Summer biathlon European championships 2010

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The open summer biathlon European championships 2010 took place from August 11th to 15th in Osrblie , Slovakia . The competitions were only held in the cross-country discipline and only in the sprint and pursuit. After the cross competitions of the 2010 Summer Biathlon World Championships were suspended, it was the most significant international event of this version of the biathlon.

The jury consisted of six members. Karl-Heinz Wolf (Germany) was on site as the Technical Delegate of the International Biathlon Union , the competition director was Jozef Hirschman (Slovakia). In addition, Ventzeslav Iliev (Bulgaria, without voting rights) and Tomislav Lopatič (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Vasili Balshkou (Belarus) and Vojtech Zicháček (Czech Republic) in the men's competitions and the mixed relay competition and Gheorghe Gârniță (Romania), Adam Kolodziejczyk (Poland) and Alexandr Akritckii (Russia) join the jury in the women's competitions.

The most successful nation was Russia with nine out of 13 possible medals won, including both titles in women. Four of the remaining possible six medals, including both men's titles, went to Slovenia. The remaining two medals were won by the starters from Ukraine. Three-time European champion was Irina Leukhina , double European champion Matej Kazár , who also won bronze in mixed. For the first time close biathletes from Armenia and Kenya participated in European biathlon championships.

Men

Sprint 4 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Matej Kazár	13: 50.6	2-1
2	Maxim Adiew	+ 0: 00.4	1-1
3	Ivan Panchenko	+ 0: 12.5	0-2
4th	Alexei Katrenko	+ 0: 13.9	2-2
5	Peter Ridzoň	+ 0: 27.5	0-1
6th	Anuzar Yunusov	+ 0: 29.7	2-1
7th	Alexander Kachanovsky	+ 0: 30.5	3-1
8th	Vasily Kirsanov	+ 0: 31.6	1-2
9	Andrij Bohaj	+ 0: 37.4	1-0
10	Sergei Schernow	+ 0: 41.1	2-2
11	Ruslan Nasirov	+ 0: 59.1	4-2
12	Marcel groom	+1: 11.7	2-2
13	Nasarij Buryk	+1: 14.4	0-2
14th	Eliyah Kiptoo	+1: 18.1	5-5
15th	Vitali Kabardin	+1: 21.4	2-2
16	Martin Otčenáš	+1: 25.6	2-1
17th	Marian Válek	+1: 26.8	0-1
18th	Radovan Cienik	+1: 26.9	0-3
19th	Károly Gombos	+1: 31.3	0-4
20th	Luboš Schorný	+1: 31.7	0-2
21st	Tomasz Puda	+1: 42.8	1-1
22nd	Steffen Jabin	+1: 44.0	2-2
23	Václav Bitala	+1: 44.8	3-1
24	Miroslav Matiaško	+1: 44.8	3-3
25th	Norbert Gröne	+1: 51.2	4-2
26th	Liviu Croitoru	+1: 52.8	3-5
27	Murod Hodjibayev	+1: 57.8	2-4
28	Ihar Tabola	+ 2: 02.6	2-1
29	Titus Rotich	+ 2: 03.2	5-5
30th	Jauhen Schuleu	+ 2: 06.6	1-2
31	Vitaly Derdiychuk	+ 2: 57.2	5-3
32	Christian Moser	+ 3: 09.2	5-5
33	Daniel Pelyhe	+ 3: 13.0	3-4
34	Samwel Torossjan	+ 6: 04.5	3-4
35	Howhannes Sargsyan	+ 7: 17.7	3-4

Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
35 athletes from 12 countries started. Vitaly Derdiychuk got a time credit of 0: 44.7 minutes. The competition was dominated by the Russian runners, who took six of the top ten places.

The junior race with 47 participants won the Belarusian Artsiom Leshchanka ahead of the Slovak Tomáš Hasilla and the Russian Anton Babikow . The best German was Niklas Heyser in fifth, Austrians, Swiss or Italians did not start.

Pursuit 6 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Matej Kazár	22: 41.7	0-1-1-2
2	Alexei Katrenko	+ 0: 38.9	1-2-3-2
3	Maxim Adiew	+ 0: 47.9	1-1-1-3
4th	Ivan Panchenko	+1: 22.0	1-1-1-3
5	Alexander Kachanovsky	+1: 23.7	3-1-2-0
6th	Vasily Kirsanov	+1: 24.8	0-3-0-1
7th	Andrij Bohaj	+ 2: 22.7	1-1-2-0
8th	Miroslav Matiaško	+ 2: 30.2	0-0-0-2
9	Sergei Schernow	+ 2: 48.3	2-1-2-1
10	Peter Ridzoň	+ 2: 49.9	2-2-1-4
11	Anuzar Yunusov	+ 2: 55.3	4-2-2-3
12	Vitali Kabardin	+ 2: 59.7	0-3-0-2
13	Nasarij Buryk	+ 3: 31.5	3-2-0-1
14th	Ruslan Nasirov	+ 3: 43.1	5-2-3-2
15th	Murod Hodjibayev	+ 3: 57.9	1-0-3-4
16	Luboš Schorný	+ 4: 08.7	1-1-3-0
17th	Norbert Gröne	+ 4: 14.6	3-1-0-2
18th	Eliyah Kiptoo	+ 4: 24.7	4-5-5-5
19th	Steffen Jabin	+ 4: 26.8	2-0-4-2
20th	Marcel groom	+ 4: 29.8	3-3-2-2
21st	Martin Otčenáš	+ 4: 37.3	2-1-3-3
22nd	Károly Gombos	+ 4: 37.4	2-2-3-2
23	Radovan Cienik	+ 4: 48.6	2-2-3-1
24	Marian Válek	+ 4: 56.8	1-1-2-2
25th	Jauhen Schuleu	+ 5: 04.1	2-2-0-0
26th	Tomasz Puda	+ 5: 27.9	3-1-1-2
27	Ihar Tabola	+ 5: 37.0	2-0-3-1
28	Vitaly Derdiychuk	+ 5: 41.4	2-0-3-0
29	Václav Bitala	+ 6: 00.8	2-1-5-2
30th	Titus Rotich	+ 6: 14.1	5-5-3-5
31	Christian Moser	+ 6: 50.5	4-1-3-2
32	Liviu Croitoru	+ 7: 49.5	3-4-3-5
33	Daniel Pelyhe	+ 11: 11.0	4-3-4-2
dns	Samwel Torossjan
dns	Howhannes Sargsyan

Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
33 of the 35 qualified athletes started, the two representatives of Armenia no longer started. Only the winner Matej Kazár , who also won this pursuit race after the sprint, prevented a total Russian triumph. Russian athletes finished 2nd to 6th. Daniel Pelyhe was given a two-minute time penalty.

The junior race, in which 45 of the 47 qualified biathletes took part, ended with 44 starters. The Belarusian Artsiom Leshchanka won his second title ahead of the Russians Vladislav Vakorin and Anton Babikow . The best German was Niklas Heyser in fifth; Austrians, Swiss or Italians were not at the start.

Women

Sprint 4 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Irina Leukhina	12: 11.7	0-0
2	Jana Gereková	+ 0: 27.9	1-0
3	Olga Prokopewa	+ 0: 37.9	1-0
4th	Tatiana Belkina	+ 0: 52.1	3-0
5	Pavla Schorná	+ 0: 59.9	2-2
6th	Switlana Krikonchuk	+1: 15.8	1-2
7th	Alexandra Walischina	+1: 28.1	2-2
8th	Natalia Solovyova	+1: 46.7	5-2
9	Wolha Nasarawa	+ 2: 01.1	3-1
10	Alexandra Camenșcic	+ 2: 34.1	2-1
11	Veronika Hořejší	+ 2: 37.5	0-2
12	Iryna Babezkaya	+ 2: 46.6	3-3
13	Ildikó cardboard	+ 2: 50.0	3-3
14th	Vladimíra Točeková	+ 3: 49.3	3-2
15th	Dilafruz Imomhusanova	+ 3: 56.8	2-3
16	Alina Ayupova	+ 4: 32.4	4-3
17th	Ľubomíra Kalinová	+ 4: 33.1	3-3
18th	Zsuzsa Czene	+ 5: 43.3	4-2

Date: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
18 athletes from eight countries started. With five of the eight first places, the Russian women made up the strongest line-up.

In the junior women’s race, 42 of the 43 registered biathletes competed, of which 41 were included in the ranking. The Ukrainian Tetjana Tratschuk won ahead of the Russians Aljona Schilenko and Tatjana Kasakowa . The best German starter was Lena Schäfer in 28th place, Thordis Arnold was 30th. Austrians, Swiss, Italians or Belgians did not start.

Pursuit 5 km

space	athlete	time	Shooting error
1	Irina Leukhina	22: 27.2	0-1-0-1
2	Olga Prokopewa	+1: 07.3	2-1-0-0
3	Switlana Krikonchuk	+1: 19.0	0-1-0-1
4th	Pavla Schorná	+1: 24.2	1-2-2-0
5	Tatiana Belkina	+1: 59.7	2-2-2-0
6th	Natalia Solovyova	+ 2: 28.3	2-1-1-1
7th	Alexandra Walischina	+ 4: 15.5	4-1-0-1
8th	Wolha Nasarawa	+ 4: 53.1	1-2-2-0
9	Iryna Babezkaya	+ 5: 21.3	3-2-1-1
10	Veronika Hořejší	+ 6: 51.6	2-1-1-1
11	Alexandra Camenșcic	+ 7: 47.7	3-1-2-1
12	Dilafruz Imomhusanova	+ 8: 10.1	1-2-1-2
13	Vladimíra Točeková	+ 8: 28.3	2-2-1-1
14th	Ildikó cardboard	+ 9: 12.1	4-5-3-4
15th	Ľubomíra Kalinová	+ 9: 36.3	3-1-4-2
16	Alina Ayupova	+ 13: 27.5	4-3-5-3
17th	Zsuzsa Czene	+ 15: 18.6	2-0-3-4
dns	Jana Gereková

Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
17 of the 18 qualified athletes started. The sprint winner, Irina Leukhina , also won the pursuit after the sprint. The European sprint runner-up, Jana Gereková , did not take part in the race. With five placements in the top seven, the Russians were once again the most successful national team. Ľubomíra Kalinová (0: 33.1 min), Alina Ayupova (0: 32.4 min) and Zsuzsa Czene (1: 43.3 min) were penalized.

39 of the 41 qualified runners took part in the junior race, 38 placed. Monika Hojnisz from Poland won the title ahead of the sprint winner, Tetjana Tratschuk from Ukraine, and Luiza Dmitrieva from Russia. Thordis Arnold was 14th, Lena Schäfer 23rd. Other starters from German-speaking countries were not at the start.

Mixed

• 2x3 + 2x4 kilometers

space	country	Sportswoman)	time	Shooting error + reload
1	Russia	Irina Leukhina Olga Prokopewa Maxim Adiew Alexei Katrenko	52: 21.4	1 + 0 - 0 + 0 2 + 0 - 3 + 0 1 + 0 - 2 + 0 1 + 0 - 2 + 0
2	Ukraine	Switlana Krikontschuk Tetjana Trachuk Nasarij Buryk Andrij Bohaj	+ 0: 47.9	0 + 0 - + 3 + 0 - 0 + 0 0 + 0 - 1 + 0 0 + 0 - 0 + 0
3	Slovakia	Jana Gereková Natália Prekopová Miroslav Matiaško Matej Kazár	+1: 02.9	3 + 0 - 2 + 0 0 + 0 - 0 + 0 0 + 0 - 3 + 1 3 + 1 - 0 + 0
4th	Czech Republic	Veronika Hořejší Pavla Schorná Marian Válek Luboš Schorný	+ 2: 45.4	1 + 0 - 0 + 0 2 + 0 - 2 + 0 0 + 0 - 2 + 0 0 + 0 - 2 + 0
5	Belarus	Iryna Babezkaja Wolha Nasarawa Dzmitry Labetsik Artsiom Leshchanka	+ 4: 13.3	1 + 0 - 2 + 0 0 + 0 - 3 + 1 2 + 0 - 3 + 3 2 + 0 - 2 + 0
6th	Poland	Maria Bukowska Katarzyna Leja Tomasz Puda Mateusz Wieczorek	+ 6: 13.3	2 + 0 - 1 + 0 3 + 1 - 3 + 1 0 + 0 - 2 + 0 0 + 0 - 1 + 0
7th	Uzbekistan	Dilafruz Imomhusanova Darmonjon Rozmetova Ruslan Nasirov Anuzar Yunusov	+ 10: 58.5	1 + 0 - 2 + 0 3 + 4 - 3 + 4 3 + 1 - 2 + 0 3 + 3 - 3 + 1
8th	Hungary	Agnes Simon Ildikó Papp Károly Gombos Daniel Pelyhe	+ 12: 08.3	3 + 3 - 3 + 2 2 + 0 - 2 + 0 1 + 0 - 3 + 0 3 + 1 - 3 + 4
9	Moldova	Alexandra Camenșcic Dimitria Ciobanu Liviu Croitoru Victor Pînzaru	+ 12: 25.7	2 + 0 - 2 + 0 0 + 0 - 3 + 3 3 + 3 - 3 + 2 1 + 0 - 0 + 0

Date: Sunday, August 15, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
Nine seasons started. There were no representatives from German-speaking countries. The Russian relay won superiorly.

The juniors' race was also won by the Russian starters ahead of the relays from Poland and Romania. The German season with the line-up of Thordis Arnold , Lena Schäfer , Hendrik Redeker and Niklas Heyser came in sixth and thus last place in the ranked of the seven started seasons. The representation of Hungary was disqualified.

supporting documents

• Results

1. ↑ Results list sprint men (PDF; 50 kB)
2. ↑ Results of the men's pursuit race (PDF; 58 kB)
3. ↑ Women's sprint results (PDF; 43 kB)
4. ↑ Results of the women's pursuit race (PDF; 46 kB)
5. ↑ Results of the mixed relay (PDF; 71 kB)
6. ↑ Results of the junior mixed relays (PDF; 73 kB)