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

←2016–17

2018–19→

2017–18 Biathlon World Cup

Men

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

Women

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

Mixed
Mixed relay
World Cup stages

* Östersund
* Hochfilzen
* Le Grand-Bornand
* Oberhof
* Ruhpolding
* Antholz-Anterselva
* Kontiolahti
* Oslo Holmenkollen
* Tyumen

See also

* Olympic Games (Pyeongchang)

* <-2016–17
* Biathlon World Cup
* 2018–19->

* v
* t
* e

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[edit]

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

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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[edit]

### Men[edit]

Stage  | Date  | Place  | Discipline  | Winner  | Second  | Third  | Yellow bib
(After competition) | Det.

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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[edit]

Stage  | Date  | Place  | Discipline  | Winner  | Second  | Third  | Yellow bib
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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[edit]

Stage  | Date  | Place  | Discipline  | Winner  | Second  | Third  | Det.

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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[edit]

Stage  | Date  | Place  | Discipline  | Winner  | Second  | Third  | Det.

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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[edit]

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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[edit]

### Overall[edit]

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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[edit]

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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[edit]

| Pos.  |  | Points

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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[edit]

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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[edit]

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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[edit]

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1. |  Norway | 228
2. |  Sweden | 184
3. |  France | 180
4. |  Germany | 175
5. |  Russia | 173

* Final standings after 4 races.

### Nation[edit]

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1. |  Norway | 6458
2. |  France | 6129
3. |  Germany | 5910
4. |  Russia | 5623
5. |  Italy | 5228

* Final standings after 18 races.

## Standings: Women[edit]

### Overall[edit]

Pos.  |  | Points

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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[edit]

| Pos.  |  | Points

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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[edit]

| Pos.  |  | Points

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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[edit]

| Pos.  |  | Points

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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[edit]

| Pos.  |  | Points

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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[edit]

| Pos.  |  | Points

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1. |  Germany | 228
2. |  France | 200
3. |  Italy | 169
4. |  Sweden | 168
5. |  Ukraine | 158

* Final standings after 4 races.

### Nation[edit]

| Pos.  |  | Points

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1. |  Germany | 6179
2. |  France | 5887
3. |  Italy | 5407
4. |  Russia | 5237
5. |  Norway | 5232

* Final standings after 18 races.

## Standings: Mixed[edit]

### Mixed relay[edit]

Pos.  |  | Points

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

* Final standings after 4 races.

## Medal table[edit]

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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[edit]

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

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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

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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

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## Retirements[edit]

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]

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## Notes[edit]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "International Biathlon Union - IBU". www.biathlonworld.com.
2. ^ a b "Vyvrcholení sezóny v Jablonci nad Nisou přineslo zábavu, radost, děkování i loučení" [Vyvrcholení sezóny v Jablonci nad Nisou přineslo zábavu, radost, děkování i loučení]. www.biatlon.cz (in Czech). March 24, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
3. ^ "Jean-Guillaume Béatrix : "Une décision précipitée par mes résultats"" [Jean-Guillaume Béatrix : «Une décision précipitée par mes résultats»]. www.lequipe.fr (in French). March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
4. ^ a b "Matthias Bischl und Michael Willeitner verabschieden sich vom Biathlonsport - biathlon-news.de".
5. ^ "Irina Uslugina and Alexander Loginov Win IBU Cup Pursuits" [Irina Uslugina and Alexander Loginov Win IBU Cup Pursuits]. www.biathlonworld.com. March 17, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
6. ^ a b "Po istoriškai sėkmingų biatlonininkų metų – pokyčiai komandoje - Lietuvos biatlono federacija". 16 April 2018.
7. ^ "Gråtkvalt Bjørndalen legger opp: – Jeg skulle gjerne tatt noen år til". nrk.no (in Norwegian). April 3, 2018.
8. ^ "Kilder til VG: Skiskytteren Emil Hegle Svendsen legger opp". vg.no (in Norwegian). April 9, 2018.
9. ^ "Profil Michala Kubaliaka a ukončenie kariéry". biatlon-info.sk (in Slovak). July 1, 2018.
10. ^ a b "Bailey, Burke close out careers - LakePlacidNews.com - News and information on the Lake Placid and Essex County region of New York - Lake Placid News". www.lakeplacidnews.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-27. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
11. ^ "Currier set to retire after US biathlon championships". wagmtv.com. March 29, 2018.
12. ^ "Дарья Домрачева объявила о завершении карьеры". Archived from the original on 2018-06-25. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
13. ^ "29-летняя биатлонистка сборной Беларуси завершила карьеру". Archived from the original on 2018-07-02. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
14. ^ "Надежда Скардино объявила о завершении карьеры". Archived from the original on 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
15. ^ "Ransom Retires in Oslo: 'I Just Had Fun the Whole Time'" [Ransom Retires in Oslo: 'I Just Had Fun the Whole Time']. www.fasterskier.com. March 18, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
16. ^ "Biathlon : Léna Arnaud stoppe sa carrière (ski-nordique.net)". www.ski-nordique.net.
17. ^ "Marie Dorin arrêtera sa carrière à Oslo" [Marie Dorin arrêtera sa carrière à Oslo]. www.lequipe.fr (in French). February 22, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
18. ^ "Fin de carrière pour Coline Varcin (ski-nordique.net)". www.ski-nordique.net.
19. ^ a b "Tófalvi és Szőcs visszavonul". szekelyhon.ro (in Hungarian). April 4, 2018.
20. ^ "Biathlon, Karin Oberhofer si ritira: "Scelgo la famiglia, orgogliosa di quanto fatto"". 12 May 2018.
21. ^ NEVEITALIA.IT (11 May 2018). "Karin Oberhofer si ritira".
22. ^ "Tre nye inn på skiskytterlandslaget". 27 April 2018.
23. ^ "PŚ w biathlonie. Weronika Nowakowska zakończyła karierę" [PŚ w biathlonie. Weronika Nowakowska zakończyła karierę]. eurosport.interia.pl (in Polish). March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
24. ^ "Ольга Якушова объявила о завершении карьеры". sovsport.ru (in Russian). January 12, 2018.
25. ^ "Советский спорт - новости футбол, хоккей, биатлон и другие виды спорта".
26. ^ "Uroš Velepec pred vrnitvijo v slovenski biatlon, Anja Eržen se poslavlja". siol.net (in Slovenian). March 27, 2018.
27. ^ "Биатлонистка Панфилова объявила о завершении карьеры".

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