Olsbu	Veronika Vítková		Detail
	12 February 2018	Pyeongchang	10 km Pursuit	Laura Dahlmeier	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Anaïs Bescond		Detail
	15 February 2018	Pyeongchang	15 km Individual	Hanna Öberg	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Laura Dahlmeier		Detail
	17 February 2018	Pyeongchang	12.5 km Mass Start	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Darya Domracheva	Tiril Eckhoff		Detail
7	9 March 2018	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Darya Domracheva	Franziska Hildebrand	Lisa Vittozzi	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
7	11 March 2018	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Mass Start	Vanessa Hinz	Lisa Vittozzi	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail
8	15 March 2018	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Darya Domracheva	Yuliia Dzhima	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Detail
8	18 March 2018	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Susan Dunklee		Detail
9	23 March 2018	Tyumen	7.5 km Sprint	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Tiril Eckhoff		Detail
9	24 March 2018	Tyumen	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Anaïs Bescond	Laura Dahlmeier	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
9	25 March 2018	Tyumen	12.5 km Mass Start	Darya Domracheva	Paulína Fialková	Anaïs Chevalier		Detail

Men's team

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	10 December 2017	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Henrik L'Abée-Lund Erlend Bjøntegaard Lars Helge Birkeland	Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	France Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Desthieux Emilien Jacquelin Quentin Fillon Maillet	Detail
4	7 January 2018	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Sweden Martin Ponsiluoma Jesper Nelin Sebastian Samuelsson Fredrik Lindström	Italy Thomas Bormolini Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Thierry Chenal	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Henrik L'Abée-Lund Lars Helge Birkeland Tarjei Bø	Detail
5	12 January 2018	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Johannes Thingnes Bø	France Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade Antonin Guigonnat	Russia Alexey Volkov Maxim Tsvetkov Anton Babikov Anton Shipulin	Detail
OG	23 February 2018	Pyeongchang	4x7.5 km Relay	Sweden Peppe Femling Jesper Nelin Sebastian Samuelsson Fredrik Lindström	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	Germany Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Detail
8	18 March 2018	Oslo Holmenkollen	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Henrik L'Abée-Lund Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	Austria Dominik Landertinger Felix Leitner Simon Eder Julian Eberhard	Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Anton Babikov Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin	Detail

Women's team

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	10 December 2017	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Germany Vanessa Hinz Franziska Hildebrand Maren Hammerschmidt Laura Dahlmeier	Ukraine Vita Semerenko Yuliia Dzhima Valentyna Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna	France Marie Dorin Habert Célia Aymonier Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond	Detail
4	7 January 2018	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay	France Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier Célia Aymonier Justine Braisaz	Germany Vanessa Hinz Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuß Maren Hammerschmidt	Sweden Linn Persson Anna Magnusson Elisabeth Högberg Mona Brorsson	Detail
5	13 January 2018	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Germany Franziska Preuß Denise Herrmann Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Nicole Gontier Federica Sanfilippo	Sweden Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Anna Magnusson Hanna Öberg	Detail
OG	22 February 2018	Pyeongchang	4x6 km Relay	Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Iryna Kryuko Dzinara Alimbekava Darya Domracheva	Sweden Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Anna Magnusson Hanna Öberg	France Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin Habert Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond	Detail
8	17 March 2018	Oslo Holmenkollen	4x6 km Relay	France Anaïs Chevalier Célia Aymonier Marie Dorin Habert Anaïs Bescond	Germany Maren Hammerschmidt Denise Herrmann Franziska Preuß Laura Dahlmeier	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Nicole Gontier Federica Sanfilippo	Detail

Mixed

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	26 November 2017	Östersund	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Simon Eder	Germany Vanessa Hinz Erik Lesser	Kazakhstan Galina Vishnevskaya Maxim Braun	Detail
1	26 November 2017	Östersund	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Norway Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer	Germany Franziska Preuß Maren Hammerschmidt Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer	Detail
OG	20 February 2018	Pyeongchang	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	France Marie Dorin Habert Anaïs Bescond Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	Norway Marte Olsbu Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch	Detail
7	10 March 2018	Kontiolahti	1x6 km + 1x7.5 km Single Mixed Relay	France Anaïs Chevalier Antonin Guigonnat	Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Julian Eberhard	Norway Marte Olsbu Johannes Thingnes Bø	Detail
7	10 March 2018	Kontiolahti	2x6 km + 2x7.5 km Mixed Relay	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer	Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Vita Semerenko Artem Pryma Dmytro Pidruchnyi	Norway Synnøve Solemdal Tiril Eckhoff Henrik L'Abée-Lund Tarjei Bø	Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	1116
2.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	1027
3.	Anton Shipulin	697
4.	Arnd Peiffer	668
5.	Lukas Hofer	637

• Final standings after 22 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 108 1. Johannes Thingnes Bø 108 3. Quentin Fillon Maillet 75 4. Lukas Hofer 70 5. Ondřej Moravec 65 Final standings after 2 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 384 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 382 3. Arnd Peiffer 259 4. Anton Shipulin 256 5. Andrejs Rastorgujevs 224 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 396 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 364 3. Anton Shipulin 254 4. Lukas Hofer 247 5. Arnd Peiffer 227 Final standings after 7 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Martin Fourcade 250 2. Johannes Thingnes Bø 222 3. Benedikt Doll 184 4. Tarjei Bø 183 5. Anton Shipulin 174 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Norway 228 2. Sweden 184 3. France 180 4. Germany 175 5. Russia 173 Final standings after 4 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Norway 6458 2.  France 6129 3.  Germany 5910 4.  Russia 5623 5.  Italy 5228 Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	822
2.	Anastasiya Kuzmina	819
3.	Darya Domracheva	804
4.	Laura Dahlmeier	730
5.	Dorothea Wierer	681

• Final standings after 22 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Nadezhda Skardino 96 2. Yuliia Dzhima 91 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 84 4. Valj Semerenko 83 5. Darya Domracheva 65 Final standings after 2 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Anastasiya Kuzmina 323 2. Darya Domracheva 313 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 258 4. Laura Dahlmeier 252 5. Veronika Vítková 245 Final standings after 8 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Anastasiya Kuzmina 301 2. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 280 3. Laura Dahlmeier 271 4. Dorothea Wierer 264 5. Darya Domracheva 237 Final standings after 7 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 216 2. Laura Dahlmeier 207 3. Vanessa Hinz 195 4. Darya Domracheva 189 5. Anaïs Chevalier 176 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Germany 228 2. France 200 3. Italy 169 4. Sweden 168 5. Ukraine 158 Final standings after 4 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1.  Germany 6179 2.  France 5887 3.  Italy 5407 4.  Russia 5237 5.  Norway 5232 Final standings after 18 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Italy	188
2.	Norway	188
3.	France	179
4.	Austria	171
5.	Germany	168

• Final standings after 4 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	15	8	11	34
2	France	13	14	11	38
3	Germany	7	8	6	21
4	Belarus	7	2	2	11
5	Slovakia	5	5	0	10
6	Italy	2	7	5	14
7	Finland	2	4	1	7
8	Austria	2	2	0	4
9	Russia	2	0	5	7
10	Sweden	1	0	3	4
11	Ukraine	0	2	5	7
12	Slovenia	0	2	1	3
13	Czech Republic	0	1	3	4
14	Latvia	0	1	0	1
15	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		56	56	56	168

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Men  Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR), 31, in his 8th season — Stage 8 Sprint in Oslo Holmenkollen; first podium was 2012–13 Sprint in Sochi  Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS), 26, in his 6th season — Stage 9 Mass start in Tyumen; first podium was 2015–16 Sprint in Antholz–Anterselva

Women  Nadezhda Skardino (BLR), 32, in her 9th season — Stage 1 Individual in Östersund; first podium was 2012–13 Sprint in Pokljuka  Denise Herrmann (GER), 28, in her 2nd season — Stage 1 Sprint in Östersund; it was also her first podium  Justine Braisaz (FRA), 21, in her 4th season — Stage 3 Mass start in Le Grand-Bornand; first podium was 2016–17 Pursuit in Pokljuka  Vanessa Hinz (GER), 25, in her 6th season — Stage 7 Mass start in Kontiolahti; it was also her first podium

First World Cup podium

Men  Antonin Guigonnat (FRA), 26, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Le Grand-Bornand  Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR), 27, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the Stage 6 Mass start in Anterselva  Simon Desthieux (FRA), 26, in his 6th season — no. 2 in the Stage 9 Sprint in Tyumen

Women  Iryna Kryuko (BLR), 26, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the Stage 3 Mass start in Le Grand-Bornand  Rosanna Crawford (CAN), 29, in her 9th season — no. 3 in the Stage 5 Individual in Ruhpolding  Paulína Fialková (SVK), 25, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the Stage 9 Mass start in Tyumen

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

Men  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 9 (70) first places  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 8 (21) first places  Anton Shipulin (RUS), 1 (11) first place  Tarjei Bø (NOR), 1 (9) first place  Julian Eberhard (AUT), 1 (4) first place  Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR), 1 (1) first place  Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Women  Darya Domracheva (BLR), 6 (31) first places  Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 5 (11) first places  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 2 (23) first place  Laura Dahlmeier (GER), 2 (19) first places  Denise Herrmann (GER), 2 (2) first places  Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 1 (5) first place  Dorothea Wierer (ITA), 1 (4) first place  Nadezhda Skardino (BLR), 1 (1) first place  Justine Braisaz (FRA), 1 (1) first place  Vanessa Hinz (GER), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2017–18 season:

Men  Fabian Hoerl (AUT)  Jaroslav Soukup (CZE)[2]  Jan Treier (EST)  Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA)[3]  Scott Dixon (GBR)  Matthias Bischl (GER)[4]  Florian Graf (GER)[5]  Michael Willeitner (GER)[4]  Yuki Nakajima (JPN)  Junji Nagai (JPN)  Vassiliy Podkorytov (KAZ)  Alexandr Trifonov (KAZ)  Kim Jong-min (ROK)  Rokas Suslavičius (LTU)[6]  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)[7]  Vegard Gjermundshaug (NOR)  Fredrik Roervik (NOR)  Kristoffer Skjelvik (NOR)  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)[8]  Alexandr Pechenkin [de] (RUS)  Michal Kubaliak (SVK)[9]  Tiio Söderhielm (SWE)  Lowell Bailey (USA)[10]  Tim Burke (USA)[10]  Russell Currier (USA)[11]

Women  Susanna Kurzthaler (AUT)  Darya Domracheva (BLR)[12]  Nadzeya Pisarava (BLR)[13]  Nadezhda Skardino (BLR)[14]  Julia Ransom (CAN)[15]  Lea Johannidesova (CZE)  Veronika Zvařičová (CZE)[2]  Lena Arnaud (FRA)[16]  Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)[17]  Coline Varcin (FRA)[18]  Auli Kiskola (FIN)  Emőke Szőcs (HUN)[19]  Karin Oberhofer (ITA)[20][21]  Rina Mitsuhashi (JPN)  Lyubov Filimonova (KAZ)  Anna Kistanova (KAZ)  Natalija Paulauskaitė (LTU)[6]  Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen (NOR)[22]  Weronika Nowakowska (POL)[23]  Florina Ioana Cristea (ROM)  Reka Forika (ROM)  Luminita Piscoran (ROM)  Éva Tófalvi (ROM)[19]  Anna Eliseeva [ru] (RUS)  Anastasia Evsyunina [ru] (RUS)  Olga Iakushova (RUS)[24]  Irina Uslugina (RUS)[25]  Anastasia Zagoruiko (RUS)  Anja Eržen (SLO)[26]  Kim Adolfsson (SWE)  Olga Alifiravets (SWE)  Mariya Panfilova (UKR)[27]

Notes

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External links

• IBU official site