2009–10 Biathlon World Cup

Discipline|  Men|  Women
Overall|  Emil Hegle Svendsen|  Magdalena Neuner
Nations Cup|  Norway|  Germany
Individual|  Christoph Sumann|  Anna Carin Zidek
Sprint|  Emil Hegle Svendsen|  Simone Hauswald
Pursuit|  Martin Fourcade|  Magdalena Neuner
Mass start|  Evgeny Ustyugov|  Magdalena Neuner
Relay|  Norway|  Russia
Competition

←2008–09

2010–11→

2009–10 Biathlon World Cup

Men

* Overall
* Individual
* Sprint
* Pursuit
* Mass start
* Relay
* Nation

Women

* Overall
* Individual
* Sprint
* Pursuit
* Mass start
* Relay
* Nation

World Cup locations

* Östersund
* Hochfilzen
* Pokljuka
* Oberhof
* Ruhpolding
* Antholz-Anterselva
* Kontiolahti
* Holmenkollen
* Khanty-Mansiysk

See also

* Winter Olympics
* World Championships

* <-2008–09
* Biathlon World Cup
* 2010–11->

* v
* t
* e

2009–10 Biathlon World Cup

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started 2 December 2009 in Östersund, Sweden and ended 28 March 2010 with the  Mixed Relay World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Races of the season were broadcast in Europe on Eurosport channel.

## Calendar

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Below is the World Cup calendar for the 2009–10 season.[1]

Location  | Date  | Individual  | Sprint  | Pursuit  | Mass start | Relay  | Details

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Östersund | 2–6 December  | ●  | ●  |  |  | ●  | details
Hochfilzen | 11–13 December  |  | ●  | ●  |  | ●  | details
Pokljuka | 17–20 December  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  |  | details
Oberhof | 6–10 January  |  | ●  |  | ●  | ●  | details
Ruhpolding | 13–17 January  |  | ●  |  | ●  | ●  | details
Antholz | 20–24 January  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  |  | details
Vancouver | 13–26 February  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | ●  | Winter Olympics
Kontiolahti | 12–14 March  |  | ●  | ●  |  |  | details
Oslo | 18–21 March  |  | ●  | ●  | ●  |  | details
Khanty-Mansiysk | 25–27 March  |  | ●  |  | ●  |  | details
Total  | 4  | 10  | 6  | 5  | 5  |

## World Cup podiums

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### Men

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Stage  | Date  | Place  | Discipline  | Winner  | Second  | Third  | Yellow bib
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1  | 3 December 2009  |  Östersund | 20 km Individual  |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Tim Burke |  Christoph Sumann |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | Detail
5 December 2009  |  Östersund | 10 km Sprint  |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Tim Burke | Detail
2  | 11 December 2009  |  Hochfilzen | 10 km Sprint  |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Nikolay Kruglov |  Evgeny Ustyugov | Detail
12 December 2009  |  Hochfilzen | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Simon Eder |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Detail
3  | 17 December 2009  |  Pokljuka | 20 km Individual  |  Christoph Sumann |  Simon Fourcade |  Alexander Os |  Christoph Sumann | Detail
19 December 2009  |  Pokljuka | 10 km Sprint  |  Ivan Tcherezov |  Dominik Landertinger |  Thomas Frei | Detail
20 December 2009  |  Pokljuka | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Evgeny Ustyugov |  Roland Lessing |  Simon Eder |  Tim Burke | Detail
4  | 9 January 2010  |  Oberhof | 10 km Sprint  |  Evgeny Ustyugov |  Michael Greis |  Carl Johan Bergman |  Evgeny Ustyugov | Detail
10 January 2010  |  Oberhof | 15 km Mass Start  |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Tim Burke |  Tomasz Sikora |  Tim Burke | Detail
5  | 14 January 2010  |  Ruhpolding | 10 km Sprint  |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Michael Greis |  Evgeny Ustyugov | Detail
16 January 2010  |  Ruhpolding | 15 km Mass Start  |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Evgeny Ustyugov |  Simon Eder | Detail
6  | 21 January 2010  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 20 km Individual  |  Serhiy Sednev |  Daniel Mesotitsch |  Alexis Bœuf | Detail
23 January 2010  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Sprint  |  Arnd Peiffer |  Dominik Landertinger |  Christoph Stephan | Detail
24 January 2010  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Daniel Mesotitsch |  Arnd Peiffer |  Dominik Landertinger |  Simon Fourcade | Detail
OG  | 14 February 2010  |  Vancouver | 10 km Sprint  |  Vincent Jay |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Jakov Fak |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | Detail
16 February 2010  |  Vancouver | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Björn Ferry |  Christoph Sumann |  Vincent Jay |  Christoph Sumann | Detail
18 February 2010  |  Vancouver | 20 km Individual  |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Sergey Novikov |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | Detail
21 February 2010  |  Vancouver | 15 km Mass Start  |  Evgeny Ustyugov |  Martin Fourcade |  Pavol Hurajt |  Evgeny Ustyugov | Detail
7  | 13 March 2010  |  Kontiolahti | 10 km Sprint  |  Ivan Tcherezov |  Emil Hegle Svendsen |  Martin Fourcade |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | Detail
14 March 2010  |  Kontiolahti | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Martin Fourcade |  Christian De Lorenzi |  Vincent Jay | Detail
8  | 18 March 2010  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 10 km Sprint  |  Martin Fourcade |  Maxim Tchoudov |  Christoph Sumann | Detail
20 March 2010  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 12.5 km Pursuit  |  Martin Fourcade |  Simon Schempp |  Ivan Tcherezov | Detail
21 March 2010  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 15 km Mass Start  |  Ivan Tcherezov |  Christoph Sumann |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | Detail
9  | 26 March 2010  |  Khanty-Mansiysk | 10 km Sprint  |  Ivan Tcherezov |  Christian De Lorenzi |  Andriy Deryzemlya | Detail
27 March 2010  |  Khanty-Mansiysk | 15 km Mass Start  |  Dominik Landertinger |  Arnd Peiffer |  Halvard Hanevold | Detail

### Women

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Stage  | Date  | Place  | Discipline  | Winner  | Second  | Third  | Yellow bib
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1  | 2 December 2009  |  Östersund | 15 km Individual  |  Helena Jonsson |  Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek |  Darya Domracheva |  Helena Jonsson | Detail
5 December 2009  |  Östersund | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Tora Berger |  Olga Medvedtseva |  Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Detail
2  | 11 December 2009  |  Hochfilzen | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek |  Helena Jonsson |  Olga Zaitseva | Detail
12 December 2009  |  Hochfilzen | 10 km Pursuit  |  Helena Jonsson |  Svetlana Sleptsova |  Olga Zaitseva | Detail
3  | 17 December 2009  |  Pokljuka | 15 km Individual  |  Helena Jonsson |  Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek |  Anastázia Kuzminová | Detail
19 December 2009  |  Pokljuka | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Svetlana Sleptsova |  Anna Bogaliy-Titovets |  Magdalena Neuner | Detail
20 December 2009  |  Pokljuka | 10 km Pursuit  |  Svetlana Sleptsova |  Magdalena Neuner |  Anna Bogaliy-Titovets | Detail
4  | 8 January 2010  |  Oberhof | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Simone Hauswald |  Helena Jonsson |  Ann Kristin Flatland | Detail
10 January 2010  |  Oberhof | 12.5 km Mass Start  |  Andrea Henkel |  Helena Jonsson |  Tora Berger | Detail
5  | 13 January 2010  |  Ruhpolding | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek |  Olga Medvedtseva |  Magdalena Neuner | Detail
16 January 2010  |  Ruhpolding | 12.5 km Mass Start  |  Helena Jonsson |  Simone Hauswald |  Magdalena Neuner | Detail
6  | 20 January 2010  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 15 km Individual  |  Magdalena Neuner |  Kati Wilhelm |  Andrea Henkel | Detail
22 January 2010  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Magdalena Neuner |  Andrea Henkel |  Sandrine Bailly | Detail
24 January 2010  |  Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Pursuit  |  Andrea Henkel |  Magdalena Neuner |  Ann Kristin Flatland | Detail
OG  | 13 February 2010  |  Vancouver | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Anastázia Kuzminová |  Magdalena Neuner |  Marie Dorin | Detail
16 February 2010  |  Vancouver | 10 km Pursuit  |  Magdalena Neuner |  Anastázia Kuzminová |  Marie-Laure Brunet | Detail
18 February 2010  |  Vancouver | 15 km Individual  |  Tora Berger |  Elena Khrustaleva |  Darya Domracheva | Detail
21 February 2010  |  Vancouver | 12.5 km Mass Start  |  Magdalena Neuner |  Olga Zaitseva |  Simone Hauswald | Detail
7  | 13 March 2010  |  Kontiolahti | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Darya Domracheva |  Olga Zaitseva |  Kati Wilhelm |  Magdalena Neuner | Detail
14 March 2010  |  Kontiolahti | 10 km Pursuit  |  Darya Domracheva |  Magdalena Neuner |  Simone Hauswald | Detail
8  | 18 March 2010  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Simone Hauswald |  Darya Domracheva |  Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek | Detail
20 March 2010  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 10 km Pursuit  |  Simone Hauswald |  Darya Domracheva |  Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek | Detail
21 March 2010  |  Oslo Holmenkollen | 12.5 km Mass Start  |  Simone Hauswald |  Vita Semerenko |  Magdalena Neuner | Detail
9  | 25 March 2010  |  Khanty-Mansiysk | 7.5 km Sprint  |  Yana Romanova |  Marie-Laure Brunet |  Helena Jonsson | Detail
27 March 2010  |  Khanty-Mansiysk | 12.5 km Mass Start  |  Magdalena Neuner |  Sandrine Bailly |  Anastázia Kuzminová | Detail

### Men's team

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1  | 6 December 2009  |  Östersund | 4x7.5 km Relay  |  France

Vincent Jay
Vincent Defrasne
Simon Fourcade
Martin Fourcade

|  Norway

Emil Hegle Svendsen
Alexander Os
Lars Berger
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

|  Austria

Daniel Mesotitsch
Simon Eder
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann

2  | 13 December 2009  |  Hochfilzen | 4x7.5 km Relay  |  Austria

Simon Eder
Daniel Mesotitsch
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann

|  Russia

Ivan Tcherezov
Evgeny Ustyugov
Nikolay Kruglov
Maxim Tchoudov

|  Germany

Christoph Stephan
Arnd Peiffer
Michael Greis
Simon Schempp

4  | 7 January 2010  |  Oberhof | 4x7.5 km Relay  |  Norway

Halvard Hanevold
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

|  France

Vincent Jay
Vincent Defrasne
Simon Fourcade
Martin Fourcade

|  Germany

Christoph Stephan
Michael Greis
Arnd Peiffer
Simon Schempp

5  | 17 January 2010  |  Ruhpolding | 4x7.5 km Relay  |  Russia

Ivan Tcherezov
Anton Shipulin
Maxim Tchoudov
Evgeny Ustyugov

|  Norway

Halvard Hanevold
Tarjei Bø
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Emil Hegle Svendsen

|  Austria

Daniel Mesotitsch
Friedrich Pinter
Tobias Eberhard
Dominik Landertinger

OG  | 26 February 2010  |  Vancouver | 4x7.5 km Relay  |  Norway

Halvard Hanevold
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

|  Austria

Simon Eder
Daniel Mesotitsch
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann

|  Russia

Ivan Tcherezov
Anton Shipulin
Maxim Tchoudov
Evgeny Ustyugov

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1  | 6 December 2009  |  Östersund | 4x6 km Relay  |  Germany

Martina Beck
Andrea Henkel
Simone Hauswald
Kati Wilhelm

|  Russia

Svetlana Sleptsova
Anna Boulygina
Olga Zaitseva
Olga Medvedtseva

|  France

Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly

2  | 13 December 2009  |  Hochfilzen | 4x6 km Relay  |  Russia

Svetlana Sleptsova
Anna Boulygina
Yana Romanova
Olga Zaitseva

|  France

Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly

|  Sweden

Elisabeth Högberg
Anna Carin Zidek
Anna Maria Nilsson
Helena Jonsson

4  | 6 January 2010  |  Oberhof | 4x6 km Relay  |  Russia

Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Anna Boulygina
Olga Medvedtseva
Svetlana Sleptsova

|  Germany

Martina Beck
Simone Hauswald
Tina Bachmann
Andrea Henkel

|  France

Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly

5  | 15 January 2010  |  Ruhpolding | 4x6 km Relay  |  Sweden

Elisabeth Högberg
Anna Carin Zidek
Anna Maria Nilsson
Helena Jonsson

|  Russia

Yana Romanova
Anna Boulygina
Olga Medvedtseva
Olga Zaitseva

|  Norway

Liv-Kjersti Eikeland
Ann Kristin Flatland
Solveig Rogstad
Tora Berger

OG  | 23 February 2010  |  Vancouver | 4x6 km Relay  |  Russia

Svetlana Sleptsova
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Olga Medvedtseva
Olga Zaitseva

|  France

Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly

|  Germany

Kati Wilhelm
Simone Hauswald
Martina Beck
Andrea Henkel

### Mixed

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7  | 12 March 2010  |  Kontiolahti | 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay  |  Norway

Ann Kristin Flatland
Tora Berger
Halvard Hanevold
Tarjei Bø

|  Germany

Kati Wilhelm
Magdalena Neuner
Erik Lesser
Simon Schempp

|  Italy

Katja Haller
Karin Oberhofer
Lukas Hofer
Christian De Lorenzi

9 (WC)  | 28 March 2010  |  Khanty-Mansiysk | 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km
Mixed Relay  |  Germany

Simone Hauswald
Magdalena Neuner
Simon Schempp
Arnd Peiffer

|  Norway

Ann Kristin Flatland
Tora Berger
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

|  Sweden

Helena Jonsson
Anna Carin Zidek
Björn Ferry
Carl Johan Bergman

## Standings: Men

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### Overall

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1. |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | 828
2. |  Christoph Sumann | 813
3. |  Ivan Tcherezov | 782
4. |  Evgeny Ustyugov | 752
5. |  Martin Fourcade | 719

* Final standings after 25 races.

### Individual

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1. |  Christoph Sumann | 142
2. |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | 120
3. |  Daniel Mesotitsch | 120
4. |  Serhiy Sednev | 114
5. |  Pavol Hurajt | 111

* Final standings after 4 races.

### Sprint

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1. |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | 354
2. |  Ivan Tcherezov | 344
3. |  Christoph Sumann | 292
4. |  Evgeny Ustyugov | 278
5. |  Dominik Landertinger | 272

* Final standings after 10 races.

### Pursuit

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1. |  Martin Fourcade | 197
2. |  Simon Eder | 196
3. |  Ivan Tcherezov | 189
4. |  Evgeny Ustyugov | 184
5. |  Dominik Landertinger | 184

* Final standings after 6 races.

### Mass start

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1. |  Evgeny Ustyugov | 197
2. |  Emil Hegle Svendsen | 163
3. |  Arnd Peiffer | 161
4. |  Christoph Sumann | 160
5. |  Dominik Landertinger | 157

* Final standings after 5 races.

### Relay

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1. |  Norway | 228
2. |  Austria | 210
3. |  Russia | 205
4. |  France | 195
5. |  Germany | 179

* Final standings after 5 races.

### Nation

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1. |  Norway | 6250
2. |  Russia | 6161
3. |  Austria | 6107
4. |  France | 5846
5. |  Germany | 5760

* Final standings after 19 races.

## Standings: Women

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### Overall

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1. |  Magdalena Neuner | 933
2. |  Simone Hauswald | 857
3. |  Helena Jonsson | 820
4. |  Andrea Henkel | 786
5. |  Anna Carin Zidek | 778

* Final standings after 25 races.

### Individual

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1. |  Anna Carin Zidek | 132
2. |  Andrea Henkel | 126
3. |  Kati Wilhelm | 121
4. |  Darya Domracheva | 121
5. |  Helena Jonsson | 120

* Final standings after 4 races.

### Sprint

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1. |  Simone Hauswald | 346
2. |  Magdalena Neuner | 334
3. |  Helena Jonsson | 334
4. |  Anna Carin Zidek | 327
5. |  Kati Wilhelm | 303

* Final standings after 10 races.

### Pursuit

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1. |  Magdalena Neuner | 256
2. |  Simone Hauswald | 217
3. |  Olga Zaitseva | 207
4. |  Darya Domracheva | 200
5. |  Andrea Henkel | 195

* Final standings after 6 races.

### Mass start

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1. |  Magdalena Neuner | 216
2. |  Simone Hauswald | 198
3. |  Andrea Henkel | 171
4. |  Helena Jonsson | 168
5. |  Olga Zaitseva | 154

* Final standings after 5 races.

### Relay

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1. |  Russia | 234
2. |  Germany | 205
3. |  France | 204
4. |  Sweden | 191
5. |  Norway | 165

* Final standings after 5 races.

### Nation

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1. |  Germany | 6309
2. |  Russia | 6290
3. |  France | 5834
4. |  Sweden | 5829
5. |  Ukraine | 5456

* Final standings after 19 races.

## Medal table

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(includes medals of the Olympic Winter Games Vancouver 2010)

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1|  Germany| 14| 13| 13| 40
2|  Russia| 14| 12| 6| 32
3|  Norway| 13| 8| 8| 29
4|  Sweden| 8| 5| 6| 19
5|  France| 5| 7| 9| 21
6|  Austria| 4| 7| 7| 18
7|  Belarus| 2| 3| 2| 7
8|  Slovakia| 1| 1| 3| 5
9|  Ukraine| 1| 1| 1| 3
10|  Italy| 0| 2| 1| 3
United States| 0| 2| 1| 3
12|  Estonia| 0| 1| 0| 1
Kazakhstan| 0| 1| 0| 1
14|  Croatia| 0| 0| 1| 1
Finland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Poland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Switzerland| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (17 entries)| 62| 63| 61| 186

## Achievements

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First World Cup career victory

* Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS), 24, in his 2nd season -- the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka; first podium was 2009–10 Sprint in Hochfilzen
* Serhiy Sednev (UKR), 26, in his 7th season -- the WC 6 Individual in Antholz; first podium was 2007–08 Individual in Pokljuka
* Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 25, in her 4th season -- the 2010 Winter Olympics Sprint; first podium was 2009 World Championships Mass start in Pyeongchang
* Darya Domracheva (BLR), 23, in her 4th season -- the WC 7 Sprint in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2008–09 Sprint in Ruhpolding
* Martin Fourcade (FRA), 21, in his 3rd season -- the WC 7 Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2010 Winter Olympics Mass start in Vancouver
* Yana Romanova (RUS), 26, in her 3rd season -- the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk; it also was her first podium

First World Cup podium

* Tim Burke (USA), 27, in his 7th season -- no. 2 in the WC 1 Individual in Östersund
* Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS), 24, in his 2nd season -- no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen
* Thomas Frei (SUI), 29, in his 3rd season -- no. 3 in the WC 3 Sprint in Pokljuka
* Roland Lessing (EST), 31, in his 12th season -- no. 2 in the WC 3 Pursuit in Pokljuka
* Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR), 27, in her 7th season -- no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
* Alexis Bœuf (FRA), 23, in his 3rd season -- no. 3 in the WC 6 Individual in Antholz
* Elena Khrustaleva (KAZ), 29, in her 5th season -- no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Individual
* Sergey Novikov (BLR), 29, in his 10th season -- no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Individual
* Martin Fourcade (FRA), 21, in his 3rd season -- no. 2 in the 2010 Winter Olympics Mass start
* Christian De Lorenzi (ITA), 29, in his 7th season -- no. 2 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Kontiolahti
* Simon Schempp (GER), 21, in his 2nd season -- no. 2 in the WC 8 Pursuit in Oslo
* Yana Romanova (RUS), 26, in her 3rd season -- no. 1 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk

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

Men

* Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 5 (16) first places
* Ivan Tcherezov (RUS), 4 (7) first places
* Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 3 (91) first places
* Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS), 3 (3) first places
* Martin Fourcade (FRA), 3 (3) first places
* Christoph Sumann (AUT), 1 (5) first place
* Björn Ferry (SWE), 1 (3) first place
* Arnd Peiffer (GER), 1 (2) first place
* Daniel Mesotitsch (AUT), 1 (2) first place
* Vincent Jay (FRA), 1 (2) first place
* Dominik Landertinger (AUT), 1 (2) first place
* Serhiy Sednev (UKR), 1 (1) first place

Women

* Magdalena Neuner (GER), 5 (19) first places
* Helena Jonsson (SWE), 4 (9) first places
* Simone Hauswald (GER), 4 (7) first places
* Andrea Henkel (GER), 2 (18) first places
* Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek (SWE), 2 (11) first places
* Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS), 2 (6) first places
* Tora Berger (NOR), 2 (6) first places
* Darya Domracheva (BLR), 2 (2) first places
* Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 1 (1) first place
* Yana Romanova (RUS), 1 (1) first place

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## Retirements

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Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2009–10 season:

* Mikhail Siamionau (BLR)
* Robin Clegg (CAN)[2]
* Roman Dostál (CZE)
* Martten Kaldvee (EST)[3]
* Vincent Defrasne (FRA)[4]
* Halvard Hanevold (NOR)[5]
* Nikolay Kruglov (RUS)[6]
* Marek Matiaško (SVK)
* Vyacheslav Derkach (UKR)
* Liudmila Ananko (BLR)
* Olga Kudrashova (BLR)
* Natalya Sokolova (BLR)
* Sandra Keith (CAN)[7]
* Dong Xue (CHN)
* Liu Xianying (CHN)[8]
* Kong Yingchao (CHN)[8]
* Yu Shumei (CHN)
* Magda Rezlerova (CZE)
* Sandrine Bailly (FRA)[4]
* Sylvie Becaert (FRA)[4]
* Martina Beck (GER)[9]
* Simone Hauswald (GER)[9]
* Anne Preussler (GER)
* Kati Wilhelm (GER)[9]
* Barbara Ertl (ITA)
* Natalia Levchenkova (MDA)
* Liv Kjersti Eikeland (NOR)
* Anne Ingstadbjoerg (NOR)
* Gro Marit Istad-Kristiansen (NOR)
* Dana Plotogea (ROM)
* Mihaela Purdea (ROM)
* Olga Medvedtseva (RUS)[6]
* Dijana Ravnikar (SLO)[10](comeback in 2012/2013 season)
* Lilia Vaygina-Efremova (UKR)
* Oksana Yakovleva (UKR)

## Notes

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* Yellow mark means the leader in the overall standings, one will wear the yellow jersey in the next World Cup race. Red mark means the leader in the discipline, one will wear the red jersey during the next World Cup race in the discipline, unless the athlete is at the same time the leader in the overall standings, in which case one will wear combined yellow/read jersey.

## References

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3. ^ "Laskesuusataja Kaldvee tegi karjääriga lõpparve" [Biathlete Kaldvee wraps up career]. Postimees (in Estonian). 15 September 2010. Retrieved 25 December 2014. (in Estonian)
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7. ^ "Competition and Farewells at City-Biathlon Püttlingen". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. 9 August 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
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