5th Biathlon World Cup 2019/20 (Ruhpolding)

Biathlon World Cup 2019/20 (Ruhpolding)
	Men's	Ladies
winner
sprint	Martin Fourcade	Tiril Eckhoff
persecution	Martin Fourcade	Tiril Eckhoff
Season	France	Norway

The 5th Biathlon World Cup of the 2019/20 season took place in Germany in Ruhpolding , Bavaria . The competitions in Ruhpolding are traditionally the second competition station in the new calendar year and at the same time the second station of the World Cup in Germany, after Oberhof had hosted the competitions a week earlier. This means that Germany remains the only country this season to host two World Cup events. The competitions were held in the Chiemgau Arena , which was the last venue for the Biathlon World Championships in 2012 . This year the competitions took place between January 15th and 19th, 2020.

Competition program

5th World Cup in Ruhpolding

date	Women		Men
Wed, January 15, 2020	2:30 p.m.	Sprint (7.5 km)
Thursday, January 16, 2020			2:30 p.m.	Sprint (10 km)
Fri, January 17, 2020	2:30 p.m.	Relay (4 × 6 km)
Sat, January 18, 2020			2:15 p.m.	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)
Sun, 19.1.20	12:15 p.m.	Pursuit (10 km)	2:30 p.m.	Pursuit (12.5 km)

Participating Nations

Australia  Belgium  Bulgaria  Germany  Estonia  Finland  France  Greece  Italy  Japan  Canada

Kazakhstan  Croatia  Latvia  Lithuania  Moldova  Norway  Austria  Poland  Romania  Russia  Sweden

Switzerland  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  South Korea  Czech Republic  Ukraine  United States  People's Republic of China  Belarus

Starting position

After the previous week in Oberhof, due to the lack of snow, trucks were still driving snow from Gelsenkirchen to Oberhof, due to the colder temperatures in Ruhpolding, enough snow was produced overnight, which ensured that the competitions could be held.

There were also some personnel changes in the German team. Franziska Preuß , after having overcome sinusitis, and Karolin Horchler replaced Marion Deigentesch and Franziska Hildebrand . Both started at the same time as the World Cup in Ruhpolding at the IBU Cup races in Osrblie ( Slovakia ). In the men's event, 2017 mass start world champions Simon Schempp and Lucas Fratzscher were replaced by Philipp Nawrath and Roman Rees . Furthermore, Johannes Thingnes Bø, who was waiting for the birth of his first child and thus suspended the races in Oberhof and Ruhpolding, was also missing.

Results

4th World Cup in Ruhpolding , January 15 to January 19, 2020
date	discipline	First place	Second place	third place
January 15, 2020 (Wed.)	Sprint (7.5 km)	Tiril Eckhoff	Hanna Öberg	Dorothea Wierer
January 16, 2020 (Thu.)	Sprint (10 km)	Martin Fourcade	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Benedikt Doll
January 17, 2020 (Fri)	Relay (4 × 6 km)	Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	France Julia Simon Anaïs Bescond Célia Aymonier Justine Braisaz	Switzerland Elisa Gasparin Selina Gasparin Aita Gasparin Lena Häcki
January 18, 2020 (Sat.)	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)	France Émilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	Norway Johannes Dale Erlend Bjøntegaard Tarjei Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	Austria Dominik Landertinger Simon Eder Felix Leitner Julian Eberhard
January 19, 2020 (Sun.)	Pursuit (10 km)	Tiril Eckhoff	Paulína Fialková	Hanna Öberg
January 19, 2020 (Sun.)	Pursuit (12.5 km)	Martin Fourcade	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen

Men

Women

course

sprint

Men

Start: Thursday, January 16, 2020, 2:30 p.m.

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Martin Fourcade	22: 41.5	0 + 0
2	Quentin Fillon Maillet	+3.1	0 + 0
3	Benedikt Doll	+12.0	0 + 0
4th	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	+22.2	0 + 1
5	Simon Desthieux	+23.5	0 + 1
5	Fabien Claude	+23.5	1 + 0
7th	Philipp Nawrath	+24.6	0 + 0
8th	Artem Pryma	+27.3	0 + 0
9	Johannes Kühn	+32.0	0 + 1
10	Dmytro Pidruchnyj	+34.8	0 + 0

Registered and at the start: 111 athletes

Martin Fourcade won his third race in a row, which also increased his lead in the overall World Cup. The strong French result was also supported by Quentin Fillon Maillet in second place, as well as shared fifth place by Simon Desthieux and Fabien Claude. For Benedikt Doll, third meant his second podium finish this season after winning the sprint in Annecy in December. With his placement, Philipp Nawrath was able to achieve the internal World Cup norm as the fifth German, and this at his first World Cup start this season.

With the Austrians Julian Eberhard could still be 18th despite three shooting errors in prone shooting. As the best Swiss, Benjamin Weger (one shooting error) crossed the finish line in 33, while Dominik Windisch was the best of the Italian team in 25th (two shooting errors).

Women

Start: Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 2:30 p.m.

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Tiril Eckhoff	18: 55.5	0 + 0
2	Hanna Öberg	+29.7	0 + 0
3	Dorothea Wierer	+36.8	0 + 0
4th	Hanna Sola	+50.1	0 + 0
5	Paulína Fialková	+51.2	0 + 1
6th	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	+55.4	0 + 1
7th	Julia Simon	+59.1	0 + 1
8th	Vanessa Hinz	+1: 03.2	0 + 0
9	Lisa Vittozzi	+1: 06.3	1 + 0
10	Kamila Żuk	+1: 09.3	1 + 0

Registered: 107 athletes, not at the start: 1

For Tiril Eckhoff it was already the five win of the season in the tenth race. Due to her success, she was now able to take over the yellow jersey of the overall World Cup leader from Dorothea Wierer, third in the day. The race was particularly successful for the Belarusian Hanna Sola, who improved her career best from 30th to 4th place.

Lisa Hauser achieved 36th as the best Austrian with one shooting error . Twelve places ahead of Hauser, Lena Häcki was 24th as the best Swiss woman despite two shooting errors.

Season

Men

Start: Saturday, January 18, 2020, 2:15 p.m.

space	country	athlete	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	France	Émilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	1: 18: 11.2	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 2
2	Norway	Johannes Dale Erlend Bjøntegaard Tarjei Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	+1: 12.2	0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1
3	Austria	Dominik Landertinger Simon Eder Felix Leitner Julian Eberhard	+1: 24.3	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0
4th	Russia	Yevgeny Garanitschew Matwei Yelissejew Eduard Latypow Alexander Loginow	+1: 32.3	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1
5	Germany	Roman Rees Philipp Nawrath Arnd Peiffer Benedikt Doll	+2: 13.1	0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1

Registered and at the start: 26 nations, lapped: 7

With their victory, the French relay was able to break the Norwegian winning streak. The Scandinavians had all won the last six races and were therefore unbeaten since January 2019. Also after a year break, the Austrians landed on the podium again and finished third. The German team was not entirely satisfied due to too many spare rounds. In difficult conditions, the team of national coach Kirchner was 5th. After each penalty loop, the quartet from Italy was 12th, the team from Switzerland, almost six minutes behind, 16.

Women

Start: Friday, January 17th, 2020, 2:30 p.m.

space	country	athlete	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Norway	Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Tiril Eckhoff Marte Olsbu Røiseland	1: 08: 46.4	0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1
2	France	Julia Simon Anaïs Bescond Célia Aymonier Justine Braisaz	+10.7	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1
3	Switzerland	Elisa Gasparin Selina Gasparin Aita Gasparin Lena Häcki	+20.7	0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0
4th	Germany	Karolin Horchler Franziska Preuß Vanessa Hinz Denise Herrmann	+31.7	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 2 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0
5	Sweden	Anna Magnusson Linn Persson Mona Brorsson Hanna Öberg	+54.3	0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 3

Registered and at the start: 23 nations, lapped: 2

In the fourth relay race of the season, the Norwegian relay won for the fourth time. In the last relay race before the World Championships, the Norwegians were a minute behind in 16th place after the first runner, but were able to make up positions and time with each runner and were thus able to achieve first place. For the two French women, it was the second, and for the third Swiss women, the third podium of the season. The German team narrowly missed the podium again and finished fourth for the third time in the fourth race. The Italians, still leading after the starting runner Lisa Vittozzi , came in seventh in the end. The team from Austria crossed the finish line in eighth place.

persecution

Men

Start: Sunday, January 19, 2020, 2:30 p.m.

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Martin Fourcade	31: 26.8	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
2	Quentin Fillon Maillet	+17.6	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
3	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	+46.0	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
4th	Simon Desthieux	+46.1	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
5	Benedikt Doll	+52.2	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
6th	Émilien Jacquelin	+1: 04.9	0 + 1 + 1 + 1
7th	Tarjei Bø	+1: 05.4	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
8th	Antonin Guigonnat	+1: 06.4	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
9	Johannes Dale	+1: 07.4	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
10	Alexander Loginov	+1: 08.7	1 + 0 + 1 + 0

Registered: 60 athletes, not at the start: 1, not finished: 2

By winning the pursuit, Martin Fourcade has won all races since Johannes Thingnes Bø's absence. His team-mate Fillon Maillet and Norwegian Christiansen were on the podium with him. This prevailed only in the finish sprint against the third Frenchman Simon Desthieux. Benedikt Doll, who ran the final lap together with Desthieux and Christiansen, had to admit defeat shortly before the finish and was 5th. The best Italian was again Dominik Windisch (33./4 shooting errors), who crossed the finish line three minutes after Fourcade. In the photo finish he prevailed against the best Swiss Benjamin Wegner (34th / 3 shooting errors). Around 20 seconds ahead of them, the first Austrian with Julian Eberhard had crossed the finish line in 25th place, despite five shooting errors.

Women

Start: Sunday, January 12th, 2020, 12:15 p.m.

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Tiril Eckhoff	34: 08.7	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
2	Paulína Fialková	+46.3	1 + 0 + 0 + 1
3	Hanna Öberg	+55.1	0 + 1 + 0 + 1
4th	Johanna Skottheim	+57.3	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
5	Linn Persson	+1: 02.6	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
6th	Denise Herrmann	+1: 11.8	0 + 1 + 2 + 0
7th	Monika Hojnisz-Staręga	+1: 12.1	1 + 0 + 1 + 0
8th	Wita Semerenko	+1: 13.1	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
9	Marte Olsbu Røiseland	+1: 38.5	1 + 0 + 0 + 2
10	Susan Dunklee	+1: 39.7	0 + 1 + 2 + 0

Registered: 61 athletes, not at the start: 1, not finished: 1

Tiril Eckhoff was able to win again in the pursuit race in Ruhpolding. The Norwegian has won six of the last eight races and is still at the top of the overall World Cup. Paulína Fialková crossed the finish line in second place, leaving Hanna Öberg and the two other Swedes Skottheim and Persson behind on the final lap. Dorothea Wierer , who dominated the season ahead of Tiril Eckhoff, dropped from fifth to 20th place after a total of five shooting errors in heavy snowfall. With six shooting errors, Lena Häcki was the 25th best Swiss woman . Julia Schwaiger (31st) was the best in the team from Austria .

Effects

To the overall World Cup

Both Martin Fourcade for the men and Tiril Eckhoff for the women were able to expand their tours in the overall World Cup due to their double victories. Eckhoff is now 42 points ahead of Dorothea Wierer (Italy). Fourcade was able to extend his lead to 71 points over his team-mate Fillon Maillet and 72 points over Simon Desthieux, which means that the overall World Cup was led by three Frenchmen. Johannes Thingnes Bø , who was still wearing the yellow jersey before the turn of the year, fell back to seventh place, 133 points behind.

Overall World Cup men	Overall World Cup women
Top 10 after 11 of 21 races	Top 10 after 11 of 21 races
rank Surname Points Victories Verän- alteration 1  Martin Fourcade 507 5 2  Quentin Fillon Maillet 436 3  Simon Desthieux 435 4th  Tarjei Bø 391 5  Alexander Loginov 329 6th  Émilien Jacquelin 380 7th  Johannes Thingnes Bø 374 5 8th  Benedikt Doll 330 1 9  Erlend Bjøntegaard 326 10  Johannes Dale 322	rank Surname Points Victories Verän- alteration 1  Tiril Eckhoff 501 6th 2  Dorothea Wierer 459 2 3  Hanna Öberg 342 4th  Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold 341 5  Julia Simon 339 6th  Denise Herrmann 333 7th  Paulína Fialková 325 8th  Marte Olsbu Røiseland 314 1 9  Justine Braisaz 310 1 10  Kaisa Mäkäräinen 231 1

In the German team

On the sidelines of the World Cup, it was also announced that Simon Schempp will not start at the 2020 World Championships in Antholz . The German national coach Mark Kirchner announced. Instead, Schempp should start at the European Championships in Otepää in Estonia at the end of February 2020. However, he offered Erik Lesser a start for the competitions on the Pokljuka in the following week, so that he can still qualify for world championships. The 31-year-old has not yet reached the German World Cup norm.

Debutants

The following athletes took part in a biathlon world cup for the first time. This can be both individual races and relay races.

Men	Women
	Johanna Pykäläinen
	Ziva Klemencic

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Volunteers enable the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding. January 14, 2020, accessed January 15, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Biathlon: Schempp deleted from the squad for Ruhpolding. January 13, 2020, accessed January 15, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Final Results Men 10 km sprint. (PDF) IBU, January 16, 2020, accessed on January 20, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Men's sprint: Doll on the podium, Kühn and Nawarth among the top 10. January 16, 2020, accessed on January 17, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Final Results Women 7.5 km sprint. (PDF) IBU, January 15, 2020, accessed on January 20, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Final Results Men 4 x 7.5 km Relay. (PDF) IBU, January 18, 2020, accessed on January 20, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Biathlon men disappoint. January 18, 2020, accessed January 19, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Final Results Women 4x6 km Relay. (PDF) IBU, January 17, 2020, accessed on January 20, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Final Results Men 12.5 km Pursuit. (PDF) IBU, January 19, 2020, accessed on January 20, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Final Results Women 10 km Pursuit. (PDF) IBU, January 19, 2020, accessed on January 20, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Men's World Cup Total Score Intermediate After 11 Competitions. (PDF) IBU, January 19, 2020 accessed on 17 March 2020 . 
12. ↑ Women's World Cup Total Score Intermediate After 11 Competitions. (PDF) IBU, January 19, 2020, accessed on March 17, 2020 . 
13. ↑ Schempp finally has to forego the start of the World Cup. January 19, 2020, accessed January 20, 2020 .