2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 5

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 5 was the fifth event of the season and was held in Ruhpolding, Germany from Wednesday, January 13 until Sunday, January 17, 2010.

Schedule of events

The timeschedule of the event stands below[1]

Date	Time	Events
January 13	17:20 cet	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
January 14	17:20 cet	Men's 10 km Sprint
January 15	17:20 cet	Women's 4 x 6 km Relay
January 16	15:15 cet	Men's 15 km Mass Start
	17:10 cet	Women's 12.5 km Mass Start
January 17	15:15 cet	Men's 4 x 7.5 km Relay

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint details	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	23:27.5 (0+0)	Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Norway	23:30.7 (0+0)	Michael Greis  Germany	24:01.0 (0+0)
15 km Mass Start details	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	39:19.5 (0+0+0+0)	Evgeny Ustyugov  Russia	39:24.6 (0+0+0+1)	Simon Eder  Austria	39:29.4 (0+0+1+0)
4 x 7.5 km Relay details	Russia Ivan Tcherezov Anton Shipulin Maxim Tchoudov Evgeny Ustyugov	1:22:29.8 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1)	Norway Halvard Hanevold Tarjei Bø Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen	1:22:58.4 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+0)	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Tobias Eberhard Dominik Landertinger	1:24:04.6 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (1+3)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint details	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek  Sweden	23:49.6 (0+0)	Olga Medvedtseva  Russia	24:19.4 (0+0)	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	24:30.2 (0+2)
4 x 6 km Relay details	Sweden Elisabeth Högberg Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Anna Maria Nilsson Helena Jonsson	1:17:31.5 (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1)	Russia Iana Romanova Anna Boulygina Olga Medvedtseva Olga Zaitseva	1:17:48.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0)	Norway Liv Kjersti Eikeland Ann Kristin Flatland Solveig Rogstad Tora Berger	1:18:00.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2)
12.5 km Mass Start details	Helena Jonsson  Sweden	40:58.7 (0+0+0+0)	Simone Hauswald  Germany	41:21.8 (0+1+1+0)	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	41:33.7 (1+1+1+2)

Achievements

Best performance for all time

Martin Fourcade (FRA), 6 place in Sprint and 5 place in Mass start  Claudio Böckli (SUI), 16 place in Sprint  Vitaliy Kilchytskyy (UKR), 61 place in Sprint

Anais Bescond (FRA), 27 place in Sprint  Lyudmyla Pysarenko (UKR), 38 place in Sprint  Emilia Yordanova (BUL), 41 place in Sprint  Gabriela Soukalová (CZE), 64 place in Sprint  Kristel Viigipuu (EST), 98 place in Sprint

First World Cup race

Benjamin Weger (SUI), 19 place in Sprint  Artem Pryma (UKR), 41 place in Sprint  Vitaliy Kozhushko (UKR), 101 place in Sprint

Laure Bosc (FRA), 76 place in Sprint  Rosanna Crawford (CAN), 77 place in Sprint  Aliona Sosunova (LTU), 109 place in Sprint

References

1. "Ruhpolding World Cup schedule". Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-12-22.