Biathlon World Championships 2007

Biathlon World Championships 2007
	Men's	Ladies
winner
sprint	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Magdalena Neuner
persecution	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Magdalena Neuner
singles	Raphaël Poirée	Linda Grubben
Mass start	Michael Greis	Andrea Henkel
Season	Russia	Germany
Mixed relay	Sweden
← Mixed World Cup Pokljuka 2006 ← Hochfilzen 2005 Östersund 2008 →

The 41st Biathlon World Championships took place from February 2 to 11, 2007 in Antholz in South Tyrol ( Italy ), which was the fifth time after 1975, 1976, 1983 and 1995. Antholz had clearly prevailed at the Congress of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) in 2002 with 27 votes against the Swedish Östersund (five votes), the French Haute-Maurienne (four votes) and the Russian Khanty-Mansiysk (three votes).

According to a decision of the IBU on February 17, 2006, the mixed relay was part of the competition program for the first time in the title fights, so that for the first time there were 11 decisions at a World Cup. This competition had previously been held twice in 2005 and 2006, each as an independent Mixed Relay World Championship. The rules were adapted again and brought into the form that was valid from then on. Only one relay was allowed to start per nation, the order again looked like this that initially two biathletes ran over 6 km each and then two male starters over 7.5 km each.

In 2006 there had only been the world championships in the non-Olympic mixed relay because of the Olympic Winter Games in Turin .

Balance sheet

The most successful nation with five gold, three silver and three bronze medals was Germany , which dominated the women especially by winning four of the five possible world titles and a total of seven medals. In contrast, Austria, Italy and Switzerland could not win any medals.

The surprising star of the Biathlon World Cup was not only for women, the German starter Magdalena Neuner , who won a total of three gold medals. Neuner's teammate Andrea Henkel shone after a moderate start with two golds on the two final days. Martina Glagow , Anna Carin Olofsson and Linda Grubben , who ended her career with immediate effect after the last decision, were each able to look forward to a complete set of medals, as well as Kati Wilhelm (one gold, one bronze) and Florence Baverel-Robert ( three times silver) successful several times. The days of the competition were disappointing for the Russian women who had been spoiled for success in recent years, of whom only Natalja Gusewa could travel home with precious metal in her luggage.

In the men's race, the dominant athlete of the season, Ole Einar Bjørndalen , was the most successful participant, as expected, with two golds and one silver. By winning complete sets of medals, his fiercest opponents, the German Michael Greis and the French old master Raphaël Poirée at his last world championships, were also able to showcase themselves brilliantly throughout the season . One gold and one silver each went to the Russian Maxim Tschudow . The biggest surprises here were Michal Šlesingr from the Czech Republic, with one silver and one bronze, and the German Andreas Birnbacher , who was runner-up in the mass start world championship.

Medal table

Nations
final after 11 competitions

space	nation
01	Germany	5	3	3	11
02	Norway	3	2	2	7th
03	France	1	3	2	6th
04th	Sweden	1	1	1	3
	Russia	1	1	1	3
06th	Czech Republic	-	1	1	2
07th	Ukraine	-	-	1	1

Men
final score after 6 competitions

space	country	athlete
01	Norway	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	2	1	0	3
02	Germany	Michael Greis	1	1	1	3
03	Russia	Maxim Chudov	1	1	0	2
04th	Russia	Ivan Cheresov	1	0	0	1
	Russia	Dmitri Yaroshenko	1	0	0	1
	Russia	Nikolai Kruglow	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	Bjorn Ferry	1	0	0	1
	Sweden	Carl Johan Bergman	1	0	0	1
09	Czech Republic	Michal Šlesingr	0	1	1	2
	France	Vincent Defrasne	0	1	1	2
	France	Raphaël Poirée	0	1	1	2
	Norway	Frode Andresen	0	1	1	2
013	Germany	Andreas Birnbacher	0	1	0	1
	Norway	Halvard Hanevold	0	1	0	1
	Norway	Lars Berger	0	1	0	1
016	Ukraine	Andrij Derysemlya	0	0	1	1
	Germany	Ricco Great	0	0	1	1
	Germany	Michael Rösch	0	0	1	1
	Germany	Sven Fischer	0	0	1	1
	Norway	Emil Hegle Svendsen	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 6 competitions

space	country	Athlete
01	Germany	Magdalena Neuner	3	0	0	3
02	Germany	Andrea Henkel	2	0	0	2
03	Norway	Linda Grubben	1	1	1	3
	Germany	Martina Glagow	1	1	1	3
	Sweden	Anna Carin Olofsson	1	1	1	3
06th	Germany	Kati Wilhelm	1	0	1	2
07th	Sweden	Helena Jonsson	1	0	0	1
08th	France	Florence Baverel-Robert	0	3	0	3
09	France	Sandrine Bailly	0	2	0	2
010	France	Delphyne Peretto	0	1	0	1
	France	Sylvie Becaert	0	1	0	1
012	Norway	Torah Berger	0	0	2	2
	Norway	Jori Mørkve	0	0	2	2
014th	Russia	Natalia Gusewa	0	0	1	1
	Norway	Ann Kristin Flatland	0	0	1	1

Men

Sprint 10 km

space	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	26: 18.8	0-1
2	Michal Šlesingr	+ 4.8	0-0
3	Andrij Derysemlya	+ 25.8	0-0
4th	Bjorn Ferry	+ 34.4	0-1
5	Tomasz Sikora	+ 39.2	1-0
6th	Mattias Nilsson Jr.	+ 40.4	0-0
7th	Emil Hegle Svendsen	+ 48.0	1-1
8th	Raphaël Poirée	+ 50.1	0-1
9	René-Laurent Vuillermoz	+ 53.7	1-1
10	Matthias Simmen	+ 56.5	2-1
11	Christian De Lorenzi	+ 56.8	0-1
...	...	...	...
15th	Alexander Wolf	+1: 10.0	1-2
17th	Andreas Birnbacher	+1: 13.0	1-1
18th	Michael Rösch	+1: 18.4	2-1
19th	Michael Greis	+1: 19.0	1-2
24	Wilfried Pallhuber	+1: 35.3	1-0
26th	Daniel Mesotitsch	+1: 37.6	1-1
28	Friedrich Pinter	+1: 38.8	0-1
30th	Christoph Sumann	+1: 42.9	0-2
43	Sven Fischer	+ 2: 21.7	2-1
44	Ludwig Gredler	+ 2: 23.8	1-1
47	Markus Windisch	+ 2: 33.3	2-1
52	Simon Hallenbarter	+ 2: 58.0	1-3
63	Roland Zwahlen	+ 3: 39.7	2-2
67	Claudio Böckli	+ 3: 50.9	3-1

Date: February 3, 2007

105 starters were registered. Ilmārs Bricis did not start, another athlete did not finish.

Pursuit 12.5 km

space	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	32: 21.2	1-0-1-0
2	Maxim Chudov	+ 1: 09.8	1-0-2-0
3	Vincent Defrasne	+ 1: 09.9	0-0-1-0
4th	Michal Šlesingr	+1: 14.7	0-0-2-1
5	Emil Hegle Svendsen	+1: 17.2	0-0-2-1
6th	Raphaël Poirée	+1: 18.8	1-0-1-1
7th	Tomasz Sikora	+1: 19.4	0-0-1-2
8th	Dmitri Yaroshenko	+1: 27.5	1-0-0-0
9	Ivan Cheresov	+ 1: 36.1	0-0-1-0
10	Michael Rösch	+1: 44.3	0-0-1-1
...	...	...	...
12	Michael Greis	+1: 46.5	1-0-2-1
13	Andreas Birnbacher	+1: 49.4	1-0-1-1
14th	Alexander Wolf	+1: 53.2	0-0-2-1
15th	Christoph Sumann	+1: 59.5	1-0-0-1
17th	Sven Fischer	+ 2: 18.7	0-0-0-0
21st	Friedrich Pinter	+ 2: 35.1	0-0-2-0
24	Matthias Simmen	+ 2: 51.0	1-1-2-2
27	Wilfried Pallhuber	+ 3: 14.4	0-0-1-2
28	René-Laurent Vuillermoz	+ 3: 25.5	1-0-3-2
35	Daniel Mesotitsch	+ 4: 16.5	2-1-3-0
41	Ludwig Gredler	+ 4: 55.7	1-2-1-1
44	Christian De Lorenzi	+ 5: 40.2	2-2-3-0
52	Simon Hallenbarter	+ 6: 41.8	1-2-1-1
DNF	Markus Windisch		3-4-

Date: February 4, 2007

60 runners were qualified by their results from the sprint. Two athletes did not start, another two athletes, including Markus Windisch , ended the race early, another starter was withdrawn from the race as a lapped athlete.

Single 20 km

space	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Raphaël Poirée	56: 14.6	0-0-0-0
2	Michael Greis	+ 26.8	0-1-0-1
3	Michal Šlesingr	+ 37.4	0-2-0-0
4th	Frode Andresen	+ 39.3	0-1-0-0
5	Nikolai Kruglow	+ 51.1	0-0-0-0
6th	Ivan Cheresov	+ 1: 09.6	0-1-0-0
7th	Tim Burke	+1: 27.4	0-1-0-1
8th	Simon Fourcade	+1: 33.5	0-0-0-1
9	Ricco Great	+1: 37.8	0-0-0-0
10	Halvard Hanevold	+ 2: 01.8	1-0-0-0
11	Christoph Sumann	+ 2: 04.9	0-0-0-1
12	Daniel Mesotitsch	+ 2: 12.8	1-0-0-1
13	Alexander Wolf	+ 2: 13.9	0-1-0-2
...	...	...	...
17th	René-Laurent Vuillermoz	+ 2: 31.2	0-1-2-0
19th	Andreas Birnbacher	+ 3: 06.5	1-2-0-0
20th	Sven Fischer	+ 3: 20.8	2-0-0-1
26th	Christian De Lorenzi	+ 4: 20.0	1-0-0-2
29	Simon Hallenbarter	+ 4: 29.8	2-0-1-0
30th	Matthias Simmen	+ 4: 42.6	2-0-1-2
35	Roland Zwahlen	+ 5: 41.2	0-1-1-1
46	Wilfried Pallhuber	+ 6: 31.4	2-1-1-0
57	Markus Windisch	+ 7: 34.6	1-2-1-1
58	Claudio Böckli	+ 7: 35.4	1-1-1-2
59	Friedrich Pinter	+ 7: 43.3	1-2-1-1
68	Simon Eder	+ 8: 38.3	1-0-1-2

Date: February 6, 2007

114 athletes were registered, two did not start and another did not finish.

Mass start 15 km

space	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Michael Greis	37: 52.1	0-0-2-0
2	Andreas Birnbacher	+ 15.4	0-0-0-0
3	Raphaël Poirée	+ 28.1	1-0-0-0
4th	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+ 36.3	0-0-2-2
5	Sven Fischer	+ 40.3	0-0-1-1
6th	Frode Andresen	+ 41.8	1-0-1-1
7th	Christoph Sumann	+ 47.5	1-0-0-1
8th	Simon Fourcade	+ 49.7	0-0-1-0
9	Jay Hakkinen	+ 52.9	1-0-0-1
10	Mattias Nilsson Jr.	+ 52.9	0-0-2-0
...	...	...	...
14th	Alexander Wolf	+1: 14.1	2-0-1-0
23	Michael Rösch	+ 2: 36.6	1-2-2-1
27	Matthias Simmen	+ 3: 41.0	2-2-1-3
28	Christian De Lorenzi	+ 3: 41.2	2-1-1-2
29	Daniel Mesotitsch	+ 3: 42.1	1-2-2-1
30th	René-Laurent Vuillermoz	+ 4: 33.2	2-0-1-1

Date: February 11, 2007

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Russia	Ivan Cheresov Maxim Tschudow Dmitri Yaroshenko Nikolai Kruglow	1: 14: 36.1	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0
2	Norway	Halvard Hanevold Lars Berger Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+1: 00.5	0 + 3 0 + 4 1 + 3 0 + 1
3	Germany	Ricco Groß Michael Rösch Sven Fischer Michael Greis	+1: 32.5	1 + 3 1 + 4 0 + 3 0 + 3
4th	Italy	Christian De Lorenzi Wilfried Pallhuber Markus Windisch René-Laurent Vuillermoz	+ 2: 05.3	0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 1
5	Czech Republic	Ondřej Moravec Zdeněk Vítek Roman Dostál Michal Šlesingr	+ 2: 16.7	1 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 2
6th	Austria	Daniel Mesotitsch Friedrich Pinter Simon Eder Christoph Sumann	+ 2: 22: 0	0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0
7th	Sweden	David Ekholm Björn Ferry Mattias Nilsson Jr. Carl Johan Bergman	+ 2: 48.1	0 + 4 0 + 2 0 + 4 0 + 1
8th	Ukraine	Oleksij Ajdarow Oleksij Korobejnikow Oleksandr Bilanenko Andrij Derysemlja	+ 3: 08.1	0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 3 1 + 3
9	United States	Jay Hakkinen Tim Burke Lowell Bailey Jeremy Teela	+ 3: 26.9	0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 6 0 + 4
10	France	Ferréol Cannard Loïs Habert Simon Fourcade Vincent Defrasne	+ 3: 41.5	0 + 1 0 + 3 1 + 4 1 + 3
...	...	...	...	...
16	Switzerland	Simon Hallenbarter Matthias Simmen Roland Zwahlen Claudio Böckli	+ 6: 00.1	3 + 6 0 + 4 0 + 1 1 + 5

Date: February 10, 2007

A total of squadrons from 22 nations were registered. Finland was the only one of these nations not to start.

Women

Sprint 7.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Magdalena Neuner	22: 46.9	1-1
2	Anna Carin Olofsson	+ 2.3	1-1
3	Natalia Gusewa	+ 19.6	0-1
4th	Helena Jonsson	+ 29.6	0-0
5	Ann Kristin Flatland	+ 38.7	0-0
6th	Michela Ponza	+ 39.2	0-0
7th	Kati Wilhelm	+ 45.1	2-1
8th	Tadeja Brankovič	+ 46.9	0-1
9	Sandrine Bailly	+ 49.6	2-0
10	Torah Berger	+ 53.4	1-1
...	...	...	...
23	Andrea Henkel	+1: 24.1	2-1
36	Martina Glagow	+ 2: 05.4	2-1
38	Katja Haller	+ 2: 16.3	2-1
47	Karin Oberhofer	+ 2: 29.9	1-0
57	Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen	+ 3: 06.4	2-3
61	Roberta Fiandino	+ 3: 25.4	1-3
71	Selina Gasparin	+ 3: 58.0	3-2

Date: February 3, 2007

86 athletes were registered, one athlete did not start, another did not finish the race.

Pursuit 10 km

space	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Magdalena Neuner	33: 01.6	1-0-1-2
2	Linda Grubben	+ 7.1	0-1-0-0
3	Anna Carin Olofsson	+ 7.6	2-0-1-2
4th	Natalia Gusewa	+ 47.8	1-1-0-0
5	Tadeja Brankovič	+ 1: 03.3	1-0-1-0
6th	Florence Baverel-Robert	+1: 22.5	0-0-1-1
7th	Teja Gregorin	+1: 24.8	0-0-1-1
8th	Michela Ponza	+ 1: 30.2	0-0-1-0
9	Kati Wilhelm	+1: 34.7	1-2-1-1
10	Andrea Henkel	+1: 46.9	2-1-1-0
11	Martina Glagow	+1: 59.0	0-1-0-1
...	...	...	...
40	Katja Haller	+ 4: 45.9	3-0-0-1
46	Karin Oberhofer	+ 5: 58.9	1-0-0-1
50	Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen	+ 6: 28.8	3-0-3-1

Date: February 4, 2007

60 biathletes were qualified by their results in the sprint. Three did not start, another three were taken out of the race as lapped athletes.

Single 15 km

space	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Linda Grubben	46: 24.3	0-0-0-0
2	Florence Baverel-Robert	+ 1: 06.5	0-0-0-0
3	Martina Glagow	+1: 35.6	1-0-0-0
4th	Torah Berger	+1: 44.9	0-0-1-0
5	Anna Carin Olofsson	+1: 59.4	0-2-0-2
6th	Andrea Henkel	+ 2: 11.2	1-1-0-1
7th	Ekaterina Yuryeva	+ 2: 25.3	0-1-0-0
8th	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	+ 2: 38.4	0-1-0-1
9	Sandrine Bailly	+ 3: 15.0	0-0-0-1
10	Oxana Chwostenko	+ 3: 17.5	1-0-1-0
...	...	...	...
12	Katja Haller	+ 3: 28.1	1-0-0-0
24	Michela Ponza	+ 4: 13.1	1-0-2-0
31	Kathrin Hitzer	+ 4: 46.5	2-2-1-0
44	Selina Gasparin	+ 6: 22.6	1-0-1-1
56	Roberta Fiandino	+ 8: 05.1	1-0-2-2
75	Karin Oberhofer	+ 10: 09.5	2-0-2-1
81	Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen	+ 11: 44.4	2-3-3-2
DNF	Kati Wilhelm		0-1-

Date: February 7, 2007

93 athletes were registered, three, including Saskia Santer , did not start, Kati Wilhelm dropped out of the race due to stomach problems.

Mass start 12.5 km

space	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Andrea Henkel	37: 13.1	1-0-1-0
2	Martina Glagow	+ 4.6	1-0-0-0
3	Kati Wilhelm	+ 10.6	0-1-1-0
4th	Natalia Gusewa	+ 20.8	0-1-0-0
5	Ekaterina Yuryeva	+ 28.2	0-0-0-0
6th	Linda Grubben	+ 28.7	0-0-2-0
7th	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	+ 44.5	0-1-0-0
8th	Helena Jonsson	+1: 00.7	0-0-0-1
9	Tadeja Brankovič	+ 1: 02.5	1-1-0-0
10	Florence Baverel-Robert	+ 1: 04.9	0-0-1-1
...	...	...	...
14th	Magdalena Neuner	+ 1: 39.4	1-1-2-3
21st	Michela Ponza	+ 3: 12.6	1-2-0-1
26th	Katja Haller	+ 4: 15.3	2-3-0-0

Date: February 10, 2007

For the first time, German starters took the first three places in a World Cup race. Of the 30 athletes who started, two Belarusians did not finish the race.

Relay 4 × 6 km

space	country	sportswoman	time	Sch.
1	Germany	Martina Glagow Andrea Henkel Magdalena Neuner Kati Wilhelm	1: 14: 19.1	0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 3 0 + 0
2	France	Florence Baverel-Robert Delphyne Peretto Sylvie Becaert Sandrine Bailly	+ 1: 07.8	0 + 3 1 + 4 0 + 0 0 + 0
3	Norway	Tora Berger Ann Kristin Flatland Jori Mørkve Linda Grubben	+1: 29.7	1 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1
4th	Slovenia	Teja Gregorin Dijana Grudiček Andreja Mali Tadeja Brankovič	+1: 52.7	0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1
5	Belarus	Olga Kudraschowa Darja Domratschawa Lyudmila Ananka Natalja Sokolowa	+1: 58.1	1 + 5 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 1
6th	People's Republic of China	Kong Yingchao Dong Xue Yin Qiao Liu Xianying	+ 2: 01.0	0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 4
7th	Russia	Anna Bogali-Titowez Yekaterina Jurjewa Olga Anissimowa Natalja Gusewa	+ 2: 09.9	0 + 3 0 + 0 2 + 4 0 + 3
8th	Italy	Michela Ponza Katja Haller Roberta Fiandino Karin Oberhofer	+ 3: 27.4	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1
9	Ukraine	Walentyna Semerenko Vita Semerenko Oxana Jakowljewa Oxana Chwostenko	+ 3: 52.3	1 + 4 0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 0
10	Poland	Krystyna Pałka Paulina Bobak Magdalena Gwizdoń Katarzyna Ponikwia	+ 4: 30.2	0 + 0 1 + 4 0 + 3 0 + 2

Date: February 11, 2007

In total, seasons from 17 nations were registered, but the US relay did not start. Austria and Switzerland could not provide relays for this competition due to a lack of athletes.

Mixed

Relay 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	time	Sch.
1	Sweden	Helena Jonsson Anna Carin Olofsson Björn Ferry Carl Johan Bergman	1: 20: 04.7	0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 5 0 + 3
2	France	Florence Baverel-Robert Sandrine Bailly Vincent Defrasne Raphaël Poirée	+ 27.6	0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0
3	Norway	Tora Berger Jori Mørkve Emil Hegle Svendsen Frode Andresen	+ 36.4	0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 6
4th	Slovenia	Teja Gregorin Tadeja Brankovič Klemen farmer Janez Marič	+ 1: 11.1	0 + 2 0 + 1 1 + 5 1 + 3
5	Germany	Kathrin Hitzer Simone Denkinger Michael Greis Alexander Wolf	+1: 24.2	0 + 4 2 + 4 0 + 0 1 + 4
6th	Italy	Michela Ponza Katja Haller Wilfried Pallhuber René-Laurent Vuillermoz	+1: 25.3	0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 4
7th	People's Republic of China	Kong Yingchao Dong Xue Zhang Chengye Zhang Qing	+ 1: 39.3	0 + 0 0 + 3 1 + 3 0 + 2
8th	Czech Republic	Zdeňka Vejnarová Magda Rezlerová Ondřej Moravec Zdeněk Vítek	+1: 48.5	0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 3
9	Russia	Irina Malgina Natalja Gusewa Maxim Tschudow Dmitri Yaroshenko	+ 2: 18.0	0 + 5 0 + 6 0 + 3 0 + 2
10	Ukraine	Oxana Chwostenko Olena Petrowa Oleksij Korobejnikow Andrij Derysemlja	+ 2: 27.8	0 + 3 0 + 4 0 + 2 0 + 1
...	...	...	...	...
21st	Belgium	Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen Saskia Santer Pascal Langer Thorsten Langer	+ 14: 12.5	2 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 5 0 + 3

Date: February 8, 2007

A total of relays from 22 nations were registered, but the USA withdrew their relay shortly before the start due to health problems of several athletes. Austria and Switzerland were not represented.

Starting places

The following list shows the maximum number of athletes the listed nations can enter for the title fights. However, a maximum of four participants per nation and competition are eligible to start. However, there is a special regulation for the gold medal winners of the 2006 Winter Olympics in the sprint, individual and mass start disciplines, who as defending champions can receive an additional starting place in the respective discipline.

Abbreviation	nation	Starting places men	Starting places women
ARG	Argentina	2	0
OUT	Australia	1	0
AUT	Austria	6th	0
BEL	Belgium	3	2
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	1
BLR	Belarus	8th	8th
BUL	Bulgaria	4th	4th
CAN	Canada	4th	4th
CHN	People's Republic of China	6th	8th
CRO	Croatia	2	1
CZE	Czech Republic	6th	5
ESP	Spain	0	1
EST	Estonia	5	3
FIN	Finland	4th	4th
FRA	France	7th	8th
GBR	United Kingdom	5	2
GER	Germany	8th	8th
GRE	Greece	2	0
GRL	Greenland	2	1
HUN	Hungary	5	0
ITA	Italy	6th	6th
JPN	Japan	2	2
KAZ	Kazakhstan	6th	6th
COR	South Korea	1	1
LAT	Latvia	6th	3
LTU	Lithuania	0	1
MDA	Moldova	1	1
NOR	Norway	6th	6th
POLE	Poland	5	6th
ROME	Romania	0	5
RUS	Russia	8th	8th
SLO	Slovenia	5	5
SRB	Serbia	0	1
SUI	Switzerland	5	1
SVK	Slovakia	5	6th
SWE	Sweden	5	5
UKR	Ukraine	5	6th
United States	United States	6th	5

mascot

The official mascot of the Biathlon World Cup 2007 was the brown bear "Bumsi". The name was supposed to imitate the sound of the firing of biathlon rifles ("bum-bum-bum") onomatopoeically, but this naming was very controversial both among PR experts and women's rights activists . The latter were bothered by the sexual innuendo and involuntary associations that the name arouses in many. Marketing experts criticized the fact that there was no “bum” sound at the shooting range, but “bang”. In Germany's public media world, the mascot was casually referred to as a problem bear, based on the brown bear " Bruno ", who was shot in the Alps in 2006 after weeks of excitement .

See also

• Biathlon World Cup 2006/2007

Web links

• official homepage
• Official competition program ( Memento from February 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
• What does "Bumsi" do in biathlon? (tagesschau.de archive) tagesschau.de

photos

• Opening ceremony Biathlon World Cup 2007
• Biathlon World Cup general

Videos

• Biathlon WM 2007 - 15km M - Michael Greis , length 0:15 min on youtube.com, accessed on March 18, 2017
• Magdalena Neuner - Biathlon WM 2007 Antholz - Sprint , length 17:30 min on youtube.com, accessed on March 18, 2017
• Magdalena Neuner | Antholz World Championships 2007 Pursuit , length 27:16 min on youtube.com, accessed on March 18, 2017
• Biathlon World Cup Antholz 2007: The duel of the friends - Henkel vs. Glagow , length 11:01 min on youtube.com, accessed on March 18, 2017
• Biathlon World Cup Antholz 2007: Relay gold for German women (part 1) , length 13:30 min on youtube.com, accessed on March 18, 2017
• Biathlon World Cup Antholz 2007: Relay gold for German women (part 2) , length 12:10 min on youtube.com, accessed on March 18, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ shooting error