Winter Olympics biathlon. Top news. Biathlon schedule for the Sochi Olympics

11 sets of awards were played, one more than at the previous Olympic Games - on April 6, 2011, the Executive Committee of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to include the mixed relay in the program of the Winter Olympic Games.

Schedule

Schedule of all 11 competitions according to the official website:
Moscow time (UTC + 4).

Medalists

Men

Women

Mixed relay

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The unexpected news of the French crossing the Niemen was especially unexpected after a month of unfulfilled expectations, and at the ball! The Tsar, at the first minute of receiving the news, under the influence of indignation and insult, found that, which later became famous, a saying that he himself liked and fully expressed his feelings. Returning home from the ball, the sovereign at two o'clock in the morning sent for the secretary Shishkov and ordered him to write an order to the troops and a rescript to Field Marshal Prince Saltykov, in which he certainly demanded that the words be placed that he would not reconcile until at least one the armed Frenchman will remain on Russian soil.
The next day the following letter was written to Napoleon.
“Monsieur mon frere. J "ai appris hier que malgre la loyaute avec laquelle j" ai maintenu mes engagements envers Votre Majeste, ses troupes ont franchis les frontieres de la Russie, et je recois al "instant de Petersbourg une note par laquelle le comte Lauriston, pour cause de cette agression, annonce que Votre Majeste s "est consideree comme en etat de guerre avec moi des le moment ou le prince Kourakine a fait la demande de ses passeports. Les motifs sur lesquels le duc de Bassano fondait son refus de les lui delivrer, n "auraient jamais pu me faire supposer que cette demarche servirait jamais de pretexte a l" agression. En effet cet ambassadeur n "y a jamais ete autorise comme il l" a declare lui meme, et aussitot que j "en fus informe, je lui ai fait connaitre combien je le desapprouvais en lui donnant l" ordre de rester a son poste. Si Votre Majeste n "est pas intentionnee de verser le sang de nos peuples pour un malentendu de ce genre et qu" elle consente a retirer ses troupes du territoire russe, je regarderai ce qui s "est passe comme non avenu, et un accommodement entre nous sera possible. Dans le cas contraire, Votre Majeste, je me verrai force de repousser une attaque que rien n "a provoquee de ma part. Il depend encore de Votre Majeste d "eviter a l" humanite les calamites d "une nouvelle guerre.
Je suis, etc.
(signe) Alexandre. "
[“Sovereign brother! Yesterday it dawned on me that, in spite of the straightforwardness with which I observed my obligations towards Your Imperial Majesty, your troops crossed the Russian borders, and only now received from St. Petersburg a note by which Count Lauriston notifies me about this invasion, that Your Majesty considers himself to be in hostile relations with me since the time when Prince Kurakin demanded his passports. The reasons on which the Duke of Bassano based his refusal to issue these passports could never have led me to suppose that the act of my ambassador was the pretext for an attack. And in reality he did not have a command from me, as he himself announced; and as soon as I found out about this, I immediately expressed my displeasure to Prince Kurakin, commanding him to fulfill the duties entrusted to him as before. If Your Majesty is not inclined to shed the blood of our subjects because of such a misunderstanding, and if you agree to withdraw your troops from Russian possessions, then I will ignore everything that happened, and an agreement between us will be possible. Otherwise, I will be forced to repel an attack that was not initiated by anything on my part. Your Majesty, you still have the opportunity to save humanity from the scourge of a new war.
(signed) Alexander ". ]

On June 13, at two o'clock in the morning, the sovereign, having summoned Balashev and read him his letter to Napoleon, ordered him to take this letter and personally hand it over to the French emperor. Sending Balashev, the sovereign again repeated his words to him that he would not reconcile as long as at least one armed enemy remained on Russian soil, and ordered him to convey these words to Napoleon without fail. The sovereign did not write these words in the letter, because he felt with his tact that these words were inconvenient to convey at the moment when the last attempt at reconciliation was being made; but he certainly ordered Balashev to hand them over to Napoleon personally.
Leaving on the night of June 13-14, Balashev, accompanied by a trumpeter and two Cossacks, arrived at dawn in the village of Rykonty, at the French outposts on this side of the Neman. He was stopped by French cavalry sentries.
A French hussar non-commissioned officer, in a crimson uniform and a shaggy hat, shouted at Balashev, who was approaching, ordering him to stop. Balashev did not immediately stop, but continued to walk along the road.
The non-commissioned officer, frowning and grumbling some kind of curse, advanced with the chest of a horse on Balashev, took up his saber and rudely shouted at the Russian general, asking him if he was deaf that he did not hear what was being said to him. Balashev identified himself. The non-commissioned officer sent a soldier to the officer.
Not paying attention to Balashev, the non-commissioned officer began to talk with his comrades about his regimental business and did not look at the Russian general.
It was unusually strange for Balashev, after closeness to the highest power and power, after a conversation three hours ago with the sovereign and generally accustomed to honors in his service, to see here, on Russian soil, this hostile and, most importantly, disrespectful attitude of brute force.
The sun was just beginning to rise from behind the clouds; the air was fresh and dewy. On the way, the herd was driven out of the village. In the fields, one by one, like bubbles in water, larks were sprinkled with a sense of smell.
Balashev looked around him, expecting the arrival of an officer from the village. The Russian Cossacks, the trumpeter, and the French hussars occasionally looked at each other in silence.
The French hussar colonel, apparently just out of bed, rode out of the village on a handsome well-fed gray horse, accompanied by two hussars. The officer, the soldiers, and their horses had an air of contentment and panache.
This was the first time of the campaign, when the troops were still in good working order, almost equal to observation, peaceful activities, only with a touch of elegant militancy in clothing and with a moral touch of that fun and enterprise that always accompany the beginning of campaigns.
The French colonel could hardly restrain a yawn, but he was courteous and, apparently, understood the full significance of Balashev. He led him past his soldiers by the chain and said that his desire to be presented to the emperor would probably be immediately fulfilled, since the imperial apartment, as far as he knew, was not far away.
They drove past the village of Rykonty, past the French hussar hitching posts, sentries and soldiers saluting their colonel and examining the Russian uniform with curiosity, and drove to the other side of the village. According to the colonel, the division chief was two kilometers away, who would receive Balashev and escort him to his destination.
The sun had already risen and shone merrily on the bright greenery.
They had just left the inn on the mountain, when a group of horsemen appeared to meet them from under the mountain, in front of which a tall man in a hat with feathers and black hair curled up to his shoulders, in a red robe and long legs protruding forward, like the French ride. This man rode at a gallop towards Balashev, glittering and fluttering in the bright June sun with his feathers, stones and gold braids.
Balashev was already two horses away from a horseman in bracelets, feathers, necklaces and gold galloping towards him with a solemn theatrical face, when Yulner, a French colonel, respectfully whispered: "Le roi de Naples." [King of Naples.] Indeed, it was Murat, now called the King of Naples. Although it was completely incomprehensible why he was the king of Naples, they called him that, and he himself was convinced of this and therefore had a more solemn and important appearance than before. He was so sure that he was really a Neapolitan king that when, on the eve of his departure from Naples, during his walk with his wife through the streets of Naples, several Italians shouted to him: “Viva il re!” [Long live the king! (Italian)] he turned to his wife with a sad smile and said: “Les malheureux, ils ne savent pas que je les quitte demain! [Unhappy, they do not know that I am leaving them tomorrow!]
But despite the fact that he firmly believed that he was a Neapolitan king, and that he regretted the grief of his subjects who were abandoned by him, recently, after he was ordered to enter the service again, and especially after a meeting with Napoleon in Danzig, when the august brother-in-law said to him: "Je vous ai fait Roi pour regner a maniere, mais pas a la votre" for a business he was familiar with and, like a racked, but not overweight, fit horse, sensing himself in a harness, he played in the shafts and, discharged as brightly and expensively as possible, cheerful and contented, galloped, not knowing where and why, along the roads Poland.
Seeing the Russian general, he threw back his head with hair curled up to his shoulders in a royal, solemn manner and looked inquiringly at the French colonel. The colonel respectfully conveyed to His Majesty the importance of Balashev, whose name he could not pronounce.
- De Bal macheve! - said the king (with his decisiveness overcoming the difficulty presented to the colonel), - charme de faire votre connaissance, general, [very nice to meet you, General] - he added with a royal gracious gesture. As soon as the king began to speak loudly and quickly, all the royal dignity instantly left him, and he, without noticing himself, switched to his characteristic tone of good-natured familiarity. He put his hand on the withers of Balashev's horse.
- Eh, bien, general, tout est a la guerre, a ce qu "il parait, [Well, general, things seem to be heading for war,] - he said, as if regretting a circumstance that he did not could judge.
- Sire, - answered Balashev. - l "Empereur mon maitre ne desire point la guerre, et comme Votre Majeste le voit," Balashev said, using Votre Majeste in all cases, [The Russian Emperor does not want her, as your majesty please see ... your majesty.] With the inevitable the affectation of the increased frequency of the title, referring to the person for whom the title is still news.
Murat's face beamed with stupid contentment as he listened to monsieur de Balachoff. But royaute oblige: [the royal title has its own responsibilities:] he felt the need to talk with the envoy of Alexander about state affairs, as king and ally. He dismounted from the horse and, taking Balashev by the arm and moving a few steps away from the waiting retinue respectfully, began to walk back and forth with him, trying to speak meaningfully. He mentioned that the Emperor Napoleon was offended by the demands for the withdrawal of troops from Prussia, especially now that this demand had become known to everyone and when the dignity of France was insulted by this. Balashev said that there was nothing offensive in this demand, because ... Murat interrupted him:
- So you think the instigator is not Emperor Alexander? He said unexpectedly with a good-natured stupid smile.
Balashev said why he really believed that Napoleon was the initiator of the war.
- Eh, mon cher general, - Murat interrupted him again, - je desire de tout mon c? Ur que les Empereurs s "arrangent entre eux, et que la guerre commencee malgre moi se termine le plutot possible, [Ah, dear general, I wish with all my heart that the emperors finish the affair between themselves and that the war, started against my will, end as soon as possible.] - he said in the tone of conversation of servants who wish to remain good friends, despite the quarrel between the masters. questions about the Grand Duke, about his health and about the memories of the fun and amusing time spent with him in Naples. waving his right hand, he said: - Je ne vous retiens plus, general; je souhaite le succes de vorte mission, [I don't detain you any longer, general; I wish your embassy success,] - and, fluttering with a red embroidered mantle and feathers and shining jewels, he went to the retinue, respectfully awaiting him.
Balashev drove on, according to Murat, assuming very soon to be introduced to Napoleon himself. But instead of a quick meeting with Napoleon, the sentries of the infantry corps of Davout again detained him at the next village, as in the front line, and the aide-de-camp of the corps commander escorted him to the village to Marshal Davout.

Davout was Arakcheev of the Emperor Napoleon - Arakcheev is not a coward, but just as serviceable, cruel and unable to express his devotion other than cruelty.
In the mechanism of the state organism, these people are needed, just as wolves are needed in the organism of nature, and they always exist, always appear and hold on, no matter how incongruous their presence and proximity to the head of government seem. Only this necessity can explain how the cruel, who personally tore out the mustache of the grenadiers and who could not endure danger due to weakness, the uneducated, non-courtier Arakcheev could hold on to such strength with the chivalrous noble and gentle character of Alexander.
Balashev found Marshal Davout in the barn of a peasant hut, sitting on a barrel and busy with writing (he checked the scores). The adjutant stood beside him. Perhaps a better place could be found, but Marshal Davout was one of those people who deliberately put themselves in the darkest conditions of life in order to have the right to be gloomy. For the same, they are always hastily and stubbornly busy. “Where is there to think about the happy side of human life when, you see, I am sitting on a barrel in a dirty barn and working,” said the expression on his face. The main pleasure and need of these people is that, having met the revitalization of life, throw this revival in the eyes by singing gloomy, stubborn activity. This pleasure gave himself Davout when Balashev was brought in to him. He went even deeper into his work when a Russian general entered, and looking through his glasses at Balashev's lively, under the impression of a beautiful morning and conversation with Murat, he did not get up, did not even move, but frowned even more and grinned viciously.
Noticing an unpleasant impression on Balashev's face, Davout raised his head and coldly asked what he needed.
Assuming that such a reception could have been made to him only because Davout does not know that he is the adjutant general of Emperor Alexander and even his representative before Napoleon, Balashev hastened to announce his rank and appointment. Contrary to his expectations, Davout, having listened to Balashev, became even harsher and rougher.
- Where is your package? - he said. - Donnez le moi, ije l "enverrai a l" Empereur. [Give it to me, I will send it to the emperor.]
Balashev said that he had orders to personally hand over the package to the emperor himself.
“The orders of your emperor are being carried out in your army, but here,” Davout said, “you must do what you are told.
And as if in order to further make the Russian general feel his dependence on brute force, Davout sent an adjutant for a duty.
Balashev took out a package that enclosed the emperor's letter and put it on the table (a table that consisted of a door on which torn hinges stuck out, laid on two barrels). Davout took the envelope and read the inscription.
“You have absolutely the right to show or not show me respect,” Balashev said. “But let me tell you that I have the honor to bear the rank of Adjutant General of His Majesty ...
Davout looked at him in silence, and some excitement and embarrassment expressed on Balashev's face, apparently, gave him pleasure.
“You will be given your due,” he said, and putting the envelope in his pocket, he left the shed.
A minute later, the aide-de-camp of the Marshal, M. de Castres, entered and led Balashev into the room prepared for him.
Balashev dined that day with the marshal in the same shed, on the same board on barrels.
The next day Davout left early in the morning and, inviting Balashev to his place, impressively told him that he was asking him to stay here, move around with the luggage, if they had orders to do so, and not talk to anyone except Monsieur de Castro.
After four days of solitude, boredom, a consciousness of subservience and insignificance, especially tangible after the environment of power in which he was so recently, after several marches with the luggage of the marshal, with the French troops occupying the entire area, Balashev was brought to Vilna, now occupied by the French. , to the same outpost where he left four days ago.

The Russian men's four won Olympic gold in biathlon for the first time. The last time on the highest step of the podium was the USSR national team - in 1988 Dmitry Vasiliev, Sergey Chepikov, Alexander Popov and Valery Medvedtsev brought their team a victory. Since then, the CIS / Russian men's team won silver three times in the biathlon relay, and took bronze at the previous Olympics - but all these years they only dreamed of victories. And so , and managed to reach the gold medals at the home Olympics.

- excellent level shooter. He stood out for his rate of fire and accuracy even in his junior age, which earned him the affectionate nickname Alyoshenka-Shooter from the fans. And although it is believed that the individual race is ideal for shooters, Volkov did not immediately develop a relationship with this discipline. For the first time, he loudly announced himself at the 2009 Russian Championship, where he became the second in the sprint. This allowed him to get into the national team in the first adult season. However, Volkov's path to the Vancouver Olympics ended in the same place where it began. In the cold Swedish Östersund, the debutant finished 74th and was eliminated from the national team before the end of the season. Unlike Volkov, his principal rival in juniors is Tarjei Bo- not only got into the national team, but also became the Olympic champion in the relay. For a young Russian, this was a serious blow to pride.

Alexey is physically not as gifted as the blond Norwegian, but he is not deprived of ingenuity, the ability to analyze and work on his mistakes. Alexei soon noticed that he was running away too late and was gaining shape only by February-March. Hence, he has an abundance of awards at the European Championships and the Russian Championships, but at the same time, December for Volkov has become a stumbling block from year to year. Having played as a reserve home world championship in Khanty-Mansiysk-2011 and championship in Ruhpolding a year later, he finally made his debut at the main world forum in Nove Mesto. The 15th result is not bad for a debut. It was achieved in the individual race, which, in the opinion of coaches and specialists, suits Volkov to a greater extent.

They focused on her in preparation for the Olympics, and therefore allowed Alexei to gradually gain form in December, and at the January German stages he was marked by two podiums with clean shooting. When we talked with Volkov, after his first podium in his career at the highest level, passing by Be (he then lost the fight to Alexei for the second place) patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are a great shooter." Such an epithet could be awarded to another Khanty-Mansi biathlete - Evgenia Redkina, who, thanks to precision, in 1992 became the Olympic champion in the individual race. However, Volkov failed in the individual race, finishing 64th with four penalties - but at the starting stage of the relay he used only two additional cartridges and eventually won Olympic gold.

World Junior Champion Evgeny Ustyugov I had to make my debut in the national team at the most inopportune moment. On the eve of the 2009 World Cup in Korea, the largest doping scandal in Russian history thundered, in which our team lost three fighters of the main squad at once. The men's relay was under attack, in which only two members of the famous golden four remained Vladimir Alikin (Dmitry Yaroshenko was disqualified and Nikolay Kruglov went home). Young Ustyugov had to plug the hole in the first stage. The first pancake turned out to be not just a lump, but a real mess - 15th place and the loss of almost all the team's medal chances. Such a debut world championship would have broken anyone, but not Eugene.

In a stressful Olympic season, the team leader's health problems began in recent years Maxim Chudova... In such a situation, it was extremely difficult for the men's team to count on the first gold since 1994. Evgeny, of course, progressed, but few expected his growth to be so rapid. It all started with an enchanting victory in Oberhof, and ended with another Victoria and two podiums. Ustyugov went to the Olympics already in the rank of one of the leaders of the World Cup and medal hope, but how many of these early and daring ones broke off their fragile teeth at the main starts. The course of the Olympics for the Russians instilled less and less optimism every day. Until the last four starts in the piggy bank of the Russian national team there were no medals, and the overall performance of the Russians at the Games was not very pleasing. In such a difficult moment, Ustyugov for the first time passed four mass start lines without fail, and at the finish loop he managed to escape from the terrible Martin Fourcade... Russian biathlon found a new hero and saved his honor, and Ustyugov entered the prestigious Zero club, which includes world and Olympic champions who won individual races with perfect shooting.

On the eve of the new Olympics, Ustyugov remains one of our hopes for salvation, although he did not conduct the Olympic cycle very brightly. Experts believe that the Sochi track is perfect for him, on which he finished second last year. During the season, Evgeny missed individual starts, prepared himself purposefully for Sochi, and shortly before the Games he again learned the taste of the podium.

Integral features of a biathlete Dmitry Malyshko, who last season secured the rank of one of the leaders of the world biathlon - high speed, fighting character and unpredictability. After an absolute victory at the World Cup in Oberhof, he earned the respect of two pillars of men's biathlon - Martin Fourcade and Emil Hegle Svendsen, who were frankly afraid of the growing strength of the next Russian biathlete of the new wave. At the 2013 World Championships, Dmitry was left without awards, but he demonstrated his potential. And as the example shows Anton Shipulina, with experience, the result will definitely come.

Many do not know that three years ago, Malyshko's entire career and even health were under threat. During preparatory training for the season, he felt unwell and was hospitalized. The only way out is heart surgery and further hope for the best. Two weeks after her, Dmitry had already returned to training, a month later he made the first start, and then came to the Russian championship in Uvat. Before the first race, I accidentally met a St. Petersburg coach Dmitry Kucherov who said: “I have a great guy - Dima Malyshko... Remember this name, tomorrow he will be in the prizes. " I was surprised by the fact that he said this in a sober mind and sound memory, but I did not argue for my own happiness. A day later, Malyshko finished second with a minimal lag behind Ivan Tcherezov. It was clear that the guy was ready to sacrifice a lot for the sake of great sport.

Later from the stories Anatoly Alyabyeva it became known that he was returning for the second time. Earlier, due to a lack of funding in St. Petersburg, Dmitry almost went to work at a bank as a manager. Alyabyev helped to knock out of the budget money that is ridiculous at the present time, which was barely enough for inventory. Malyshko preferred sports to banking and did not lose. This season seemed to have decided to test it for strength again. December was marked by average results and the loss of the finish of the relay to the Swede Karl-Johan Bergman, for which the athlete received a considerable portion of criticism. In January, he showed the best speed at a distance several times, but shooting mistakes did not allow him to reach the cherished podium. Fate seemed to postpone a new date with the podium until Sochi.

And at the final stage he fled for Russia, who on the last lap won the fight with the German Simon Schempp and was the first to cross the finish line. , so we will not repeat ourselves - we will just admire his excellent performance once again.

Evgeny Ustyugov
The only Olympic champion in the Russian men's biathlon team is quite capable of again leading partners along - to new heights. Uncommon speed, high shooting accuracy, and most importantly - complete self-confidence, which is extremely important at the Olympics, will help Yevgeny achieve success in Sochi. Of course, Ustyugov is one of the representatives of the relay quartet, but he will also claim victory in individual races.
Age: 28
Titles: Olympic champion and bronze medalist of the Games in Vancouver. Two-time vice-champion of the world.
Strongest disciplines: mass start, sprint, pursuit.
Results at the World Cup - 2013/14: ninth place overall. Third place in the individual race at the stage in Ruhpolding. Two bronze medals in relay races.
Experience of performance at the Olympic Games: five races in Vancouver-2010. First place in the mass start and third in the relay. He also became the fourth in the individual race.
Chances of Winning: Mass Start - 15 percent.

Dmitry Malyshko
Dmitry burst into the Russian biathlon team a couple of years ago like a whirlwind and immediately began to amaze everyone with outstanding results. Last season, he became the absolute winner of the World Cup stage in Oberhof, and in just two years he climbed the podium five times in individual races. Dmitry's recipe for success is based on a very high speed - at a distance, Malyshko is not inferior to anyone. And if in Sochi he manages to work well at the shooting range, then he won't have to wait long for high places.
Age: 26
Titles: silver medalist of the European Championship in relay. Winner of 12 awards at the World Cups.
Strongest disciplines: mass start, pursuit.
Results at the World Cup - 2013/14: 11th place overall. Best personal result - 4th place in the sprint in Annecy. Two bronze medals in relay races.
OI experience: no.

Alexey Volkov
Alexey began to be regularly involved in the main team of the country immediately after the Olympic Games in Vancouver. Most often, he had to support the relay teams, and Volkov did not achieve personal success at the world level for the time being. The most accurate and quick-firing Russian biathlete could not keep the advantage he earned at the shooting range on the track. However, when Volkov added a little speed, he immediately won two personal medals. It happened just before the Olympics, so there is hope that Alexei will compete for awards in Sochi.
Age: 25
Titles: four-time European champion, winner of eight awards at the World Cups.
Strongest disciplines: pursuit race, individual race.
Results at the World Cup - 2013/14: 12th place overall. Two second places - mass start in Oberhof and individual race in Ruhpolding. Two third places in the relay quartet.
OI experience: no.
Chance of Winning: Individual - 5 percent.

Evgeny Garanichev
Evgeny is one of the fastest Russian biathletes with perfect skiing technique. When he is in good shape, catching up with him is very difficult. Unstable shooting is a risk factor. However, if Garanichev manages to cope with the nerves at the shooting range, then the result can be truly amazing. A prime example of this is the recent pursuit in Ruhpolding, in which Eugene made an impressive breakthrough to the bronze medal.
Age: 25
Titles: three-time winner of the Universiade in Erzurum, 11-time winner of the World Cups.
Results at the World Cup - 2013/14: 29th place overall. Pursuit bronze in Ruhpolding. Victory in the relay four.
OI experience: no.
Chance of Winning: Sprint - 5 percent.

Alexander Loginov
The youngest, but very promising biathlete in the Russian national team. One of the few of our athletes who this season has not yet managed to climb the podium in personal races, but he and his comrades celebrated victory in the relay. It has good speed and amazing psychological stability. Let's hope that these qualities will allow yesterday's junior not to get lost in his first Olympic Games.
Age: 21
Titles: four-time world champion among juniors, winner of three awards at the stages of the World Cup.
Strongest disciplines: individual race, sprint.
Results at the World Cup - 2013/14: 22nd place overall. The best personal result - 6th place in the pursuit in Annecy, where he became the winner in the team race.
OI experience: no.
Chances of Winning: Any Race - 5 percent.

Irina Starykh
Irina Starykh was undoubtedly the discovery of the current season for Russian fans. Her debut at the World Cup took place almost a year ago in Holmenkollen, but Irina reached the highest level in the pre-Olympic season. The athlete twice climbed the podium, which she could only dream of a couple of years ago, and, in addition, helped the national team win the relay in Ruhpolding. A key member of the national team at the Sochi Olympics.
Age: 26
Titles: European champion, winner of the Universiade, winner of three awards at the World Cup stages.
Strongest disciplines: sprint, pursuit.
Results at the World Cup - 2013/14: 6th place overall. Silver medal in the pursuit in Annecy, bronze in the sprint in Hochfilzen. Victory in the relay team in Ruhpolding.
OI experience: no.
Chance of Winning: Pursuit - 10 percent.

Olga Vilukhina
Olga Vilukhina also goes to her first Olympics. The slogan "The main thing is not victory, but participation" is clearly not about Olga, who, of course, will fight for victory in every race. Undoubtedly, Vilukhina's main medal hopes are associated with the relay race, however, in personal races, Olga, with a successful coincidence, may well compete for a medal, and two fifths during the season are direct evidence of this.
Age: 25
Titles: bronze medalist of the pursuit race at the World Championships in Ruhpolding. Absolute European champion among juniors in Ufa.
Strongest disciplines: sprint, pursuit.
Results at the World Cup - 2013/14: 12th place overall. Best personal result - fifth place at the stages in Annecy and Oberhof. Relay winner.
OI experience: no.
Chance of Winning: Pursuit - 5 percent.

Olga Zaitseva
The favorite of all Russian fans, the permanent leader of the Russian national team in recent years, is going to his fourth Olympics. Olga's debut at competitions of such a high level took place back in 2002 in Salt Lake City. A lot of time has passed since then, Zaitseva managed to become a two-time Olympic champion and three-time world champion, and I want to believe that the list of titles of the famous Russian woman will still be replenished at the home Olympics.
Age: 35
Titles: two-time Olympic champion in the relay, winner of the silver medal at the Games in Vancouver for the second place in the mass start. Three-time world champion.
Strongest disciplines: individual race, pursuit race.
Results at the World Cup - 2013/14: 27th place overall. Silver in the sprint at the first stage of the World Cup, gold in the relay in Ruhpolding.
Olympics Experience: Salt Lake City Individual - 37th place. Four races at the Games in Turin. The best personal result - 9th place, won in the relay team. Five races in Vancouver 2010. Gold medal in the relay four, silver medal in the mass start. She was seventh in sprint and pursuit.
Chance of Winning: Individual - 10 percent.

Ekaterina Shumilova
Over the past three years, Catherine has worked tirelessly to go to the Olympic Games, and achieved her goal. The results of the biathlete systematically went up, and one can hope that at the Olympics, Ekaterina will be able to compete at a high level. Nevertheless, Shumilova will have a hard time in individual races, despite the fact that she got in good shape for the competition in Sochi and recently showed the best result in her career - sixth place.
Age: 27
Titles: winner of three awards at the European Championships, two-time European champion among juniors.
Results at the World Cup - 2013/14: 30th place overall. Best personal result - 6th place in the pursuit race at the World Cup in Hochfilzen.
OI experience: no.

Yana Romanova
The only athlete, besides Olga Zaitseva, who has experience in performing at the Olympic Games. In Vancouver, Yana got a chance to prove herself in the individual race, but became only 56th. The question of Romanova's trip to the Olympics was not an easy decision, however, with her performances at the pre-Olympic stages of the World Cup and her excellent form, the athlete convinced the coaching staff of her own need for Sochi.
Age: 30
Titles: winner of three awards at the World Cups, two-time medalist of the European Championship, bronze medalist of the Universiade in Turin.
Strongest disciplines: individual race, mass start.
Results at the World Cup - 2013/14: 28th place overall. Best personal result - fifth in the sprint at the pre-Olympic World Cup.
Experience of performance at the Olympic Games: individual race in Vancouver-2010, result - 56th place.
Chances of winning: close to zero.

Ekaterina Glazyrina
An important component of the relay four of the Russian national team, she won gold with her teammates in Ruhpolding and, most likely, will try to repeat the same at the home Olympics in Sochi. Unfortunately, Glazyrina is not very successful in personal races, her best result at the moment is a modest 25th place in the pursuit race at the French stage.
Age: 26
Titles: Winner of six awards at the World Cups and two awards at the European Championships.
Strongest disciplines: pursuit.
Results at the World Cup - 2013/14: 68th overall. Best personal result - 25th place in the pursuit race at the World Cup in Annecy.
OI experience: no.
Chances of winning: close to zero.

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In all individual disciplines, women have at least 8-10 athletes who are able to prevent our girls from medals, men have 4-6. Hope is only for a chance coincidence, but a dozen more athletes from other countries are hoping for a chance, so do not worry, mom.
To this we will also add a negative attitude towards our athletes from the world biathlon community due to the fact that out of a hundred athletes on doping, three were caught, of which two were ours, for example Yuryev, for whose inclusion in the national team so many copies were broken, again.
More or less real hopes for both men and women for the relay. Losing this hope would be simply criminal.

General forecast of TS: Chance to win a medal in individual disciplines - Shipulin -20%, Ustyugov - 15%, Malyshko - 10%, Volkov, Garanichev, Loginov 5% each.
The composition for the sprint has just been determined: Ustyugov, Malyshko, Shipulin and Garanichev. I would also like to add the results of the individual to the above estimate of TS. races at the 5th stage of the World Cup. (The 6th stage is not indicative - many did not compete): Ustyugov - 3rd, Malyshko - 6th, Shipulin - 20th, Garanichev - 11th. Well what can I say? There is still a chance for a medal, but ...

Today, the composition of the women's team for the Sprint has been determined - the general forecast of TSh: Zaitsev -10%, Vilukhin - 5%, Shumilov and Romanov - 0% to this forecast, unfortunately, there is nothing to add.

Crazy Bear, I'm one of those gifted ones. Who said there was a final selection in Oberhov? Had a dream? I would love to hear your comments on the 2 Ruppolding Pursuit Races (KM and IBU) Thanks in advance

Mad bear, and I would love to look at the next OI to Yuryeva and Sleptsova. Of course, if they show not the current level, but the Russian top-4 and top-15 KM. Biathletes with surnames do not leave you indifferent. Places of the national team from the fifth and below, rather, "for growth" and at the discretion of the head coach of the women's team.

At the discretion, because in the lower places the tool - "rules and criteria" - is too inaccurate. This managerial invention will never replace a talented, professional coach. Young athletes are very unstable and formal indicators are clearly insufficient. (The problem with coaches cannot be avoided.)

Age is not a disadvantage or dignity of an athlete, but a circumstance. Most of the list of young girls you have provided will remain promising. And not because of the "overlap of oxygen", but simply because the world is arranged: there are many promising - only a few justify the hopes.

Already Pushkin came to life:

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Everything is clear here if you read the selection conditions for the Olympiad.
There are not 3 coaching decisions, but all 7. However, there was a limitation: the choice was only from those who ran in January on the KM or KIBu.

Boris,
Probably, for this, they sent Glazyrina to Moscow for examination to the luminary Arkhipov, so that the injured athlete did not get to OI. Do you have reason not to trust an outstanding doctor? To tell the truth, I am worried about Glazyrina and me. Albeit minimal time, but dropped out of purposeful preparation in full. But we don’t have any information at all to talk about it.

ECHO (N) -And now it doesn't matter: -R, who exactly will be responsible?
Yes, ask there in the ё-office, is it possible to include an injured athlete to participate in the Olympic Games?
The Olympic Charter says that all athletes must be healthy ... etc.

Already Pushkin came to life,
according to nominal results, yes, in the first two * y * Y * p * b * e * w * o * th the result was better, but 54th place is a failure and, as Hochfilzen and Oberhof showed, not accidental, from which no one insured.
And I don't have an endless amount of time for idle bickering. I am interested in constructive, reasoned exchanges of views.
If you're wondering when and how you can get in shape, read at your leisure about the various cycles in the annual training structure.

Tren. they gave the decision to Zaitseva and Shumilova. Well, yes, after all, they can do 3 tren. solutions. Why was the selection needed, and indeed the starts in general? And how "sideways", well, it is not clear at all. (About Glazyrina)

Boris,
Glazyrina in the team is not "not clear which side it turned out to be," but a coaching decision, to which they had the right and should be responsible for it.

Yuriev is clearly visible from your entry - better. It is not clear what is so bad about the recession in mid-December. Why can't an upturn come after the recession? Which she (KYU) "in any case" was not allowed to show. And they suppressed this rise as much as possible psychologically.
Do rivals have that there is no recession?

Already Pushkin came to life,
Yes please:
St. George's: 4; 7; 54
Romanov: 33; 28; thirteen.
Even for three races, as you wanted, you can determine that one has an increasing result, the other has a sharp decline.

For some reason, the SBR can be slandered. I do not refuse my words, I just wrote down the course of the November races, and you snatched the name of Romanova from there and began to compare. I repeat, I am not against it. And biathlon is not skiing, how many times to repeat?

Already Pushkin came to life,
You do not respect yourself so much that you give up your own words: "... why do you stubbornly think that St. George's cannot come to her November speed, which was better than Shumilova, Glazyrina, Romanova"

Boris,
stop libel! Do you have doping test results A and B? Did you know that libel is a criminal offense?

In November, Yuryeva ran in the KM, and not the second echelon, and it was not bad

ECHO (N) -And now it's all the same: -R, well, Romanova, if there was no "fuel", went to the peak of the form. What will she do in Sochi? Or for pichler, the most important thing is that his wards get to the Olympic Games, and there at least the grass does not grow.
The conversation is now about Glazyrina, who is generally not clear how she turned out to be in the national team, and even at the base.

Already Pushkin came to life,
maybe, of course, but also for rivals. And these rivals are not Katrin Hitzer, and not the second composition of KIBU, all the more so. The first one was called to Antholz, if they noticed.

Why, after a recession, cannot a rise come? In general, I did not say anything against Romanova, and I have not. I have indicated the facts. And why did you answer about Romanova, did you get hooked on some of the poems?
In my opinion, Glazyrina's results are much clearer than 20 points in 11 races
What can't you compare after 3 races (to Yuriev and Romanova)

Already Pushkin came to life,
"If Yuryeva had more starts and face-to-face rivalry with them, then I would understand and support you."
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Even being at the peak of form in November, Yurva in the sprint on the track was only 8 seconds faster than Romanova.
Only then Romanova gradually progressed, and Yurieva followed a sharp decline.

And as for the number of races, Romanova still has only 9 personal races, and after Oberhof (excluding MC, where Yuryeva did not get), after 5 races, Romanova had 105 points in total, and Yuryeva after 6 - 83. Quite visual results of the face-to-face confrontation.

Irina, please tell us about your new dream, how Yuriev was given a ride due to the fact that she refused to take vitamins. It seems to me that she will normally perform at the IBU and with Katya Yurlova they can overtake many.

Mad bear, it's useless to argue with you, and the numbers on the scoreboard, Glazyrina 68th in total with 20 points (7 races), St. George's 40th from 83rd (6 races). Even Nechkasova scored 10 points in two races, and you're still doing bullshit, manipulating facts.

Mad bear

damn it, why is your logic so bad! Why do you take the best races from Glazyrina and the worst from Yuryeva! Take the number of points in total from one and the other, maybe then it will become clear? And this despite the fact that St. George's performed less. Just look at the statistics of places. Although ... if a person rests on his horns, he cannot be moved from his place ...

Already Pushkin came to life, Brad, and poetically illiterate, you write.

Of course, Yuryeva could (apparently could and would not) improve the speed somewhat. But ... This should have been done when there was a selection. In Oberhof! And it was then that she was hopelessly drained. Feet in pursuit for 1.5 - 2 minutes from Shumilova and Romanova. After that, the train left.

You write crazy bear, the speed changes among biathletes during the season, why do you stubbornly think that St. If Yuryeva had more starts and face-to-face rivalry with them, then I would understand and support you. And now you can't see their advantages point-blank, no matter what you write.

Thoughts on the Russian women's biathlon

Oh how hard I fell
And I even broke the bed!
The shoulder is in place, but it hurts
And how do I go to the OI?

Now in a corset and a splint,
But even in the chair I will
And still OI is mine!

Having corrected all the principles of selection,
We will be in Sochi very soon.
And additional, and we have skis
And they've been picking up the lubricant for a year,
And they lost their conscience somewhere
Don't worry, gentlemen,
We will "fix" everything
As always!

And we don't need a Ray of Light,
We are all very "friends" here,
We don't need to shoot "zero",
We will unhook those!

I am the biathlon queen
I don't like this maiden
Shoots better
Suddenly overtake?
Don't mess with her anymore.

We have thought of everything in detail,
And how to substitute naturally
Criteria, selection - bullshit!
Do not be offended at me.

Did you write a letter there?
We all gave a shit on him!
We will create chaos
And who can forbid us?

And then the Minister of Sports came,
I looked everything
I studied everything
And he changed part of the line-up!

Irina, Why should they be head and shoulders above Yuryeva? Isn't it enough that they're just stronger?

Again. Glazyrina's feet on Izhevka were noticeably better than both Romanova and Shumilova. And Romanova and Shumilova to the trash, tore Yuryeva where she should have won against them - in Oberhof.

In the sprint, she kicked them for 30-40 seconds, in the pursuit, 1.5-2 minutes. Voila!

Maybe she didn't have to come with everyone since the new year, but how did she come to an agreement with Korolkevich a week earlier? Acclimatize, take a closer look, practice.

After that, you can at least get caught on the podiums at the KIBU stages (especially if there is practically no one with CM), nothing can be done about it. The Olympic train said, "Tu-tuu!"

Last time. For the gifted. At the main qualifying start for her, her rivals in the national team (Romanova and Shumilova), at a distance even shorter than the individual, Yurieva lost one and a half to two minutes in a move. Naturally, there can be no question of getting into any other stages after this, and even more so the Olympiad. Dear a spoon for dinner.

and you name at least one person from those who are now in the team (with the possible exception of the Old Ones) and those who pretend to be included in it - which of them is head and shoulders above Yuryeva? Zaitsev? We have all seen in what form it is. Shumilova? God forbid if he pops into the top ten at least once. Or maybe Glazyrina? Of the young, only Kaisheva can show something. All the others can barely crawl even to the IBU Cup. Alas, we do not yet have a worthy change in the women's biathlon and is not expected. And about the syrup is not necessary: ​​we all know how such things are done. I would not be surprised if Yuryeva was given a ride just because she, having learned from bitter experience, refused to follow the lead of those who make these vitamins consume. Or do you naively believe that those three voluntarily took doping? If she did, of course, there was so much murky and incomprehensible ... In any other country, their athletes would be protected, but not here. There were so many violations with these tests!

when you calm down, what the fuck are you RUSSIAN fans, for that I will not for that, they are all our athletes, do not cheer for Pikhler, Prokhorov, E-headquarters, and the athletes are to blame for the fact that they got on oi, bullshit

steff85, Romanova drinks Pikhlerovsky syrup, it is without additives (no cases recorded). Either they run from him quickly (Forsberg, Zidek, Ekholm), or they run away - Vilukhina. Although maybe she's just tired of cooking borscht. Maybe it (syrup) is too bitter, but ours are not used to it. The Swedes complained, but the results were showing. Our mentality may be different, I qualified for the national team already well, I entered the top ten - excellent. Well, nothing, let's hope for the best.

This means that the respected fans are ready to accuse Romanov and other objectionable collectors of the use of illegal drugs in advance, without reason, so to speak falsely. And Yuryeva was not just forgiven for the same thing, but also elevated to the rank of a martyr and a martyr. What filth, disgusting from such ardent "fans" of biathlon

Igor, it is Romanova who ran into fifth place once in a five-year period, and whether she is under syrup or not, we will find out at the Olympic Games.

Elena, Katyusha can only please with victories at the IBU Cup. At the World Cup stages, Kaisa, Tura, Dasha, Gabi can please (their fans) ... Yuryeva in her best years (under syrup) did not differ in speed, now she can run into the top five once a year under the circumstances. She ran in this year. You can take her to the national team, she will delight like the rest of the 20-60th places.

Alexander, I completely agree and subscribe to every word!

Mad bear, why so! No one should be kept for old merits! But if Katya is stronger than the young, then why should she be removed for the sake of these young? Everything should be fair and there is no need to draw anyone by the ears to the national team, you know what this leads to, Sleptsov is a vivid example of this. Who is stronger is the one in the national team! And it shouldn't be otherwise! I believe that Katyusha is a strong person who will withstand all difficult trials with honor and will delight us, the fans, with her victories!

Elena Dar, Nadenka, Oksana, Sasha, What about the next Olympiad for Yuryeva and Sleptsova?

By the next Olympiad, Kaisheva, Ilchenko, Mironova will be 24 years old (or almost will be). But there are also older ones: Nechkasova, Nikulin, Suraeva. But Virolainen should, in my opinion, be progressing both with feet and in shooting. And this is not all, but the first who came to mind. But, after all, it is a sin to leave Vilukhina from the Old Man before the next Olympiad.

And you expect that Yuryev (and Sleptsov) will be kept in the national team until the next Olympics for their old achievements. But then this whole galaxy of young and talented biathletes will have to run for other teams. And, of course, win three tram stops at Sleptsova and Yurieva.

In general, this will not happen. Both St. George's and Sleptsova at the end of this season will say goodbye to biathlon. If not, honor and praise them. Let them run in the Cup of Russia with Denisova. But you don't have to drag them to the national team. There *** a change of generations. Life cannot be turned back. site

Lord, where are you?

Alexander, I completely agree. Katya "... she is already a winner." I even agree that she should play for another country, just not to leave.

Sasha, maybe it's for the best. Good luck to Katya and future victories!

Sasha, if she starts to prepare right now, then by the next Olympiad there is a high probability that she will be in her previous form. An interesting and strong line-up can be formed there if Sleptsova also recovers.

Oksana, I agree we will have to put the fat point at the next Olympics, it's a pity, I think Katya was ready to do everything this year.

Sasha, I don’t know. Maybe you need to register at Sportbox.

Alexander, everything is correct. I subscribe to every word.

Sasha, I agree. may well run off another four-year. if they give it, of course ...

Oksana, I hope this does not happen, not all the words have been said yet ...

Katya was going to end her sports career after the games in Sochi

Alexander, I hope that Katya will please us with performances for Russia, not for the CIS.

Is it the trainers who did not find a way to settle the contradictions with Yuryeva three months before the Olympic Games? What crime did she commit? If so, tell me, and we will draw a conclusion. If not, then your behavior and statements deserve the attention of the journalists of "Man and Law" because you have made thousands of fans deaf, blind, unable to read, count, analyze, etc. in the last two months. By the way, it is strange that not a single journalist was found who would conduct an independent journalistic investigation about the situation in the women's team and the selection process for the Olympic Games. In front of the eyes of the whole of Russia, the world champion was spreading rot, after all, a woman, who, by her work, by the results, deserved the right, according to the selection criteria, to be in the national team at the Olympic Games. It's a shame that the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation took the position of temporary workers and the show of journalists commentators (there the house burned down, he danced, he sang, but there was silence about the problems with the selection). Or maybe it was necessary to descend from the heights in a timely manner, meet with Katya and extinguish the conflict? Or weak? But Yuryeva did not give up, fought until the last day with more than one dozen officials for honesty and justice. In fact: having the right to be selected on equal terms, with candidates for the Russian women's national team according to the selection criteria approved by the RBU at the Olympic Games, she was deprived of these rights by a handful of coaches and in this situation, fully fulfilling her obligations to millions of fans, showed her moral and volitional qualities and results allowing to be in the Olympic team, did not receive recognition and support from the leaders of sports in Russia. These are the people who are hired by us (taxpayers-fans) to represent our interests in big sport honestly. In this situation, this quality has been lost among sports officials. But just three months ago in Moscow, in the building of the Ministry of Sports of the Russian Federation, a FIFA-Interpol seminar "For honesty in sport" was held. The Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation also spoke there and stood up for honesty in football, but is there really a separate honesty in sports in football, basketball, biathlon, etc. At the same seminar, the Chairman of the Committee for Physical Culture and Sports of the State Duma of the Russian Federation spoke, who emphasized the relevance of the topic of combating negative phenomena in Russian sports in the light of a large number of international competitions held in the country in the coming years. And since three months were not enough to hold a similar seminar "For honesty in sport" with representatives of the RBU, although information (an open letter from fans, comments on articles on the Internet, interviews of world and Olympic champions) came to the Ministry of Sports, I would like to hope that Hot on the heels of OI, the above-mentioned Ministry will pay attention to this issue. To poison the best shooter of the women's national team, which has the best performance in the IG, on the eve of the Olympic Games, which deserved to participate in the Olympic Games in an unequal struggle and not include her in the main squad at the Olympic Games, is, to put it mildly, immoral ... Time will judge ... There were two chances for prizes, but with such a composition, they remain only with Vilukhina. As for Katya, she is already a winner. I believe that playing for a team of any other country, she will achieve success more than once. Good luck with your Russian Katyusha!

Ida, I just tried to ask Mutko a question from the links in the net about the selections for the women's team, I didn't succeed, do you know how to do this?

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I support) and I am more than sure that all those who shouted "I will not look" the loudest will just watch) some from under the blanket with one eye, some from the toilet peeping, and some in both eyes in front of the screen, after all no one will burn))

Enough discussions, the guys are preparing for the Olympics, they need to be supported, and we will root for our athletes so that they perform well, good luck to them, and we will support all of them, girls and boys, we will watch broadcasts, be present at the stadiums, we will worry and hope, we will rejoice at victories and be saddened by defeats, because we are Russia and we will be rooting for RUSSIA at the Olympic Games

ECHO (N) -And now it doesn't matter: -R, can we still start remembering the victories of Yuryeva, Zaitseva, Sleptsova, Bulygina? The conversation is about the current season. Even the SS was stronger than Glazyrina, until she went offline.

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In 2013, Wembley hosted the first German Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. The victory and the cup were brought to the Bavarians by the accurate blow of Arjen Robben, who in the 89th minute set the final score - 2: 1.

Allianz Arena (Munich, Germany). Opened in 2005. Accommodates 67,812 spectators.

The decisive match of the 2011/12 Champions League was the first final of the tournament, which took place at the home stadium of one of the participants in the meeting - Bayern Munich hosted Chelsea. The account was opened only in the 83rd minute after hitting the hosts striker Thomas Muller, but five minutes later the leader of the attacks of Londoners Didier Drogba restored the balance.

The fate of the trophy was decided in a penalty shootout. “Bayern” again took the lead after a precise shot by Philip Lam and a miss by Juan Mata, but then the players of the guests realized all their attempts, while the players of the German team made two misfires. Thus, Chelsea won the Champions League for the first time in their history.

Millennium (Cardiff, Wales). Opened in 1999. Accommodates 73 930 spectators.

The home arena of the Wales national team was opened at the turn of the millennium, having received the corresponding name, but in 2016 the stadium received a new name - Principality Stadium, which, with a certain amount of imagination, can simply be translated as "Princely Stadium", since Wales is part of the United Kingdom, and the Queen's son Elizabeth II Charles bears the title of Prince of Wales.

But back to the Champions League. The final of the main club tournament in Europe took place here in 2017, with Real Madrid and Juventus participating in that match. Madrid won 4: 1 and won the second Champions League title in a row, and football fans will remember that meeting with the super goal of the Turin striker Mario Mandzhukic.

Metropolitano (Madrid, Spain). Opened in 1994. Renovated in 2017. Accommodates 67,700 spectators.

Liverpool and Tottenham met in the 2019 Champions League final. The final was the first in history for Tottenham and the first since the final in 2013, where at least one Spanish club did not play. Liverpool, reaching the final for the second time in a row, won the match 2-0. In his third Champions League final, Jurgen Klopp won the trophy as head coach.

Biathlon at the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014
from 8 to 22 February 2014 (11 sets of awards)

The composition of the Russian national biathlon team for the Winter Olympic Games:
Men: Ustyugov, Shipulin, Malyshko, Volkov, Garanichev, Loginov. The spare is Lapshin.
Women: Zaitseva, Vilukhina, [Starykh withdrawn from the squad due to positive doping test A], Romanova, Shumilova, Glazyrina, Podchufarova (will replace the Old Ones) Substitute - Nechkasova.

The composition of the Norwegian biathlon team:
Men: Svendsen, Bjoerndalen, J. Boe, T. Boe, Berger (reserve - sprint and pursuit), Christiansen (relay)
Women: Berger, Eckhoff, Flatland, Solemdal, Horn (relay), Ringen (individual)

The composition of the national biathlon team of Ukraine:
Men: Semenov, Prima, Derizemlya, Pidruchny, Sednev (reserve - Belanenko)
Women: Valentina Semerenko, Vita Semerenko, Dzhima, Pidgrushnaya, Burdyga, Panfilova (reserve - Suprun)

Biathlon schedule for the Sochi Olympics

Biathlon at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi

February 8, sprint, 10 km, men at 18-30 (Moscow time) , the results
1. Bjoerndalen (Norway) (0 + 1) 24: 33.5
2. Landertinger (Austria (0 + 0) +1.3
3. Soukup (Czech Republic) (0 + 0) +5.7
4. Shipulin (Russia) (0 + 1) +6.4
5. Legelek (Canada) (0 + 0) +9.7
6. Fourcade M (France) (1 + 0) +12.4
7. Eder (Austria) (0 + 0) +13.7
8. Moravec (Czech Republic) (0 + 0) +14.6
9. Svendsen (Norway) (0 + 1) +29.3
10. Fak (Slovenia) (0 + 0) +33.0
11. Windisch (Italy) (1 + 0) +34.1
12 Hofer (Italy) (0 + 1) +35.3
13 Smith (Canada) (0 + 0) +36.2
14 Beatrix (France) (0 + 1) +38.6
15 Schemp (Germany) (0 + 0) +42.9
16. Ustyugov (Russia) (1 + 0) +45.6
...
27 Garanichev (Russia) (0 + 1) +1: 09.5
28 Malyshko (Russia) (0 + 0) +1: 15.0
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39 T. Boe (Norway) (0 + 3) +1: 36.6
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55 J. Boe (Norway) (2 + 2) +2: 17.5
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February 9, sprint, 7.5 km, women at 18-30 (Moscow time), results
1. Kuzmina (Slovakia) (0 + 0) 21: 06.8
2. Vilukhina (Russia) (0+0) +19.9
3. Semerenko Vita (Ukraine) (0 + 0) +21.7
4. Oberhofer (Italy) (0 + 0) +27.9
5. Bescond (France) (1 + 0) +29.9
6. Wierer (Italy) (0 + 0) +30.6
7. Nowakowska-Zhemnyak (Poland) (1 + 0) +30.8
8. Gasparin (Switzerland) (0 + 0) +31.4
9. Domracheva (Belarus) (1 + 0) +31.8
10. Berger (Norway) (1 + 0) +33.8
11. Sachenbacher-Stele (Germany) (0 + 1) +34.0
12. Valya Semerenko (Ukraine) (0 + 1) +38.1
...
19. Romanova (Russia) (0 + 0) +46.6
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28. Zaitseva (Russia) (1 + 0) +1: 09.8
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60. Shumilova (Russia) (0 + 2) +2: 31.6
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February 10, 12.5 km Pursuit, men at 19-00 (Moscow time), results
1. Fourcade M (France) (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) 33: 48.6
2. Moravec (Czech Republic) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +14.1
3. Beatrix (France) (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) +24.2
4. Bjoerndalen (Norway) (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) +25.9
5. Ustyugov (Russia) (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) +36.7
6. Schemp (Germany) (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) +39.1
7. Svendsen (Norway) (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) +40.2
8. Eder (Austria) (1 + 0 + 0 + 1) +40.3
...
14. Shipulin (Russia) (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) +58.5
15. Garanichev (Russia) (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) +59.1
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33. Malyshko (Russia) (0 + 1 + 1 + 0) +2: 28.4
...

February 11, 10 km pursuit, women at 19-00 (Moscow time), results
1. Domracheva (Belarus) (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) 29: 30.7
2. Berger (Norway) (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) +37.6
3. Gregorin (Slovenia) (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) +42.0
4. Soukalova (Czech Republic) (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) +47.6
5. Semerenko Valya (Ukraine) (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) +52.9
6. Kuzmina (Slovakia) (0 + 1 + 0 + 1) +58.4
7. Vilukhina (Russia) (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) +1: 02.2
8. Oberhofer (Italy) (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) +1: 07.1
...
11. Zaitseva (Russia) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +1: 12.3
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23. Romanova (Russia) (0 + 1 + 1 + 0) +2: 24.4
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47 Shumilova (Russia) (0 + 2 + 1 + 0) +5: 03.5
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February 13, Individual race 20 km, men at 18-00 (Moscow time), results
1. Fourcade M (France) (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) 49: 31.7
2. Lesser (Germany) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +12.2
3. Garanichev (Russia) (0+1+0+0) +34.5
4. Eder (Austria) (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) +37.8
5. Landertinger (Austria) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +42.5
6. Beatrix (France) (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) +43.8
7. Svendsen (Norway) (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) +58.6
8. Bailey (USA) (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) +1: 25.7
9. Semenov (Ukraine) (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) +1: 36.2
10. Boehm (Germany) (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) +1: 37.7
11. Bo J (Norway) (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) +1: 44.8
12. Ferry (Sweden) (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) +1: 46.6
13.S. Fourcade (France) (0 + 2 + 0 + 0) +1: 58.2
14. Hofer (Italy) (0 + 1 + 0 + 1) +2: 02.9
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26.Bø T. (Norway) (0 + 2 + 0 + 0) +3: 09.8
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30. Loginov (Russia) (0 + 1 + 1 + 0) +3: 32.6
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34. Bjoerndalen (Norway) +3: 50.2
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38. Ustyugov (Russia) (2 + 0 + 0 + 1) +4: 16.1
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64. Volkov (Russia) (1 + 1 + 1 + 1) +6: 58.6
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February 14, Individual race 15 km, women at 18-00 (Moscow time), results
1. Domracheva (Belarus) (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) 43: 19.6
2. Gasparin (Switzerland) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +1: 15.7
3. Skardino (Belarus) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +1: 38.2
4. Soukalova (Czech Republic) (0 + 1 + 0 + 1) +1: 57.5
5. Bescond (France) (0 + 2 + 0 + 0) +2: 14.4
6. Vitkova (Czech Republic) (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) +2: 26.4
7. Dzhima (Ukraine) (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) +2: 30.3
8. Pidgrushna (Ukraine) (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) +2: 39.9
9. Makarainen (Finland) (0 + 1 + 0 + 2) +2: 42.9
10. Palka (Poland) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +3: 07.7
11. Gregorin (Slovenia) (1 + 0 + 0 + 1) +3: 19.1
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15. Zaitseva (Russia) (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) +3: 47.3
16. Berger (Norway) (1 + 2 + 0 + 0) +3: 53.0
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26. Kuzmina (Slovakia) (0 + 1 + 0 + 3) +4: 54.5
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49. Podchufarova (Russia) (0 + 1 + 0 + 1) +6: 53.7
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53. Romanova (Russia) (1 + 1 + 2 + 0) +7: 22.5
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61. Glazyrina (Russia) (1 + 0 + 2 + 1) +8: 54.1
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February 16, Masstart 15 km, men Start postponed due to fog February 18 at 14-30

February 17, Masstart 12.5 km, women, results
1. Domracheva (Belarus) (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) 35: 25.6
2. Soukalova (Czech Republic) (0 + 0 + 0 + 1) +20.2
3. Eckhoff (Norway) (0 + 1 + 0 + 0) +27.3
4. Sachenbacher-Stele (Germany) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +28.3 DISQUALIFIED due to a positive doping test
5. Gregorin (Slovenia) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +39.4
6. Hojnisz (Poland) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +54.9
7. Makarainen (Finland) (0 + 0 + 1 + 1) +1: 01.5
8. Pidgrushna (Ukraine) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +1: 11.5
9. Vitkova (Czech Republic) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +1: 23.7
10. Gasparin (Switzerland) (0 + 1 + 1 + 0) +1: 29.3
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22. Vilukhina (Russia) (1 + 0 + 0 + 1) +2: 39.7
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24. Zaitseva (Russia) (0 + 0 + 1 + 0) +2: 48.6
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27. Kuzmina (Slovakia) (0 + 2 + 2 + 1) +3: 24.7
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February 18, Biathlon. Masstart 15 km, men, Results
1.Svendsen (Norway) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) 42: 29.1 photo finish
2. Fourcade M (France) (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) 42: 29.1 photo finish
3. Moravec (Czech Republic) (0 + 0 + 0 + 0) +13.8
4. Fak (Slovenia) (0 + 1 + 1 + 0) +28.1
5. Garanichev (Russia) (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) +56.2
6. Lindström (Sweden) (0 + 1 + 0 + 1) +1: 01.4
7. Landertinger (Austria) +1: 03.7
8. J. Boe (Norway) (1 + 0 + 0 + 0) +1: 05.1
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11. Shipulin (Russia) (0 + 1 + 1 + 1) +1: 19.1
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19. Ustyugov (Russia) (0 + 0 + 1 + 2) +2: 08.2
20. Malyshko (Russia) (1 + 0 + 3 + 0) +2: 13.8
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22. Bjoerndalen (Norway) (2 + 0 + 0 + 4) +2: 39.2
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February 19, mixed relay 2x6 km + 2x7.5 km, Results
1. Norway (Berger, Eckhoff, Bjoerndalen, Svendsen) (0 + 2) 1: 09: 17.0
2. Czech Republic (Vitkova, Soukalova, Soukup, Moravec) (0 + 7) +32.6
3. Italy (Wierer, Oberhofer, Windisch, Hofer) (0 + 6) +58.2
4. Germany (Sachenbacher-Stele, Dahlmeier, Boehm, Schempp) (0 + 9) +1: 41.3 DISQUALIF. due to doping samples
5.Russia (Vilukhina, Zaitseva, Garanichev, Shipulin) (1 + 8) +1: 47.4
6.Slovakia (Gerekova, Kuzmina, Hurait, Kazar) (0 + 10) +1: 47.7
7. France (Doreen-Aubert, Bescond, Beatrix, M. Fourcade) (1 + 8) +2: 47.3
8.Ukraine (Burdyga, Panfilova, Derizemlya, Semenov) (1 + 8) +2: 48.2
8. USA (Dunkley, Dreyikager, Burke, Bailey) (1 + 13) +3: 03.1
9. Austria (Hauser, Innerhofer, Mesotic) (1 + 7) +3: 17.8
10. Belarus (Kalinchik, Dubarezova, Chepelin, Abramenko) (0 + 9) +3: 54.8
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February 21, Relay, women 4x6 km at 18-30 (Moscow time)
1.Ukraine (Semerenko Vita, Dzhima, Semerenko Valya, Pidgrushna) (0 + 5) 1: 10: 02.5
2.Russia (Romanova, Zaitseva, Shumilova, Vilukhina) (0+4) +26.4
3. Norway (Horn, Eckhoff, Flatland, Berger) (0 + 5) +37.6
4. Czech Republic (Pushkarchikova, Soukalova, Landova, Vitkova) (0 + 14) +1: 23.2
5. Belarus (Kolinchik, Skardino, Pisareva, Domracheva) (1 + 8) +1: 30.9
6.Italy (Wierer, Gontier, Ponza, Oberhofer) (1 + 9) +1: 40.8
7. USA (Dunkley, Dreysikager, Studebaker, Cook) (0 + 13) +2: 11.7
8.Canada (Crawford, Imri, Heinike, Kocher) (2 + 12) +2: 19.0
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11.Germany (Preuss, Henkel, Hildebrand, Dahlmeier) (0 + 6) +3: 41.7
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France (Brunet, Doreen Aubert, Chevalier, Bescond) - starred in the first stage

February 22, Relay, men 4x7.5 km, RESULTS
1. Russia (Volkov, Ustyugov, Malyshko, Shipulin) (0+8) 1:12:15.9
2. Germany (Lesser Boehm, Peifer, Schemp) (0 + 2) +3.5
3. Austria (Sumann, Mesotic, Eder, Landertinger) (0 + 7) +29.8
4. Norway (Bo T, Bo J, Bjoerndalen, Svendsen) (1 + 5) +54.4
5.Italy (De Lorenzi, Windisch D, Windisch M, Hofer) (0 + 11) +59.6
6. Slovenia (Doki, Fak, Bauer, Maric) (0 + 5) +1: 27.2
7. Canada (Le Gellec, Perras, Green, Smith) (1 + 10) +1: 30.3
8. France (Beth, Baetrix, Destier, Fourcade M) (0 + 7) +1: 30.5
9.Ukraine (Pidruchny, Derizemlya, Prima, Semenov) (0 + 7) +2: 05.2
10. Sweden (Arvidson, Ferry, Lindstrom Bergman) (0 + 5) +2: 16.1
11. Czech Republic (Krcmar, Soukup, Krupczyk, Moravec) (0 + 5) +2: 56.0