Biathlon World Championships 2021

The Biathlon World Championships 2021 are scheduled to take place in Pokljuka, Slovenia, from 9 to 21 February 2021.

Biathlon World Championships 2021
Host cityPokljuka
CountrySlovenia
Opening ceremony9 February 2021
Closing ceremony21 February 2021
Biathlon World Championships 2021
Individualmenwomen
Sprintmenwomen
Pursuitmenwomen
Mass startmenwomen
Relaymenwomen
Mixed relaysingleteam

Host selection

On 4 September 2016, Tyumen won the voting (25 votes) during the 12th IBU Congress in Chisinau in Moldova over Pokljuka in Slovenia (13 votes) and Nové Město na Moravě in the Czech Republic (11 votes). Also Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, withdrew their bid for 2021 championships before the vote took place due to winning of an election for the host of the 2020 event.[1]

Just before the Biathlon World Championships 2017 in Hochfilzen, Austria, IBU forced Russia to give back rights due to the doping scandal, for revote process after 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korean Republic.[2]

On 9 September 2018, during the IBU Congress, Pokljuka was named the 2021 event host city without alternative with 49–1 votes.[3]

Russia doping ban

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated. As a result of the ban, WADA plans to allow individually cleared Russian athletes to take part in the 2021-2022 World Championships and 2022 Summer Olympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but they will not be permitted to compete in team sports. The title of the neutral banner has yet to be determined; WADA Compliance Review Committee head Jonathan Taylor stated that the IOC would not be able to use "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) as it did in 2018, emphasizing that neutral athletes cannot be portrayed as representing a specific country.[4][5][6] Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the WADA decision.[7] After reviewing the case on appeal, CAS ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed on Russia. Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years, the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team". The ruling does allow for team uniforms to display "Russia" on the uniform as well as the use of the Russian flag colors within the uniform's design, although the name should be up to equal predominance as the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation.[8]

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1).[9]

Date Time Event
10 February15:004 × 7.5 km M+W mixed relay
12 February14:30Men's 10 km sprint
13 February14:30Women's 7.5 km sprint
14 February13:15Men's 12.5 km pursuit
15:30Women's 10 km pursuit
16 February12:05Women's 15 km individual
17 February14:30Men's 20 km individual
18 February15:156 km M + 7.5 km W single mixed relay
20 February11:45Women's 4 × 6 km relay
15:00Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
21 February 12:30Women's 12.5 km mass start
15:15Men's 15 km mass start

Russian ban

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated. As a result of the ban, WADA plans to allow individually cleared Russian athletes to take part in the 2020 Summer Olympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but they will not be permitted to compete in team sports. The title of the neutral banner has yet to be determined; WADA Compliance Review Committee head Jonathan Taylor stated that the IOC would not be able to use "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) as it did in 2018, emphasizing that neutral athletes cannot be portrayed as representing a specific country.[10][11][12] Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the WADA decision.[13] After reviewing the case on appeal, CAS ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed on Russia. Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years, the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team". The ruling does allow for team uniforms to display "Russia" on the uniform as well as the use of the Russian flag colors within the uniform's design, although the name should be up to equal predominance as the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation.[14]

Medal summary

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 km sprint
12.5 km pursuit
20 km individual
4 × 7.5 km relay
15 km mass start

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
7.5 km sprint
10 km pursuit
15 km individual
4 × 6 km relay
12.5 km mass start

Mixed
Event Gold Silver Bronze
4 × 7.5 km M+W relay
6 km M + 7.5 km W single relay

References
  1. "Congress closes in Chisinau". Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. http://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/ibu-press-release
  3. http://www.biathlonworld.com/news/detail/ibu-congress-pokljuka-slo-to-host-in-2021-and-oberhof-ger-in-2023
  4. MacInnes, Paul (9 December 2019). "Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
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  8. Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  9. "Programme". pokljuka2021.si. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  10. MacInnes, Paul (9 December 2019). "Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  11. "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC Sport. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  12. "WADA lawyer defends lack of blanket ban on Russia". The Japan Times. Associated Press. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  13. "Russia Confirms It Will Appeal 4-Year Olympic Ban". Time. Associated Press. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.
  14. Dunbar, Graham (17 December 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
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