2017–18 Biathlon World Cup

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.

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

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
7	8 March 2018	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Anton Shipulin	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	Quentin Fillon Maillet		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
7	9 March 2018	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Darya Domracheva	Franziska Hildebrand	Lisa Vittozzi		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
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
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
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
	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    Martin Fourcade 108    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    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    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    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    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.

Results Overview

Pos.	Biathlete	Östersund			Hochfilzen		Annecy			Oberhof		Ruh­polding		Antholz			Kontio­lahti		Oslo		Tyumen			Points
		In	Sp	Pu	Sp	Pu	Sp	Pu	Ms	Sp	Pu	In	Ms	Sp	Pu	Ms	Sp	Ms	Sp	Pu	Sp	Pu	Ms
01	Martin Fourcade	003	002	001	002	003	002	002	001	001	001	001	002	002	002	001	DNS	002	003	001	001	001	019	1116
02	Johannes Thingnes Bø	001	011	013	001	001	001	001	002	003	002	003	001	001	001	006	004	019	002	003	014	002	003	1027
03	Anton Shipulin	015	025	008	009	009	006	003	004	028	012	054	015	004	003	009	001	003	018	007	010	014	016	0697
04	Arnd Peiffer	029	028	015	006	013	022	011	006	012	010	011	007	003	004	019	005	006	006	010	008	006	010	0668
05	Lukas Hofer	006	023	011	015	007	040	007	015	006	006	009	014	027	036	025	009	013	005	002	013	003	007	0637
06	Jakov Fak	012	010	002	003	002	013	013	008	007	011	014	010	033	DNS	012	018	012	032	019	019	034	011	0602
07	Tarjei Bø	020	001	019	014	005	048	020	011	005	003	–	005	022	029	002	033	020	026	012	016	020	006	0591
08	Simon Desthieux	013	039	038	021	014	005	006	017	013	016	019	011	011	008	010	006	021	030	011	002	021	012	0579
09	Benedikt Doll	034	030	026	047	027	012	008	018	017	009	022	009	013	016	004	023	004	009	008	022	027	004	0532
10	Quentin Fillon Maillet	002	012	003	038	012	061	–	020	040	040	020	004	026	013	021	003	010	008	027	006	025	017	0518
11	Erik Lesser	017	003	010	008	015	044	032	003	–	–	063	018	015	037	017	007	005	036	025	005	005	009	0506
12	Simon Schempp	016	005	016	004	004	004	005	025	034	DNS	013	006	020	DNS	–	008	016	053	035	017	015	029	0484
13	Andrejs Rastorgujevs	008	008	020	018	023	024	019	027	–	–	015	020	014	018	027	002	022	015	015	004	017	027	0481
14	Lars Helge Birkeland	014	029	006	013	010	021	017	016	015	020	–	023	006	009	026	014	025	010	018	038	013	026	0479
15	Benjamin Weger	007	018	031	007	022	011	016	005	008	007	–	–	016	012	013	076	026	012	009	028	022	030	0476
16	Julian Eberhard	004	021	007	011	011	045	DNS	–	018	029	089	017	007	010	029	028	001	004	024	015	033	025	0468
17	Henrik L'Abée-Lund	022	041	012	005	008	DNS	–	029	038	024	024	030	038	023	011	011	018	001	005	025	012	005	0454
18	Simon Eder	019	014	014	035	028	026	009	012	–	–	007	012	018	007	015	DNS	–	019	006	027	008	021	0449
19	Fredrik Lindström	025	007	005	044	016	058	047	014	024	015	038	019	–	–	–	062	015	011	020	003	004	013	0408
20	Antonin Guigonnat	–	–	–	–	–	003	012	022	046	027	011	003	028	019	023	041	011	034	021	011	007	022	0379
21	Dominik Windisch	040	062	–	080	–	009	015	007	022	048	029	029	017	017	008	010	007	031	022	020	018	020	0373
22	Maxim Tsvetkov	021	035	023	020	006	DNS	–	021	044	045	–	–	031	020	–	030	–	027	004	006	009	001	0352
23	Alexander Loginov	009	027	035	029	044	018	004	009	023	018	073	027	042	032	018	–	–	–	–	009	011	014	0332
24	Emil Hegle Svendsen	011	004	004	–	–	–	–	–	002	004	030	024	032	005	007	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0323
25	Anton Babikov	005	017	034	030	020	015	023	013	029	055	–	–	008	014	024	051	023	052	039	043	024	015	0323
26	Erlend Bjøntegaard	–	–	–	041	034	025	010	010	–	–	021	–	036	011	003	024	027	023	034	037	016	002	0321
27	Ondřej Moravec	030	044	022	034	043	037	041	–	011	013	002	028	010	043	014	020	009	029	029	–	–	–	0294
28	Johannes Kühn	047	009	025	024	041	038	050	–	020	034	016	025	019	028	005	069	029	063	–	012	026	008	0290
29	Michal Krčmář	066	043	039	026	025	034	022	–	009	008	005	016	062	–	016	088	008	037	043	–	–	–	0253
30	Timofey Lapshin	–	013	DNF	016	DNS	008	031	028	014	022	–	–	023	DNF	–	015	024	069	–	024	038	–	0227
31	Evgeniy Garanichev	043	055	029	057	026	019	024	019	–	–	043	–	053	039	–	046	–	007	014	023	023	018	0212
32	Tim Burke	032	052	048	073	–	010	026	–	004	014	036	021	043	021	022	038	–	057	047	–	–	–	0191
33	Roman Rees	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	030	019	004	013	029	040	–	027	–	013	016	046	036	–	0189
34	Krasimir Anev	054	DNS	–	–	–	043	034	–	–	–	010	022	035	015	–	013	017	025	033	031	041	–	0174
35	Lowell Bailey	067	022	017	053	036	035	014	023	–	–	037	–	041	035	–	016	014	042	028	–	–	–	0172
36	Sean Doherty	038	082	–	022	017	017	030	024	084	–	031	–	075	–	–	035	–	014	017	–	–	–	0162
37	Dmytro Pidruchnyi	–	075	–	012	018	–	–	–	010	005	041	–	044	038	–	061	–	021	038	–	–	–	0149
38	Matvey Eliseev	–	032	033	017	019	020	025	030	021	026	045	–	048	033	–	087	–	070	–	–	–	–	0145
39	Klemen Bauer	010	042	041	022	037	042	038	–	039	039	–	–	037	027	–	019	–	017	031	–	–	–	0135
40	Jesper Nelin	044	020	036	032	021	063	–	–	070	–	–	–	–	–	–	022	–	027	045	032	019	023	0135
41	Dominik Landertinger	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	051	033	006	026	049	022	–	–	–	020	023	021	DNS	–	0134
42	Simon Fourcade	027	015	009	072	–	065	–	–	–	–	050	–	024	025	020	043	–	–	–	–	–	–	0126
43	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	018	031	018	028	046	–	–	–	052	036	042	–	–	–	–	012	028	066	–	039	032	–	0120
44	Sebastian Samuelsson	–	036	030	077	–	023	036	–	037	023	039	–	–	–	–	021	–	035	013	–	–	–	0117
45	Artem Pryma	023	050	024	–	–	–	–	–	016	025	026	–	083	–	–	056	–	033	026	–	–	–	0114
46	Émilien Jacquelin	035	037	028	058	DNS	–	–	–	054	043	064	–	005	006	028	080	–	063	–	044	035	–	0113
47	Michal Šlesingr	026	038	037	046	040	041	–	–	–	–	008	008	055	024	–	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	0108
48	Sergey Bocharnikov	074	070	–	–	–	–	–	–	018	017	023	–	–	–	–	031	–	038	042	030	030	–	0100
49	Christian Gow	045	026	021	054	049	030	029	–	036	021	034	–	–	–	–	079	–	056	054	–	–	–	0090
50	Dmitry Malyshko	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	026	–	016	036	018	028	028	0087
51	Mario Dolder	073	006	027	083	–	062	–	–	–	–	092	–	061	–	–	036	–	024	032	057	052	–	0083
52	Scott Gow	053	016	050	043	048	016	027	026	032	050	055	–	–	–	–	086	–	049	051	–	–	–	0083
53	Florent Claude	–	–	–	–	–	036	018	–	026	031	025	–	–	–	–	045	–	–	–	–	–	–	0069
54	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	035	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	026	010	024	0066
55	Jeremy Finello	049	073	–	049	039	054	021	–	027	030	057	–	DNS	–	–	075	–	039	030	060	056	–	0060
56	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	031	019	054	039	024	046	037	–	068	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0055
57	Nathan Smith	037	024	042	019	031	091	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0053
58	Thomas Bormolini	062	040	040	041	030	032	046	–	041	041	033	–	078	–	–	029	–	059	050	055	031	–	0052
59	Vladimir Iliev	052	097	–	068	–	027	028	–	059	047	040	–	092	–	–	025	–	057	041	040	040	–	0046
60	Philipp Nawrath	041	047	052	009	029	059	044	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0044
61	Tero Seppälä	089	081	–	024	042	031	DNS	–	033	032	053	–	046	046	–	057	–	046	055	059	049	–	0044
62	Kalev Ermits	–	049	047	095	–	014	033	–	042	035	070	–	076	–	–	067	–	076	–	078	–	–	0041
63	Michael Rösch	085	048	056	027	032	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	040	026	–	–	–	050	059	067	–	–	0039
64	Fredrik Gjesbakk	–	–	–	–	–	007	039	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	069	–	–	0038
65	Miha Dovžan	046	077	–	040	045	055	052	–	085	–	017	–	094	–	–	042	–	041	044	034	037	–	0036
66	Martin Otčenáš	058	064	–	062	–	029	040	–	–	–	075	–	021	048	–	039	–	073	–	066	–	–	0035
67	Alexey Volkov	033	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	055	028	027	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0035
68	Vladimir Chepelin	098	084	–	–	–	–	–	–	063	–	–	–	009	045	030	093	–	–	–	–	–	–	0034
69	Vladimir Semakov	078	061	–	036	DNS	–	–	–	043	DNS	058	–	012	041	–	052	–	072	–	–	–	–	0034
70	Roman Yeremin	–	079	–	091	–	073	–	–	–	–	082	–	077	–	–	054	–	022	DNS	029	047	–	0031
71	Leif Nordgren	063	066	–	098	–	056	048	–	–	–	–	–	050	044	–	017	030	043	040	–	–	–	0027
72	Tobias Eberhard	–	–	–	079	–	028	055	–	031	038	DNS	–	054	LAP	–	050	–	074	–	–	–	–	0026
73	Serafin Wiestner	095	046	044	084	–	033	042	–	050	037	028	–	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0025
74	Matej Kazár	081	051	049	060	051	050	051	–	–	–	018	–	067	–	–	053	–	062	–	048	LAP	–	0023
75	Roland Lessing	065	–	–	031	050	–	–	–	047	051	–	–	039	030	–	–	–	–	–	053	044	–	0023
76	Grzegorz Guzik	090	090	–	076	–	083	–	–	066	–	101	–	030	031	–	089	–	086	–	072	–	–	0021
77	Felix Leitner	028	058	055	063	–	092	–	–	079	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	051	048	035	048	–	0019
78	Tuomas Grönman	084	–	–	–	–	039	045	–	045	046	072	–	025	LAP	–	072	–	048	049	082	–	–	0018
79	Serhiy Semenov	024	067	–	055	053	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0017
80	Jaroslav Soukup	086	068	–	–	–	–	–	–	025	052	–	–	–	–	–	066	–	065	–	–	–	–	0016
81	Raman Yaliotnau	076	033	053	066	–	095	–	–	056	053	087	–	034	050	–	064	–	044	052	064	–	–	0015
82	Brendan Green	068	055	051	051	033	086	–	–	057	054	078	–	–	–	–	034	–	071	–	–	–	–	0015
83	Olli Hiidensalo	051	063	–	081	–	057	049	–	087	–	032	–	064	–	–	058	–	040	037	042	046	–	0014
84	Petr Pashchenko	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	045	029	–	0012
85	Fabien Claude	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	033	039	–	0010
86	Ruslan Tkalenko	082	093	–	037	035	060	056	–	081	–	080	–	088	–	–	073	–	077	–	–	–	–	0010
87	Tomáš Krupčík	071	045	032	070	–	047	043	–	058	056	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0009
88	Daniel Mesotitsch	103	069	–	056	056	–	–	–	092	–	068	–	–	–	–	032	–	060	058	052	043	–	0009
89	Mikito Tachizaki	050	076	–	033	055	069	–	–	067	–	081	–	–	–	–	–	–	083	–	047	057	–	0008
90	Rene Zahkna	075	034	043	089	–	080	–	–	080	–	084	–	–	–	–	048	–	045	057	068	–	–	0007
91	Adam Václavík	–	–	–	059	047	084	–	–	075	–	071	–	058	034	–	044	–	090	–	–	–	–	0007
92	Anton Sinapov	105	071	–	086	–	053	053	–	034	044	–	–	097	–	–	092	–	067	–	049	055	–	0007
93	Oskars Muižnieks	048	087	–	051	052	050	035	–	074	–	069	–	073	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0006
94	Maksim Varabei	102	060	046	078	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	095	–	–	–	–	075	–	036	050	–	0005
95	Torstein Stenersen	036	–	–	102	–	–	–	–	–	–	088	–	074	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0005
96	Martin Ponsiluoma	–	099	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	037	–	–	–	053	051	–	0004
97	Vytautas Strolia	087	057	058	050	038	049	054	–	061	–	079	–	060	DNS	–	060	–	047	056	074	–	–	0003
98	George Buta	039	100	–	090	–	075	–	–	083	–	096	–	–	–	–	055	–	061	–	050	042	–	0002
99	Cornel Puchianu	098	053	045	075	–	100	–	–	065	–	099	–	056	051	–	040	–	085	–	–	–	–	0001

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
	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    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    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    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    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    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 nations)		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  Jaroslav Soukup (CZE)[2]  Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA)[3]  Matthias Bischl (GER)[4]  Florian Graf (GER)[5]  Michael Willeitner (GER)[4]  Rokas Suslavičius (LTU)[6]  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)[7]  Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)[8]  Michal Kubaliak (SVK)[9]  Lowell Bailey (USA)[10]  Tim Burke (USA)[10]  Russell Currier (USA)[11]

Women  Darya Domracheva (BLR)[12]  Nadzeya Pisarava (BLR)[13]  Nadezhda Skardino (BLR)[14]  Julia Ransom (CAN)[15]  Veronika Zvařičová (CZE)[2]  Lena Arnaud (FRA)[16]  Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)[17]  Coline Varcin (FRA)[18]  Emőke Szőcs (HUN)[19]  Karin Oberhofer (ITA)[20][21]  Natalija Paulauskaitė (LTU)[6]  Hilde Fenne (NOR)[22]  Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen (NOR)[23]  Weronika Nowakowska (POL)[24]  Éva Tófalvi (ROM)[19]  Olga Iakushova (RUS)[25]  Olga Podchufarova (RUS)[26] (comeback in 2019-2020 season for   (SLO)  Irina Uslugina (RUS)[27]  Anja Eržen (SLO)[28]  Mariya Panfilova (UKR)[29]

Notes

References

1. "International Biathlon Union - IBU". www.biathlonworld.com.
2. "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. "Matthias Bischl und Michael Willeitner verabschieden sich vom Biathlonsport - biathlon-news.de".
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6. "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. "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.
11. "Currier set to retire after US biathlon championships". wagmtv.com. March 29, 2018.
12. "Дарья Домрачева объявила о завершении карьеры".
13. "29-летняя биатлонистка сборной Беларуси завершила карьеру".
14. "Надежда Скардино объявила о завершении карьеры".
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. "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. "Hilde Fenne (24) legger opp - ble tatt på sengen av lagvenninnenes påfunn" [Hilde Fenne (24) legger opp - ble tatt på sengen av lagvenninnenes påfunn]. www.aftenposten.no (in Norwegian). March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
23. https://www.dagbladet.no/sport/tre-nye-inn-pa-skiskytterlandslaget/69751527
24. "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.
25. "Ольга Якушова объявила о завершении карьеры". sovsport.ru (in Russian). January 12, 2018.
26. "Биатлон. Ольга Подчуфарова завершила карьеру". 1 May 2018.
27. https://www.sovsport.ru/biathlon/news/1058008-uslugina-ob-javila-o-zavershenii-kariery
28. "Uroš Velepec pred vrnitvijo v slovenski biatlon, Anja Eržen se poslavlja". siol.net (in Slovenian). March 27, 2018.
29. "Биатлонистка Панфилова объявила о завершении карьеры".

External links

• IBU official site