[Event]Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 2006/07, World Cup finals

We've come to the end of the 2006/07 season and this time the biathletes are in the distant town of Khanty-Mansiysk in Russia. Two years ago Khanty hosted the season finals but last year it was Holmenkollen in Norway.
The men's overall title is still up for grabs as Michael Greis tries to stay clear of Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. Kati Wilhelm is just a few points away from clinching the women's title.

Schedule
Thursday, March 15 - Women's 7.5 km Sprint
Thursday, March 15 - Men's 10 km Sprint
Saturday, March 17 - Women's 10 km Pursuit
Saturday, March 17 - Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
Sunday, March 18 - Women's 12.5 km Mass Start
Sunday, March 18 - Men's 15 km Mass Start

2004/05 Season
The results from 2004/05 were the following:
Men: Sprint - Sven Fischer; Pursuit - Bjoerndalen; Mass Start - Raphael Poiree
Women: Sprint - Katrin Apel; Pursuit - Wilhelm; Mass Start - Olga Zaitseva

WORLD CUP Standings
WOMEN
Overall
1 WILHELM Kati GER 833
2 OLOFSSON Anna Carin SWE 776
3 HENKEL Andrea GER 765
4 NEUNER Magdalena GER 590
5 BAVEREL-ROBERT Florence FRA 580
6 GRUBBEN Linda NOR 562
7 GLAGOW Martina GER 515
8 BAILLY Sandrine FRA 473
9 HITZER Kathrin GER 442
10 KONG Yingchao CHN 429
11 IOURIEVA Ekaterina RUS 421
12 GWIZDON Magdalena POL 409
13 KHVOSTENKO Oksana UKR 398
14 BRANKOVIC Tadeja SLO 385
15 BERGER Tora NOR 384

Sprint
1 OLOFSSON Anna Carin SWE 326
2 WILHELM Kati GER 305
3 HENKEL Andrea GER 267
4 BAILLY Sandrine FRA 248
5 NEUNER Magdalena GER 239

Pursuit
1 WILHELM Kati GER 284
2 NEUNER Magdalena GER 233
3 GRUBBEN Linda NOR 232
4 HENKEL Andrea GER 224
5 OLOFSSON Anna Carin SWE 222

Mass Start
1 WILHELM Kati GER 169
2 BAVEREL-ROBERT Florence FRA 125
3 KHVOSTENKO Oksana UKR 112
4 IOURIEVA Ekaterina RUS 109
5 OLOFSSON Anna Carin SWE 106

MEN
Overall
1 GREIS Michael GER 730
2 POIREE Raphael FRA 709
3 BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar NOR 668
4 TCHEREZOV Ivan RUS 623
5 IAROCHENKO Dmitri RUS 563
6 KRUGLOV Nikolay RUS 560
7 FISCHER Sven GER 517
8 FERRY Björn SWE 504
9 HANEVOLD Halvard NOR 485
10 BIRNBACHER Andreas GER 460
11 SUMANN Christoph AUT 455
12 ROESCH Michael GER 446
13 ROZHKOV Sergei RUS 429
14 TCHOUDOV Maxim RUS 414
15 DEFRASNE Vincent FRA 388

Sprint
1 POIREE Raphael FRA 150
2 GREIS Michael GER 135
3 TCHEREZOV Ivan RUS 105
4 SLESINGR Michal CZE 103
5 IAROCHENKO Dmitri RUS 97

Pursuit
1 IAROCHENKO Dmitri RUS 271
2 BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar NOR 237
3 TCHEREZOV Ivan RUS 208
4 GREIS Michael GER 191
5 POIREE Raphael FRA 173

Mass Start
1 SUMANN Christoph AUT 153
2 POIREE Raphael FRA 147
3 BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar NOR 140
4 DEFRASNE Vincent FRA 117
5 ROESCH Michael GER 115

WOMEN'S 7.5 KM SPRINT

MAGDALENA NEUNER

Rank Bib Name Nation P S T Result
1 27 NEUNER Magdalena GER 0 0 0 22:34.0
2 32 HENKEL Andrea GER 1 0 1 +56.8
3 26 OLOFSSON Anna Carin SWE 0 1 1 +1:03.0
4 31 GREGORIN Teja SLO 0 0 0 +1:04.5
5 37 KHVOSTENKO Oksana UKR 0 0 0 +1:25.5
6 40 BAVEREL-ROBERT Florence FRA 0 1 1 +1:29.8
7 19 APEL Katrin GER 0 2 2 +1:33.0
8 29 JONSSON Helena SWE 0 0 0 +1:34.8
9 15 KUDRASHOVA Olga BLR 0 0 0 +1:35.3
10 30 BERGER Tora NOR 0 1 1 +1:36.8
11 36 WILHELM Kati GER 2 0 2 +1:37.3
12 21 DENKINGER Simone GER 0 2 2 +1:41.0
13 34 BRANKOVIC Tadeja SLO 0 1 1 +1:45.6
14 58 ADLER Jenny GER 0 0 0 +1:48.6
15 23 BOULYGINA Anna RUS 2 0 2 +1:52.9
16 17 PERETTO Delphine FRA 1 0 1 +1:54.9
17 5 GRUDICEK Dijana SLO 0 0 0 +1:55.3
18 4 MOERKVE Jori NOR 0 0 0 +1:56.2
19 39 HITZER Kathrin GER 2 1 3 +1:58.8
20 38 GLAGOW Martina GER 1 1 2 +2:05.7
21 16 DOMRACHEVA Darya BLR 0 2 2 +2:08.4
22 35 GWIZDON Magdalena POL 2 1 3 +2:19.5
=23 9 MALI Andreja SLO 0 1 1 +2:22.9
=23 28 BAILLY Sandrine FRA 2 1 3 +2:22.9
25 24 BECAERT Sylvie FRA 0 1 1 +2:23.1
26 12 SLEPTSOVA Svetlana RUS 1 2 3 +2:23.7
27 56 KALINCHIK Liudmila BLR 0 1 1 +2:28.2
28 41 SOKOLOVA Natalya BLR 2 1 3 +2:29.6
29 33 IOURIEVA Ekaterina RUS 1 2 3 +2:30.2
30 47 INGSTADBJOERG Anne NOR 0 1 1 +2:33.8
31 43 MOISEEVA Tatiana RUS 2 0 2 +2:34.0
32 54 SOROKINA Anna RUS 1 0 1 +2:37.7
33 6 EIKELAND Liv Kjersti NOR 0 2 2 +2:41.3
34 51 SKARDINO Nadezhda BLR 0 1 1 +2:44.4
35 11 SANTER-BJOERNDALEN Nathalie BEL 0 2 2 +2:45.7
36 42 ANISIMOVA Olga RUS 2 1 3 +2:47.2
37 3 LIDUMA Madara LAT 0 2 2 +2:49.0
38 7 HALLER Katja ITA 0 2 2 +2:55.1
39 1 SEMERENKO Vita UKR 2 1 3 +2:58.2
40 25 MALGINA Irina RUS 1 1 2 +3:01.2
41 20 GUSEVA Natalia RUS 1 1 2 +3:12.2
42 10 RASIMOVICIUTE Diana LTU 1 1 2 +3:14.1
43 22 NIKOULTCHINA Irina BUL 1 4 5 +3:18.4
44 13 MÄKÄRÄINEN Kaisa FIN 1 3 4 +3:19.6
45 53 NIZIAK Ute GER 1 2 3 +3:21.0
46 2 PALKA Krystyna POL 1 0 1 +3:27.9
47 52 PIDHRUSHNA Olena UKR 1 0 1 +3:28.2
48 8 HALINAROVA Martina SVK 0 3 3 +3:29.8
49 14 KOCHER Zina CAN 1 1 2 +3:43.6
50 18 ANANKO Liudmila BLR 1 3 4 +3:45.5
51 59 GEREKOVA Jana SVK 2 1 3 +3:49.8
52 57 DOMEIJ Sofia SWE 2 3 5 +4:15.8
53 48 NILSSON Anna Maria SWE 1 2 3 +4:19.5
54 49 BOBAK Paulina POL 2 1 3 +4:31.1
55 50 SVIKRUHOVA Eliska SVK 1 1 2 +5:09.0
56 45 LEBEDEVA Marina KAZ 2 3 5 +5:15.2
57 44 GLAZERE Liga LAT 3 0 3 +5:15.8
58 46 KRUMINA Gerda LAT 2 2 4 +5:41.7
59 55 GOROHOVA Elena MDA 2 1 3 +6:27.5

Neuner dominates the Sprint

With a magnificent overall performance, German youngster Magdalena Neuner presented herself in a league of her own today. The 20-year-old won the women's 7.5 km Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk by a margin of 56.5 seconds, shooting flawlessly. Apart from logging the second quickest course time (second by two tenths of a second), Neuner also recorded one of the fastest shooting times. Only her teammate Andrea Henkel was a little faster on the course and came in as the distant second. Anna Carin Olofsson finished third, like Henkel with one error, 1:03.0 minutes behind Neuner.

Neuner was rather surprised about her performance: "The wind at the shooting range was rather gusty, but I was fortunate, it wasn't so bad while I was shooting. I just feel great at the moment, and winning by almost a minute is really amazing." Neuner thus scored her third victory in a row after her two wins at the Holmenkollen and already has six for the season.

With Olofsson finishing third and Kati Wilhelm (GER) eleventh, the Swede secured the title in the World Cup Sprint Score, ahead of Wilhelm, Henkel and Neuner.

Wilhelm was not very pleased with her day: "Eleventh rank is definitely below my expectations. I have to fight for the title now, but I'm not 100% fit at the moment." The 30-year-old is currently suffering from a slight cold.

In the World Cup Total, Wilhelm's advantage ahead of Olofsson decreased to 38 points, 34 if we consider that three results will not enter the final score. That in mind, Henkel is up in second rank, 26 points behind Wilhelm.

Source: Biathlonworld.com

MEN'S 10 KM SPRINT

MICHAEL RÖSCH

Rank Bib Name Nation P S T Result
1 44 ROESCH Michael GER 1 0 1 27:00.5
2 47 TCHOUDOV Maxim RUS 0 0 0 +8.8
3 77 MAKOVEEV Andrei RUS 0 0 0 +13.4
4 35 SUMANN Christoph AUT 0 0 0 +16.0
5 39 PINTER Friedrich AUT 0 0 0 +22.6
6 36 FISCHER Sven GER 0 1 1 +25.6
7 26 BERGMAN Carl Johan SWE 1 0 1 +26.7
8 42 FERRY Björn SWE 1 0 1 +34.1
9 32 DE LORENZI Christian ITA 0 1 1 +34.7
10 20 BERGER Lars NOR 1 1 2 +36.5
11 49 ROZHKOV Sergei RUS 0 1 1 +39.9
12 30 ECKHOFF Stian NOR 1 0 1 +52.2
13 38 BIRNBACHER Andreas GER 2 0 2 +53.7
14 43 HANEVOLD Halvard NOR 0 0 0 +55.6
15 45 KRUGLOV Nikolay RUS 0 0 0 +1:01.7
16 48 GREIS Michael GER 2 2 4 +1:05.1
17 4 PUMP Carsten GER 1 0 1 +1:08.2
18 16 PALLHUBER Wilfried ITA 0 0 0 +1:12.7
19 37 IAROCHENKO Dmitri RUS 1 1 2 +1:14.6
20 28 DERYZEMLYA Andriy UKR 0 0 0 +1:15.2
21 79 GJELLAND Egil NOR 0 0 0 +1:15.8
22 83 KOCHKIN Mikhail RUS 0 1 1 +1:16.7
23 41 DEFRASNE Vincent FRA 0 2 2 +1:17.4
24 27 ANDRESEN Frode NOR 0 4 4 +1:20.9
25 11 SYMAN Alexandr BLR 0 0 0 +1:21.3
26 78 NOVIKOV Sergey BLR 0 0 0 +1:21.6
27 34 BURKE Tim USA 0 2 2 +1:24.8
28 51 SLESINGR Michal CZE 0 1 1 +1:25.7
29 33 OS Alexander NOR 2 1 3 +1:30.0
30 46 SVENDSEN Emil Hegle NOR 0 3 3 +1:31.0
31 19 NILSSON Mattias Jr. SWE 0 4 4 +1:31.9
32 7 GREDLER Ludwig AUT 1 1 2 +1:37.2
33 22 SHULMAN Filipp RUS 2 1 3 +1:38.0
34 24 SIMMEN Matthias SUI 1 2 3 +1:38.9
35 65 ANTILA Timo FIN 1 1 2 +1:39.9
36 15 VALIULLIN Rustam BLR 0 2 2 +1:42.3
37 63 BAILEY Lowell USA 1 1 2 +1:45.2
38 2 BAUER Klemen SLO 0 1 1 +1:47.2
39 12 DOSTAL Roman CZE 1 0 1 +1:47.7
40 72 WOLLSCHLÄGER Jörn GER 1 1 2 +1:48.7
41 31 BRICIS Ilmars LAT 0 1 1 +1:48.9
42 50 TCHEREZOV Ivan RUS 0 2 2 +1:49.3
43 82 EDER Simon AUT 1 2 3 +1:54.7
44 5 GRAF Daniel GER 2 1 3 +1:55.1
45 61 EKHOLM David SWE 0 2 2 +1:55.7
46 13 SOUKUP Jaroslav CZE 0 2 2 +1:57.4
47 57 CHURINE Alexey RUS 1 0 1 +1:57.5
48 40 BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar NOR 3 3 6 +2:00.2
49 71 MIKLASHEVSKY Vladimir BLR 0 0 0 +2:05.7
50 10 MORAVEC Ondrej CZE 2 0 2 +2:06.4
=51 3 HALLENBARTER Simon SUI 2 1 3 +2:07.0
=51 75 JONSSON Magnus SWE 1 3 4 +2:07.0
53 6 HAKKINEN Jay USA 2 1 3 +2:07.8
54 21 GJEDREM Hans Martin NOR 1 3 4 +2:10.5
55 25 MESOTITSCH Daniel AUT 0 3 3 +2:16.8
56 8 STEPHAN Christoph GER 0 2 2 +2:17.0
57 23 GROSS Ricco GER 1 0 1 +2:17.2
58 84 JAY Vincent FRA 0 0 0 +2:20.5
59 56 CLEGG Robin CAN 0 1 1 +2:20.7
60 14 BILANENKO Olexander UKR 0 0 0 +2:21.9
61 17 HABERT Lois FRA 0 1 1 +2:22.5
62 1 ROBERT Julien FRA 1 0 1 +2:23.5
63 60 SEDNEV Serguei UKR 0 2 2 +2:24.1
64 74 EBERHARD Tobias AUT 1 1 2 +2:30.5
65 73 PLYWACZYK Krzysztof POL 0 1 1 +2:41.0
66 54 WINDISCH Markus ITA 2 1 3 +2:44.3
67 67 TEELA Jeremy USA 1 2 3 +2:47.4
68 62 MATIASKO Marek SVK 1 1 2 +2:48.9
69 68 RUDENCHYK Vitaliy BUL 0 3 3 +2:52.1
70 52 HURAJT Pavol SVK 2 1 3 +2:53.5
71 80 AIDAROV Alexei UKR 0 1 1 +2:57.8
72 9 CANNARD Ferreol FRA 0 2 2 +3:05.3
73 76 KAUPPINEN Jarkko FIN 0 0 0 +3:09.8
74 55 ZIEMIANIN Wieslaw POL 0 1 1 +3:12.4
75 18 VUILLERMOZ Rene Laurent ITA 2 3 5 +3:13.1
76 59 JOLLER Ivan SUI 1 1 2 +3:17.9
77 29 FOURCADE Simon FRA 3 2 5 +3:19.6
78 64 DUMBRIS Kaspars LAT 1 1 2 +3:23.0
79 85 MATIASKO Miroslav SVK 0 2 2 +3:30.3
80 58 DOKL Peter SLO 2 1 3 +3:32.2
81 69 BRAICHENKO Nikolay KAZ 1 1 2 +3:56.9
82 66 KOBUS Miroslaw POL 1 0 1 +3:59.5
83 53 HODGKINS Lance GBR 1 2 3 +4:50.6
84 70 JACKSON Lee-Steve GBR 3 2 5 +4:54.4
85 81 CHERVYHKOV Alexsandr KAZ 3 3 6 +5:21.5
86 86 KANE Kevin GBR 1 2 3 +5:44.3

First Win of the Season for Roesch

Germany's Michael Roesch scored the second World Cup Victory in his career today, winning the Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk ahead of local favorites Maxim Tchoudov and Andrei Makoveev. Although Roesch missed one of his targets at the shooting range, the 23-year-old completed his 10-km-run 8.8 seconds faster than Tchoudov and 13.4 seconds faster than Makoveev, who both shot clean.

Naturally, Roesch was very pleased with his performance in the interview after the race, and he knew whom to thank: "Most importantly, I have to thank my ski supplier and my serviceman Grossi. I had some great skis today. I didn't really think about possibly winning during the race, but being up there on the podium is the best feeling you can have."

Roesch was ahead of Tchoudov at the start of the final lap, but the Russian had the momentum initially, cheered on by the enthusiastic Russian crowd. He was ahead of Roesch at the intermediate at 8.7 km, but Roesch was running alongside Ole Einar Bjoerndalen with the ambition to cross the finishing line ahead of the Norwegian, who had started the race a full two minutes before him.

Michael Greis finished 16th and won the World Cup Sprint Score, ahead of Bjoern Ferry (eighth today) and Nikolay Kruglov (15th).
He also improved his chances to win the World Cup Total Score, again gaining some points on Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. The Norwegian finished 48th, his worst World Cup result in more than six years and his worst result in a World Cup Sprint since 1993, his first year in the World Cup.

Source: Biathlonworld.com

Team News

Team News

WOMEN'S 10 KM PURSUIT

MAGDALENA NEUNER

1 1 NEUNER Magdalena GER 0 1 1 2 4 34:18.72
2 3 OLOFSSON Anna Carin SWE 0 1 1 0 2 +25.3
3 2 HENKEL Andrea GER 1 0 1 0 2 +25.5
4 13 BRANKOVIC Tadeja SLO 0 0 1 0 1 +1:03.8
5 6 BAVEREL-ROBERT Florence FRA 1 0 0 0 1 +1:05.8
6 21 DOMRACHEVA Darya BLR 0 1 0 0 1 +1:14.7
7 12 DENKINGER Simone GER 1 1 0 1 3 +1:25.7
8 7 APEL Katrin GER 0 0 1 1 2 +1:27.3
9 10 BERGER Tora NOR 0 0 1 0 1 +1:32.8
10 4 GREGORIN Teja SLO 0 0 1 2 3 +1:37.6
11 5 KHVOSTENKO Oksana UKR 1 0 0 0 1 +1:50.5
12 8 JONSSON Helena SWE 1 0 0 0 1 +1:51.4
13 20 GLAGOW Martina GER 0 0 1 0 1 +2:15.4
14 17 GRUDICEK Dijana SLO 0 1 1 0 2 +2:31.8
15 28 SOKOLOVA Natalya BLR 3 0 0 0 3 +2:55.6
16 26 SLEPTSOVA Svetlana RUS 0 0 3 1 4 +2:59.1
17 15 BOULYGINA Anna RUS 2 2 0 1 5 +2:59.2
18 24 BAILLY Sandrine FRA 0 1 2 0 3 +3:02.6
19 23 MALI Andreja SLO 0 0 1 1 2 +3:05.3
20 11 WILHELM Kati GER 4 1 0 0 5 +3:14.8
21 45 NIZIAK Ute GER 0 0 0 0 0 +3:20.1
22 16 PERETTO Delphine FRA 0 1 1 1 3 +3:22.7
23 38 HALLER Katja ITA 1 1 0 0 2 +3:26.6
24 9 KUDRASHOVA Olga BLR 0 0 1 1 2 +3:30.2
25 22 GWIZDON Magdalena POL 1 0 3 0 4 +3:40.9
26 19 HITZER Kathrin GER 2 1 1 2 6 +3:53.5
27 33 EIKELAND Liv Kjersti NOR 0 0 2 1 3 +3:54.3
28 41 GUSEVA Natalia RUS 0 1 0 1 2 +3:58.8
29 18 MOERKVE Jori NOR 1 1 2 0 4 +3:59.9
30 27 KALINCHIK Liudmila BLR 1 0 2 1 4 +4:20.0
31 31 MOISEEVA Tatiana RUS 2 2 1 0 5 +4:32.5
32 25 BECAERT Sylvie FRA 1 2 0 1 4 +4:44.2
33 39 SEMERENKO Vita UKR 0 0 3 0 3 +4:46.7
34 36 ANISIMOVA Olga RUS 0 0 2 1 3 +5:05.2
35 32 SOROKINA Anna RUS 1 0 3 1 5 +5:20.1
36 14 ADLER Jenny GER 1 1 1 3 6 +5:38.8
37 34 SKARDINO Nadezhda BLR 0 3 1 0 4 +5:50.9
38 30 INGSTADBJOERG Anne NOR 0 0 4 2 6 +5:52.5
39 43 NIKOULTCHINA Irina BUL 3 2 1 2 8 +5:59.2
40 48 HALINAROVA Martina SVK 2 1 1 0 4 +6:07.4
41 46 PALKA Krystyna POL 0 1 1 2 4 +6:24.4
42 35 SANTER-BJOERNDALEN Nathalie BEL 1 1 3 2 7 +6:49.0
43 40 MALGINA Irina RUS 1 1 4 1 7 +6:56.8
44 37 LIDUMA Madara LAT 1 1 4 3 9 +7:09.2
45 54 BOBAK Paulina POL 1 0 1 1 3 +7:26.7
46 51 GEREKOVA Jana SVK 1 1 2 2 6 +7:36.0
DNS 29 IOURIEVA Ekaterina RUS
DNS 44 MÄKÄRÄINEN Kaisa FIN
DNS 47 PIDHRUSHNA Olena UKR
DNS 49 KOCHER Zina CAN
DNS 50 ANANKO Liudmila BLR
DNS 56 LEBEDEVA Marina KAZ
DNS 58 KRUMINA Gerda LAT
DNS 59 GOROHOVA Elena MDA
LAP 42 RASIMOVICIUTE Diana LTU 1 4 2
LAP 52 DOMEIJ Sofia SWE 3 2 2
LAP 53 NILSSON Anna Maria SWE 2 1 3
LAP 55 SVIKRUHOVA Eliska SVK 1 1
LAP 57 GLAZERE Liga LAT 3

Biggest Climbers:
Domracheva - 21st to 6th
Brankovic - 13th to 4th
Niziak - 45th to 21st
Sololova - 28th to 15th

Biggest Fallers:
Kudrashova - 9th to 4th
Adler - 14th to 36th

Neuner wins the Race, Wilhelm the Cup

Despite Magdalena Neuner's seventh victory of the season, her fourth in a row, Kati Wilhelm won the World Cup Pursuit Score – albeit by the smallest possible margin of just a single point. Yet, finishing in 20th position, Wilhelm lost the lead in the World Cup Total Score to her teammate Andrea Henkel, who ranked third at the end of the Pursuit. In an exciting dash to the finishing line, Sweden's Anna Carin Olofsson defeated Henkel by a mere 0.2 seconds, 25.3 seconds behind the winner Neuner. Neuner had four misses today, Olofsson and Henkel two each.

Olofsson will nevertheless enter the final race of the season wearing the yellow bib because the points for the last of the three results that are scratched from the Total Score will not be subtracted until after the final race. In this preliminary tally, Olofsson has the same number of points as Wilhelm (860) but one victory more than the German, Henkel is six points behind.

Henkel knows that she is in the virtual lead: "At least I'm a little bit in the yellow bib. The strategy for tomorrow will be: 'Work hard and stay calm at the shooting range'. The course is not that difficult here, that's why the shooting will be decisive."

Because of Neuner's huge advantage at the start and the relatively large gap between her and the late starters, Neuner lapped several competitors today, who were then taken out of the race by the jury. Neuner was a little sorry: "I had to lap some other athletes, although I really didn't want to do it. But they were running a bit too slowly." Running a lonely race in first rank, Neuner tried to pace herself, "so that I would make it through the shooting sessions okay. It's a lot easier when you run in a group."

Source: Biathlonworld.com

MEN'S 12.5 KM PURSUIT

MAXIM TCHOUDOV

Rank Bib Name Nation P P S S T Result
1 2 TCHOUDOV Maxim RUS 0 0 1 1 2 36:54.43
2 8 FERRY Björn SWE 0 0 2 0 2 +0.6
3 12 ECKHOFF Stian NOR 0 1 1 0 2 +2.1
4 4 SUMANN Christoph AUT 0 1 0 0 1 +9.8
5 7 BERGMAN Carl Johan SWE 1 1 0 0 2 +11.4
6 14 HANEVOLD Halvard NOR 0 1 0 1 2 +25.0
7 1 ROESCH Michael GER 0 1 2 1 4 +25.8
8 28 SLESINGR Michal CZE 0 0 0 1 1 +29.3
9 48 BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar NOR 0 1 1 0 2 +29.6
10 11 ROZHKOV Sergei RUS 0 0 2 1 3 +45.6
11 6 FISCHER Sven GER 0 1 2 1 4 +49.5
12 24 ANDRESEN Frode NOR 2 0 2 1 5 +50.8
13 5 PINTER Friedrich AUT 1 0 1 0 2 +53.1
14 29 OS Alexander NOR 0 0 3 1 4 +58.4
15 10 BERGER Lars NOR 1 1 2 3 7 +1:05.1
16 16 GREIS Michael GER 0 1 3 2 6 +1:05.1
17 40 WOLLSCHLÄGER Jörn GER 1 0 1 0 2 +1:10.2
18 47 CHURINE Alexey RUS 1 0 0 0 1 +1:12.5
19 26 NOVIKOV Sergey BLR 0 0 0 0 0 +1:13.2
20 33 SHULMAN Filipp RUS 0 1 0 0 1 +1:22.7
21 19 IAROCHENKO Dmitri RUS 0 1 1 1 3 +1:29.4
22 44 GRAF Daniel GER 1 0 1 0 2 +1:33.0
23 13 BIRNBACHER Andreas GER 2 1 0 1 4 +1:34.1
24 23 DEFRASNE Vincent FRA 2 0 0 1 3 +1:38.8
25 9 DE LORENZI Christian ITA 0 1 3 1 5 +1:45.2
26 30 SVENDSEN Emil Hegle NOR 0 1 1 1 3 +1:51.5
27 21 GJELLAND Egil NOR 0 0 1 1 2 +1:55.5
28 36 VALIULLIN Rustam BLR 0 1 0 1 2 +1:56.2
29 22 KOCHKIN Mikhail RUS 0 3 1 0 4 +1:56.3
30 17 PUMP Carsten GER 1 0 0 4 5 +2:04.8
31 46 SOUKUP Jaroslav CZE 1 0 0 2 3 +2:05.4
32 27 BURKE Tim USA 2 1 0 1 4 +2:06.8
33 38 BAUER Klemen SLO 2 0 1 1 4 +2:19.0
34 31 NILSSON Mattias Jr. SWE 1 1 3 2 7 +2:21.9
35 37 BAILEY Lowell USA 0 0 2 1 3 +2:27.6
36 3 MAKOVEEV Andrei RUS 2 3 1 1 7 +2:33.7
37 56 STEPHAN Christoph GER 1 0 1 0 2 +2:34.5
38 41 BRICIS Ilmars LAT 0 0 0 2 2 +2:42.3
39 52 JONSSON Magnus SWE 0 0 1 2 3 +2:44.1
40 34 SIMMEN Matthias SUI 0 0 1 3 4 +3:02.4
41 43 EDER Simon AUT 0 1 0 0 1 +3:06.6
42 15 KRUGLOV Nikolay RUS 1 0 0 1 2 +3:15.4
43 20 DERYZEMLYA Andriy UKR 0 0 0 0 0 +3:21.6
44 32 GREDLER Ludwig AUT 2 1 1 0 4 +3:29.4
45 39 DOSTAL Roman CZE 0 3 1 2 6 +3:30.1
46 25 SYMAN Alexandr BLR 2 0 1 2 5 +3:32.7
47 51 HALLENBARTER Simon SUI 1 2 1 0 4 +3:37.4
48 45 EKHOLM David SWE 1 0 2 1 4 +3:37.8
49 58 JAY Vincent FRA 0 1 0 0 1 +3:50.9
50 54 GJEDREM Hans Martin NOR 1 2 1 1 5 +3:52.8
51 35 ANTILA Timo FIN 1 1 1 1 4 +3:54.3
52 42 TCHEREZOV Ivan RUS 1 3 1 1 6 +3:59.6
53 57 GROSS Ricco GER 0 0 0 2 2 +4:04.4
54 60 BILANENKO Olexander UKR 0 1 0 0 1 +4:18.8
55 50 MORAVEC Ondrej CZE 2 1 2 2 7 +4:30.3
56 49 MIKLASHEVSKY Vladimir BLR 0 2 1 2 5 +5:15.6
57 53 HAKKINEN Jay USA 2 2 2 0 6 +5:41.8
58 18 PALLHUBER Wilfried ITA 2 1 0 0 3 +5:59.3
59 59 CLEGG Robin CAN 0 4 2 2 8 +8:01.3
DNS 55 MESOTITSCH Daniel AUT

Biggest Climbers:
Bjoerndalen - 48th to 9th
Slesingr - 28th to 8th
Os - 29th to 14th
Andresen - 24th to 12th
Wollschläger - 49th to 17th
Churine - 47th to 18th
Shulman - 33rd to 20th
Graf - 44th to 22nd

Biggest Fallers:
Makoveev - 3rd to 36th
De Lorenzi - 9th to 25th
Pallhuber - 18th to 58th
Kruglov - 15th to 42nd

Tchoudov Scores First Win - Greis Secures Overall Title

Russia's Maxim Tchoudov scored the first World Cup victory in his career today, winning the men's Pursuit in a tight three-way-duel against Bjoern Ferry (SWE) and Stian Eckhoff (NOR). In the end, the 24-year-old was 0.6 seconds ahead of Ferry and 2.1 seconds ahead of Eckhoff. All three missed two of their 20 targets today.

Logging the fastest isolated Pursuit time, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (NOR) improved from his 48th position at the start to finish ninth, but his effort eventually turned out to be in vain. Germany's Michael Greis finished 16th, with a total of six errors, and secured the title in the World Cup Total Score with one race left. The large crystal bowl will therefore go the Germany for the first time since the 1998/1999 season, when Sven Fischer had won the title.

Initially, Greis was not at all satisfied with his performance today: "I felt great, had great skis, but really messed up at the shooting range. I'm quite angry right now. I can't be so happy about the title just yet. I did profit from Ole Einar being absent from some of the races, I definitely have to admit that. As a matter of fact, he is the best."

Russia's Dmitri Iarochenko won the title in the Pursuit Score. His 21st rank today does not enter the final tally. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen ranked second in the end, just six points behind.

Source: Biathlonworld.com