Biathlon World Championships 2017

Biathlon World Championships 2017
	Men's	Ladies
winner
sprint	Benedikt Doll	Gabriela Koukalová
persecution	Martin Fourcade	Laura Dahlmeier
singles	Lowell Bailey	Laura Dahlmeier
Mass start	Simon Schempp	Laura Dahlmeier
Season	Russia	Germany
Mixed relay	Germany
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Hochfilzen

Location of the venue

View into the stadium during the World Cup

The 49th  Biathlon World Championships were held from 8 to 19 February 2017 Austrian Hochfilzen instead.

Against competitor Östersund ( Sweden ), Hochfilzen secured the contract to host the world championships in the summer of 2012. After 1978 and 2005 , the title fights were held for the third time in the municipality in the Kitzbühel district .

The competitions were again held as part of the World Cup , and the results of the championships were therefore also included in the World Cup rankings. As in previous years, all disciplines of the World Cup were held in Hochfilzen, with the exception of the single mixed relay .

In the following year 2018, instead of the World Championships, the Olympic Winter Games will be on the program again.

Time schedule

date	Men		Women
Wed, February 8th	19:30 o'clock	Opening ceremony
Thursday, February 9th	2:45 p.m.	Mixed relay (2 × 6 km and 2 × 7.5 km)
Fri, February 10			2:45 p.m.	Sprint (7.5 km)
Sat, February 11th	2:45 p.m.	Sprint (10 km)
So, February 12th	3:00 p.m.	Pursuit (12.5 km)	10:30 am	Pursuit (10 km)
Wed, February 15			2:30 p.m.	Single (15 km)
Thursday, February 16	2:30 p.m.	Single (20 km)
Fri, February 17th			2:45 p.m.	Relay (4 × 6 km)
Sat, February 18	2:45 p.m.	Relay (4 × 7.5 km)
So, February 19th	2:45 p.m.	Mass start (15 km)	11:30 a.m.	Mass start (12.5 km)
All times are in CET .

Venue

Hochfilzen

Location in Austria

The competitions took place in the cross-country skiing and biathlon center Hochfilzen , which is located in the Austrian municipality of Hochfilzen . Hochfilzen is located in the Pillerseetal in the state of Tyrol , right on the border with the state of Salzburg , about halfway between the provincial capitals Innsbruck and Salzburg .

In Hochfilzen, races are usually held annually as part of the biathlon world cup , and Hochfilzen also hosted the biathlon world championships in 1978 and 2005 .

A total of 20 million euros were invested in the infrastructure of the stadium for the 2017 title fights. The main project was the extension and renovation of the central building. As part of this, a new team and service building was erected, which houses 30 wax and service booths with a modern exhaust air system and 30 changing rooms. A new indoor shooting range with a treadmill was built, which provides 570 m² of space as a media center with a view of the shooting range during the competitions. The teams have a direct, short connection to the main building from the service area. The roller ski track was extended by over a kilometer and additional access and emergency routes were built.

The opening ceremony and the award of medals took place at the Kulturhaus in Hochfilzen, the medal awards on the last day of the competition and the final event were held directly in the stadium.

Rule change

At the World Championships, a rule change to the "IBU Event and Competition Rules" came into effect for the first time, which was introduced at the initiative of the DSV . At world championships, the world champions or the Olympic gold medal winners of the previous year have personal right to start in individual, sprint and mass start competitions. Therefore, the national association of this athlete has an additional starting place available for the defending champion, which goes beyond the usual quota. However, since athletes always have to qualify for participation in the pursuit race via the sprint, since these world championships according to IBU event and competition rules, 12.6.1.1.1 a the defending champions in the pursuit competition have a personal right to start in the sprint. Therefore, Germany was not only allowed to register four athletes for the sprint, but also Laura Dahlmeier , who became the world pursuit champion in Oslo in 2016 . Dahlmeier came second in the sprint and won the pursuit race again this year. With the men, Martin Fourcade could not benefit from this regulation, because as sprint world champion he already had personal right to start in sprint races.

Medal table

Nations
final after 11 competitions

space	nation
01	Germany	7th	1	0	8th
02	France	1	2	4th	7th
03	Czech Republic	1	2	1	4th
04th	United States	1	1	0	2
05	Russia	1	0	1	2
06th	Norway	0	3	1	4th
07th	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
	Belarus	0	1	0	1
09	Austria	0	0	2	2
10	Finland	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1

Men
final score after 6 competitions

space	athlete
01	Simon Schempp	2	0	0	2
02	Martin Fourcade	1	2	2	5
03	Anton Schipulin	1	0	1	2
04th	Arnd Peiffer	1	0	0	1
	Benedikt Doll	1	0	0	1
	Alexei Volkov	1	0	0	1
	Maxim Zwetkow	1	0	0	1
	Anton Babikov	1	0	0	1
	Lowell Bailey	1	0	0	1
10	Johannes Thingnes Bø	0	3	0	3
11	Quentin Fillon Maillet	0	2	0	2
12	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	0	1	0	1
	Simon Desthieux	0	1	0	1
	Ondřej Moravec	0	1	0	1
15th	Simon Eder	0	0	2	2
16	Alexander Loginov	0	0	1	1
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	0	0	1	1
	Daniel Mesotitsch	0	0	1	1
	Julian Eberhard	0	0	1	1
	Dominik Landertinger	0	0	1	1

Women
final result after 6 competitions

space	Athlete
01	Laura Dahlmeier	5	1	0	6th
02	Vanessa Hinz	2	0	0	2
03	Gabriela Koukalová	1	1	1	3
04th	Maren Hammerschmidt	1	0	0	1
	Franziska Hildebrand	1	0	0	1
06th	Anaïs Chevalier	0	1	2	3
07th	Marie Dorin-Habert	0	1	1	2
08th	Darja Domratschawa	0	1	0	1
	Susan Dunklee	0	1	0	1
	Iryna Varvynez	0	1	0	1
	Julia Jyma	0	1	0	1
	Anastasija Merkushyna	0	1	0	1
	Olena Pidhruschna	0	1	0	1
14th	Olga Podchufarova	0	0	1	1
	Tatiana Akimova	0	0	1	1
	Alexia Runggaldier	0	0	1	1
	Celia Aymonier	0	0	1	1
	Justine Braisaz	0	0	1	1
	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	0	0	1	1

Competitions

Men

Sprint 10 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Benedikt Doll	23: 27.4	0 + 0
2	Johannes Thingnes Bø	+0.7	0 + 0
3	Martin Fourcade	+23.1	1 + 1
4th	Lowell Bailey	+29.5	0 + 0
5	Ondřej Moravec	+30.7	0 + 1
6th	Krassimir Anev	+33.5	0 + 0
7th	Julian Eberhard	+35.3	1 + 1
8th	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+38.4	0 + 1
9	Simon Schempp	+40.0	1 + 0
10	Yevgeny Garanichev	+45.1	1 + 0
0
12	Arnd Peiffer	+48.2	0 + 2
15th	Mario Dolder	+1: 04.5	0 + 0
17th	Dominik Landertinger	+1: 11.5	1 + 2
18th	Dominik Windisch	+1: 12.4	1 + 1
	Serafin Wiestner		0 + 2
22nd	Simon Eder	+1: 17.0	1 + 2
37	Erik Lesser	+1: 35.5	0 + 3
44	Giuseppe Montello	+1: 41.6	1 + 1
46	Thomas Bormolini	+1: 46.4	0 + 1
50	Daniel Mesotitsch	+1: 57.5	1 + 1
51	Michael Rösch	+1: 58.7	2 + 1
55	Benjamin Weger	+2: 04.4	0 + 2
56	Lukas Hofer	+2: 05.2	1 + 1
81	Jeremy Finello	+2: 58.5	1 + 1
90	Thierry Langer	+3: 49.0	1 + 1

World Champion 2016 : Martin Fourcade 

Start: Saturday, February 11, 2017, 2:45 p.m.

Registered: 103 athletes, not at the start: 1

Pursuit 12.5 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Martin Fourcade	30: 16.9	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
2	Johannes Thingnes Bø	+22.8	1 + 1 + 1 + 0
3	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	+25.6	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
4th	Anton Schipulin	+33.6	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
5	Ondřej Moravec	+34.0	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
6th	Lowell Bailey	+34.7	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
7th	Krassimir Anev	+38.3	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
8th	Julian Eberhard	+48.1	1 + 1 + 0 + 1
9	Tarjei Bø	+52.3	1 + 0 + 0 + 1
10	Simon Schempp	+52.4	0 + 0 + 2 + 1
11	Benedikt Doll	+1: 05.1	1 + 1 + 1 + 0
12	Simon Eder	+1: 33.7	1 + 1 + 0 + 1
0
19th	Arnd Peiffer	+1: 46.4	1 + 0 + 1 + 2
21st	Dominik Landertinger	+1: 49.3	1 + 0 + 2 + 1
25th	Dominik Windisch	+1: 59.5	2 + 1 + 0 + 0
26th	Serafin Wiestner	+2: 19.6	2 + 1 + 0 + 0
28	Erik Lesser	+2: 21.0	0 + 0 + 2 + 2
29	Mario Dolder	+2: 25.4	0 + 1 + 1 + 1
31	Michael Rösch	+2: 42.9	1 + 0 + 1 + 0
34	Giuseppe Montello	+2: 49.9	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
47	Thomas Bormolini	+3: 57.6	0 + 2 + 1 + 0
50	Daniel Mesotitsch	+4: 11.7	1 + 1 + 2 + 1
53	Benjamin Weger	+4: 46.2	3 + 3 + 0 + 0

World Champion 2016 : Martin Fourcade 

Start: Sunday, February 12, 2017, 3 p.m.

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

Single 20 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Lowell Bailey	48: 07.4	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
2	Ondřej Moravec	+3.3	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
3	Martin Fourcade	+21.2	1 + 0 + 1 + 0
4th	Erik Lesser	+32.0	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
5	Serhiy Semenov	+38.6	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
6th	Michal Krčmář	+43.6	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
7th	Anton Schipulin	+43.9	2 + 0 + 0 + 0
8th	Johannes Thingnes Bø	+1: 11.9	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
9	Lars Helge Birkeland	+1: 14.3	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
10	Benjamin Weger	+1: 22.8	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
0
12	Simon Eder	+1: 31.6	0 + 1 + 0 + 1
13	Simon Schempp	+1: 40.5	2 + 0 + 0 + 0
14th	Julian Eberhard	+1: 57.9	2 + 0 + 1 + 0
15th	Daniel Mesotitsch	+1: 58.3	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
19th	Benedikt Doll	+2: 27.3	1 + 2 + 0 + 0
21st	Dominik Windisch	+2: 37.5	1 + 0 + 1 + 1
26th	Dominik Landertinger	+3: 06.7	0 + 2 + 0 + 1
34	Arnd Peiffer	+4: 14.0	3 + 1 + 0 + 0
	Lukas Hofer		3 + 1 + 0 + 0
44	Serafin Wiestner	+4: 32.3	0 + 1 + 1 + 1
55	Michael Rösch	+5: 52.5	2 + 0 + 1 + 1
59	Thomas Bormolini	+6: 06.3	1 + 0 + 3 + 0
63	Jeremy Finello	+6: 14.1	0 + 1 + 1 + 1
64	Mario Dolder	+6: 15.0	1 + 1 + 0 + 2
77	Thierry Langer	+8: 09.7	0 + 2 + 1 + 1
87	Giuseppe Montello	+9: 51.2	3 + 2 + 0 + 1

World Champion 2016 : Martin Fourcade 

Start: Thursday, February 16, 2017, 2:30 p.m.

Registered: 102 athletes, not at the start (DNS): 1, not at the finish (DNF): 1

Mass start 15 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Simon Schempp	35: 38.3	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
2	Johannes Thingnes Bø	+9.0	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
3	Simon Eder	+10.1	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
4th	Anton Schipulin	+25.3	0 + 1 + 1 + 0
5	Martin Fourcade	+31.3	1 + 0 + 0 + 2
6th	Lowell Bailey	+33.5	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
7th	Dominik Landertinger	+38.0	0 + 0 + 0 + 2
8th	Fredrik Lindström	+39.7	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
9	Benedikt Doll	+42.9	0 + 0 + 2 + 0
10	Arnd Peiffer	+46.1	0 + 0 + 0 + 2
0
19th	Julian Eberhard	+1: 20.9	1 + 2 + 1 + 1
21st	Erik Lesser	+1: 31.4	0 + 0 + 3 + 0
24	Dominik Windisch	+1: 55.9	1 + 0 + 3 + 0
29	Serafin Wiestner	+2: 51.6	2 + 1 + 1 + 0
30th	Mario Dolder	+3: 27.3	0 + 1 + 2 + 1

World Champion 2016 : Johannes Thingnes Bø 

Start: Sunday, February 19, 2017, 2:45 p.m.

Qualified and at the start: 30 athletes

Relay 4 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Russia	Alexei Volkov Maxim Zwetkow Anton Babikow Anton Schipulin	1: 14: 15.0	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1
2	France	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	+5.8	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0
3	Austria	Daniel Mesotitsch Julian Eberhard Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger	+20.1	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1
4th	Germany	Erik Lesser Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	+29.6	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0
5	Italy	Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Giuseppe Montello Thomas Bormolini	+1: 30.8	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 0
6th	Ukraine	Artem Pryma Serhiy Semenov Vladimir Semakov Dmytro Pidrutschnyj	+1: 41.3	0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 3
7th	United States	Lowell Bailey Leif Nordgren Tim Burke Sean Doherty	+1: 50.5	0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 0
8th	Norway	Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø	+2: 22.3	0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 0
9	Bulgaria	Krassimir Anew Anton Zinapov Mikhail Kletscherow Vladimir Iliev	+2: 50.3	0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 0
10	Czech Republic	Tomáš Krupčík Ondřej Moravec Michal Šlesingr Michal Krčmář	+3: 10.0	0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 2
0
16	Switzerland	Jeremy Finello Benjamin Weger Mario Dolder Serafin Wiestner	+4: 32.5	0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 2 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 2

World Champion 2016 : Norway ( Ole Einar Bjørndalen , Tarjei Bø , Johannes Thingnes Bø , Emil Hegle Svendsen )  

Start: Saturday, February 18, 2017, 2:45 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 26 nations; lapped (LAP): 4

Women

Sprint 7.5 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Gabriela Koukalová	19: 12.6	0 + 0
2	Laura Dahlmeier	+4.0	0 + 0
3	Anaïs Chevalier	+25.1	0 + 0
4th	Lisa Vittozzi	+25.3	0 + 0
5	Federica Sanfilippo	+31.9	0 + 0
6th	Vanessa Hinz	+37.9	0 + 0
7th	Marie Dorin-Habert	+42.8	1 + 0
8th	Anastasiya Kuzmina	+44.0	0 + 1
9	Celia Aymonier	+53.9	0 + 1
10	Anastasija Merkushyna	+55.3	0 + 0
11	Selina Gasparin	+56.3	1 + 0
0
19th	Franziska Hildebrand	+1: 12.1	1 + 0
21st	Dorothea Wierer	+1: 14.2	2 + 0
23	Lisa Hauser	+1: 16.9	1 + 0
35	Lena Haecki	+1: 40.1	1 + 1
43	Alexia Runggaldier	+1: 49.8	1 + 1
46	Nadine Horchler	+1: 52.0	0 + 1
47	Dunja Zdouc	+1: 55.7	0 + 1
48	Aita Gasparin	+1: 57.3	0 + 1
55	Maren Hammerschmidt	+2: 08.4	3 + 1
60	Katharina Innerhofer	+2: 18.5	0 + 2
77	Elisa Gasparin	+2: 56.4	2 + 1
83	Fabienne Hartweger	+3: 09.9	3 + 1

World champion 2016 : Tiril Eckhoff 

Start: Friday, February 10, 2017, 2:45 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 101 athletes

Pursuit 10 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Laura Dahlmeier	28: 02.3	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
2	Darja Domratschawa	+11.6	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
3	Gabriela Koukalová	+16.6	2 + 0 + 1 + 0
4th	Irina Starych	+35.9	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
5	Justine Braisaz	+36.1	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
6th	Marie Dorin-Habert	+36.3	1 + 0 + 2 + 0
7th	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	+37.2	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
8th	Anastasija Merkushyna	+48.5	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
9	Celia Aymonier	+57.7	0 + 1 + 0 + 1
10	Dorothea Wierer	+1: 02.9	1 + 0 + 2 + 0
0
14th	Lisa Vittozzi	+1: 25.8	1 + 1 + 1 + 0
15th	Alexia Runggaldier	+1: 26.6	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
17th	Federica Sanfilippo	+1: 31.9	1 + 0 + 3 + 0
20th	Vanessa Hinz	+1: 39.9	1 + 2 + 1 + 0
26th	Lisa Hauser	+1: 55.8	0 + 1 + 1 + 1
28	Franziska Hildebrand	+1: 59.5	1 + 2 + 1 + 0
29	Selina Gasparin	+2: 03.3	2 + 1 + 1 + 0
32	Nadine Horchler	+2: 07.1	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
40	Maren Hammerschmidt	+2: 44.3	1 + 1 + 1 + 1
42	Dunja Zdouc	+3: 02.1	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
48	Lena Haecki	+3: 28.4	1 + 2 + 2 + 1
50	Aita Gasparin	+3: 41.1	0 + 0 + 2 + 2
56	Katharina Innerhofer	+5: 02.1	1 + 0 + 3 + 3

World Champion 2016 : Laura Dahlmeier 

Start: Sunday, February 12, 2017, 10:30 a.m.

Qualified: 60 athletes, not at the start: 2

Single 15 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Laura Dahlmeier	41: 30.1	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
2	Gabriela Koukalová	+24.7	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
3	Alexia Runggaldier	+1: 45.6	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
4th	Mari Laukkanen	+1: 56.8	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
5	Ekaterina Avakumova	+2: 03.6	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
6th	Susan Dunklee	+2: 06.8	1 + 0 + 0 + 1
7th	Maren Hammerschmidt	+2: 27.5	0 + 0 + 2 + 0
8th	Vanessa Hinz	+2: 45.5	0 + 1 + 0 + 1
9	Julia Jyma	+2: 46.1	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
10	Olena Pidhruschna	+2: 54.6	1 + 0 + 0 + 1
11	Dunja Zdouc	+2: 56.4	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
0
16	Dorothea Wierer	+3: 33.3	1 + 1 + 1 + 0
28	Aita Gasparin	+4: 05.1	0 + 0 + 1 + 0
31	Franziska Hildebrand	+4: 12.2	0 + 1 + 0 + 1
36	Lisa Vittozzi	+4: 20.9	2 + 0 + 0 + 1
45	Selina Gasparin	+5: 23.4	0 + 1 + 2 + 1
46	Elisa Gasparin	+5: 23.5	1 + 1 + 1 + 0
54	Federica Sanfilippo	+6: 30.5	2 + 2 + 1 + 0
60	Christina Rieder	+6: 52.5	0 + 1 + 0 + 1
61	Lisa Hauser	+6: 56.0	2 + 0 + 3 + 0
78	Fabienne Hartweger	+8: 54.3	1 + 2 + 1 + 2
85	Lena Haecki	+9: 13.6	2 + 0 + 3 + 2

World Champion 2016 : Marie Dorin-Habert 

Start: Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 2:30 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 99 athletes

Mass start 12.5 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Laura Dahlmeier	33: 13.8	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
2	Susan Dunklee	+4.6	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
3	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	+20.1	1 + 0 + 0 + 0
4th	Gabriela Koukalová	+24.0	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
5	Teja Gregorin	+24.2	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
6th	Julia Jyma	+24.4	0 + 1 + 0 + 0
7th	Marie Dorin-Habert	+40.3	0 + 0 + 0 + 1
8th	Dorothea Wierer	+1: 05.6	0 + 0 + 1 + 1
9	Alexia Runggaldier	+1: 06.9	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
10	Paulína Fialková	+1: 14.1	0 + 1 + 1 + 0
11	Lisa Vittozzi	+1: 14.8	0 + 0 + 0 + 0
0
18th	Selina Gasparin	+1: 56.8	2 + 0 + 0 + 1
20th	Vanessa Hinz	+2: 33.3	0 + 3 + 0 + 0
21st	Federica Sanfilippo	+2: 38.4	0 + 0 + 3 + 2
25th	Lisa Hauser	+3: 18.8	2 + 3 + 1 + 0
27	Franziska Hildebrand	+3: 40.6	0 + 2 + 0 + 0

World Champion 2016 : Marie Dorin-Habert 

Start: Sunday, February 19, 2017, 11:30 a.m.

Qualified and at the start: 30 athletes

Relay 4 × 6 km

space	country	athlete	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Germany	Vanessa Hinz Maren Hammerschmidt Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier	1: 11: 16.6	0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2
2	Ukraine	Iryna Varwynez Julija Dschyma Anastassija Merkuschyna Olena Pidhruschna	+6.4	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0
3	France	Anaïs Chevalier Célia Aymonier Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin-Habert	+8.1	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0
4th	Czech Republic	Jessica Jislová Eva Puskarčíková Veronika Vítková Gabriela Koukalová	+14.0	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0
5	Italy	Lisa Vittozzi Federica Sanfilippo Alexia Runggaldier Dorothea Wierer	+36.5	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1
6th	Sweden	Mona Brorsson Hanna Öberg Emma Nilsson Anna Magnusson	+1: 20.4	0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2
7th	Poland	Magdalena Gwizdoń Monika Hojnisz Kinga Mitoraj Krystyna Guzik	+1: 23.1	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0
8th	Slovakia	Paulina Fialková Anastasiya Kuzmina Ivona Fialková Jana Gereková	+1: 36.9	0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0
9	Belarus	Nadseja Skardsina Iryna Kryuko Nadseja Pissarawa Darja Domratschawa	+1: 50.7	0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 1
10	Russia	Olga Podchufarowa Svetlana Slepzowa Irina Starych Tatiana Akimowa	+2: 15.5	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 1
0
13	Switzerland	Aita Gasparin Selina Gasparin Lena Häcki Elisa Gasparin	+3: 23.6	0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0
DSQ	Austria	Dunja Zdouc Julia Schwaiger Christina Rieder Lisa Hauser

World Champion 2016 : Norway ( Synnøve Solemdal , Fanny Horn Birkeland , Tiril Eckhoff , Marte Olsbu )  

Start: Friday, February 17, 2017, 2:45 p.m.

Registered: 23 nations; lapped (LAP): 4, disqualified (DSQ): 1

The Austrian women's relay was gem. IBU Disciplinary Rules 5.6.o ("Firing more than five shots in any shooting bout in a single, sprint, pursuit or mass start competition, or more than eight shots in a relay, mixed relay or super sprint competition") disqualified after Julia Schwaiger had used one reload cartridge too much when shooting prone.

Mixed

Relay 2 × 6 km + 2 × 7.5 km

space	country	athlete	time	Penalty loops + spare rounds
1	Germany	Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	1: 09: 06.4	0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1
2	France	Anaïs Chevalier Marie Dorin-Habert Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade	+2.2	0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 1 1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0
3	Russia	Olga Podchufarowa Tatiana Akimowa Alexander Loginow Anton Schipulin	+3.2	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 0
4th	Italy	Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch	+28.7	0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 2
5	Ukraine	Olena Pidhruschna Julija Dschyma Serhiy Semenov Dmytro Pidrutschnyj	+35.6	0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0
6th	Sweden	Hanna Öberg Anna Magnusson Jesper Nelin Fredrik Lindström	+41.6	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 0 0 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 1
7th	Czech Republic	Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Koukalová Ondřej Moravec Michal Krčmář	+41.9	0 + 0 2 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2
8th	Norway	Marte Olsbu Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	+46.2	0 + 1 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 2 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 0 0 + 1
9	Austria	Lisa Hauser Fabienne Hartweger Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger	+1: 20.2	0 + 2 0 + 0 1 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 0
10	Finland	Mari Laukkanen Kaisa Mäkäräinen Tuomas Grönman Olli Hiidensalo	+1: 38.9	0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 2 0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 1
0
14th	Switzerland	Aita Gasparin Lena Häcki Benjamin Weger Serafin Wiestner	+2: 18.8	0 + 2 0 + 0 0 + 2 0 + 3 0 + 1 0 + 1 0 + 0 0 + 3

World Champion 2016 : France ( Anaïs Bescond , Marie Dorin-Habert , Quentin Fillon Maillet , Martin Fourcade )  

Start: Thursday, February 9, 2017, 2:45 p.m.

Registered and at the start: 25 nations, lapped: 2

course

The weather was mostly good at the biathlon world championships in Hochfilzen. In mid-February temperatures up to 11 ° C in the shade were measured. This caused problems for some athletes who usually compete in winter around or even well below freezing point . The Norwegian Emil Hegle Svendsen suffered a collapse after the sprint race, had to receive medical attention and was taken to the hospital for a check-up as a precaution. In the individual competition, several athletes started with short sleeves, the Austrian Daniel Mesotitsch even in shorts. Even Laura Dahl Meier suffered after winning the gold medal in the individual competition and their victorious relay race faint and was looked after by the team doctor. Two days later she was back at the start of the women's mass start and won another gold medal.

The surprising winner in the individual competition was the 35-year-old Lowell Bailey , who became the first US-American to win gold at a biathlon world championship. For Bailey, who wanted to end his career at the end of last season, it was also the first victory in the Biathlon World Cup . His teammate Susan Dunklee won the silver medal in the mass start, the first ever medal for a biathlete from the United States. The Germans Benedikt Doll and Simon Schempp won their first individual medal at world championships with gold in the sprint and mass start.

The most successful participant was the German Laura Dahlmeier, who was the first female athlete to win five gold medals at a world championship. She also won silver in the sprint. The most successful nation was Germany with seven gold medals and one silver medal, ahead of France (1 × gold, 2 × silver and 4 × bronze) and the Czech Republic (1 × gold, 2 × silver and 1 × bronze).

A total of 143,700 spectators were in the stadium during the competitions. A record number of spectators was the men's relay competition on February 18 with 22,300 spectators, followed by the mass starts on February 19 with 22,100 spectators and the pursuit competitions on February 12 with 19,600 spectators.

reporting

The pictures for the television broadcasts were made available by ORF . It was there with 170 employees and 49 cameras, and the competitions were broadcast in almost 60 countries around the world. The ORF itself - as with the World Cups - had the former biathletes Günther Beck and Christoph Sumann alternately as experts and as co-commentators on site. The races were broadcast live on ORF eins or on ORF SPORT + .

The reporting for German television was shared by ARD and ZDF . Former biathletes Sven Fischer , Herbert Fritzenwenger and Kati Wilhelm were there as experts and co-commentators .

Sigi Heinrich and Michael Greis commented on the races for Eurosport .

doping

Suspected doping against the Kazakh team

On February 8, 2017, the house of the Kazakh biathlon team was searched by the Federal Criminal Police Office . This was preceded by a box that was disposed of at a petrol station in East Tyrol in January - after the World Cup in Antholz - which contained a considerable amount of disposable syringes, medical material, records as well as IBU accreditations and documents. After an assessment by specialists from the National Anti-Doping Agency Austria , it was assumed that the contents of the box could be assigned to the Kazakh team. The Innsbruck public prosecutor's office then ordered a house search, which the Tyrol State Criminal Police Office carried out with 30 officers and which found “a considerable amount of medical products and drugs as well as cell phones”. In addition, blood and urine tests were carried out by the Austrian Anti-Doping Agency in coordination with the IBU. Investigations have been carried out to determine whether anti-doping laws have been violated and whether sports fraud has occurred.

Temporary suspension of Ekaterina Glasyrina

On February 10, 2017, the IBU announced that the Russian athlete Jekaterina Glasyrina had been temporarily suspended. As a result of the second McLaren report , a working group was set up to collect further data on the athletes named in the report. This group came to the conclusion that a suspension should be issued because several samples from the athlete may have contained banned substances and it could not be ruled out that the samples taken by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency had also been tampered with. The IBU Executive Board followed this recommendation and suspended Glasyrina. This should have started in the sprint that day. Glasyrina's starting place was given to her teammate Irina Uslugina .

Raid on IBU headquarters

The Federal Criminal Police raided on 10 April 2018, the business premises of the IBU in Salzburg. According to the World Anti-Doping Agency , the raid, which was carried out in coordination with the Norwegian police and Interpol , is related to doping. The investigation is in particular against President Anders Besseberg and Secretary General Nicole Resch .

Investigators are also focusing on the 2017 World Cup. In the 2016/17 season, 17 out of 22 Russian athletes are said to have been doped in the World Cup and IBU Cup .

Investigations against Russian athletes and coaches

During the World Cup in Hochfilzen in the 2018/19 season , the Russian federation was informed by the Austrian public prosecutor about an investigation against five Russian supervisors and five athletes. The allegations concern the world championships in Hochfilzen and are directed against "five supervisors of the Russian biathlon team for using prohibited substances or methods for the purpose of doping and five athletes of this team for serious fraud in connection with doping". The public prosecutor published neither details nor the names of the persons concerned, with reference to an ongoing procedure. Press representatives named Anton Shipulin , Alexander Loginow , Evgeni Garanitschew , Alexei Volkov and Irina Starych as affected persons.

Incidents at award ceremonies

Refusal to shake hands

The Russians Anton Schipulin and Alexander Loginow refused to shake hands with the French Martin Fourcade at the Flower Ceremony for the mixed relay, whereupon he "first scornfully applauded and then immediately left the scene." In contrast, Loginow told the Russian news agency TASS that Fourcade did not have his hand want to shake, whereupon Schipulin turned around and did not congratulate the Frenchman on second place. This was preceded by Fourcade's criticism of the Russian biathlon federation, which had nominated Loginow for the world championships shortly after his two-year ban on blood doping by EPO had expired. The Russian association then demanded sanctions against Fourcade from the IBU . In the run-up to the world championships, Fourcade had also threatened to boycott a podium with Loginow. During the last change in the mixed relay, Fourcade "ran a dangling swing in the transition area and [had] crossed Loginow's ski, which then fell". Although this did not result in any disadvantage for the expiring Loginow, Schipulin tried to explain the behavior of his team with the words "We saw situations today in which there was a lot of negativity from the French against us" and noted that "the entire behavior [...] not particularly nice ”. Fourcade dismissed the guilt, TV experts like the former biathletes Sven Fischer and Herbert Fritzenwenger see no wrongdoing in the French, as does Erik Lesser , who says: “You can't blame him for that because everything was within the permitted range. But he could have solved it more confidently ”. The Russian men's trainer Ricco Groß also sees it as “a normal racing situation and not an intention”. He demands “to keep calm now, to hold talks and to approach the whole thing diplomatically”.

Wrong Russian anthem

At the award ceremony for the men's relay race, instead of the Russian national anthem, the patriotic song was incorrectly played for the winning Russian team, which was the Russian national anthem from 1990 to 2000 and was then replaced by today's anthem by Vladimir Putin . The Russian TV presenter Dimitri Guberniew therefore snatched the microphone from the ceremony announcer, played the correct anthem and passed the microphone on to the Russian team, which then sang the anthem to the end. The organizer then apologized and played the correct anthem again over the loudspeakers.

Web links

Commons : 2017 Biathlon World Championships  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (German, English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Competition program ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hochfilzen2017.at , accessed on January 9, 2017. 
2. ↑ IBU Biathlon World Championships 2017 is casting its shadow ( memento of the original from January 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.biathlon-hochfilzen.at, accessed on January 9, 2017.  
3. ↑ Framework program ( Memento of the original from January 9, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.hochfilzen2017.at, accessed on January 9, 2017. 
4. ↑ IBU Event and Competition Rules, p. 88 ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at biathlonworld.com, accessed February 22, 2017  
5. ↑ Competition Analysis (Sprint M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 11, 2017.
6. ↑ Competition Analysis Men 12.5 km Pursuit. (PDF) IBU, February 12, 2017, accessed on February 12, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Competition Analysis (Individual M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 16, 2017.
8. ↑ Competition Analysis (Massenstart M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 19, 2017.
9. ↑ Competition Analysis (Season M), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 18, 2017
10. ↑ Competition Analysis Women 7.5 km sprint. (PDF) IBU, February 10, 2017, accessed on February 10, 2017 . 
11. ↑ Competition Analysis (pursuit F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 12, 2017.
12. ↑ Competition Analysis (Single F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 15, 2017.
13. ↑ Competition Analysis (Massenstart, F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 19, 2017
14. ↑ Competition Analysis (Season F), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 17, 2017.
15. ↑ Competition Analysis, (Mixed Relay), pdf on biathlonresults.com, accessed on February 9, 2017.
16. ↑ Norway's biathlon star Svendsen fit again on augsburger-allgemeine.de, accessed on February 19, 2017
17. ↑ Not because of winter sports: Mesotitsch in shorts ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at sports.yahoo.com, accessed February 19, 2017 
18. ↑ Then the doctor comes and picks me up again ( memento of the original from February 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at handelsblatt.com, accessed February 19, 2017  
19. ↑ IBU President Besseberg praised the world Championships ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on hochfilzen2017.at, accessed on February 22, 2017 
20. ^ House search of the Kazakh national biathlon team in Hochfilzen. (No longer available online.) In: bmi.gv.at. Federal Criminal Police Office, Federal Ministry of the Interior, Austria, archived from the original on February 11, 2017 ; accessed on February 9, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
21. ↑ IBU Press Release: IBU Provisionally Suspends Ekaterina Glazyrina / RUS on biathlonworld.com, accessed on February 10, 2017.
22. ↑ Start List Sprint on biathlonworld.com, accessed on February 10, 2017.
23. ↑ Investigations against the biathlon boss and IBU general secretary. Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 11, 2018, accessed on August 27, 2020 . 
24. ↑ A terribly corrupt family on saechsische.de, accessed on June 14, 2020
25. ↑ Police action on the Russian team in Hochfilzen on laola1.at, accessed on December 17, 2018
26. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen: Dispute between Martin Fourcade and Russia escalates on eurosport.de, accessed on February 11, 2017.
27. ↑ Biathlon: Martin Fourcade and the Russians - the background to the long-term Zoff (video, 0:56) on video.eurosport.de, accessed on February 11, 2017.
28. ↑ Herbert Fritzenwenger on facebook on facebook.com “Anyone who believes Fourcade brought about the fall of the Russian on purpose, has no idea about the race or is paranoid himself!”, Accessed on February 11, 2017.
29. ↑ Winter sports: After scandal: Criticism of Fourcade is growing on www.zeit.de, accessed on February 11, 2017.
30. ↑ scandal at the awards ceremony: Fourcade versus Russia: the biathlon scene splits on www.stern.de, accessed on February 11 2017th
31. ↑ Wrong Russia anthem at Biathlon World Cup. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
32. ^ Biathlon World Cup: Organizer plays the wrong Russian anthem. Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.