The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup (BWC) was a multi-race series over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 24 November 2017 in Östersund, Sweden and ended on 25 March 2018 in Tyumen, Russia. The defending overall champions from the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup were Martin Fourcade of France and Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.
Calendar
Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2017–18 season.[1]
World Cup podiums
Men
Women
Men's team
Women's team
Mixed
Standings: Men
- Final standings after 22 races.
- Final standings after 2 races.
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- Final standings after 8 races.
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- Final standings after 7 races.
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- Final standings after 5 races.
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- Final standings after 4 races.
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- Final standings after 18 races.
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Standings: Women
- Final standings after 22 races.
- Final standings after 2 races.
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- Final standings after 8 races.
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- Final standings after 7 races.
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- Final standings after 5 races.
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- Final standings after 4 races.
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- Final standings after 18 races.
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Standings: Mixed
- Final standings after 4 races.
Medal table
Achievements
- First World Cup career victory
- Men
- Henrik L'Abée-Lund (NOR), 31, in his 8th season — Stage 8 Sprint in Oslo Holmenkollen; first podium was 2012–13 Sprint in Sochi
- Maxim Tsvetkov (RUS), 26, in his 6th season — Stage 9 Mass start in Tyumen; first podium was 2015–16 Sprint in Antholz–Anterselva
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- Women
- Nadezhda Skardino (BLR), 32, in her 9th season — Stage 1 Individual in Östersund; first podium was 2012–13 Sprint in Pokljuka
- Denise Herrmann (GER), 28, in her 2nd season — Stage 1 Sprint in Östersund; it was also her first podium
- Justine Braisaz (FRA), 21, in her 4th season — Stage 3 Mass start in Le Grand-Bornand; first podium was 2016–17 Pursuit in Pokljuka
- Vanessa Hinz (GER), 25, in her 6th season — Stage 7 Mass start in Kontiolahti; it was also her first podium
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- First World Cup podium
- Men
- Antonin Guigonnat (FRA), 26, in his 5th season — no. 3 in the Stage 3 Sprint in Le Grand-Bornand
- Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR), 27, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the Stage 6 Mass start in Anterselva
- Simon Desthieux (FRA), 26, in his 6th season — no. 2 in the Stage 9 Sprint in Tyumen
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- Women
- Iryna Kryuko (BLR), 26, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the Stage 3 Mass start in Le Grand-Bornand
- Rosanna Crawford (CAN), 29, in her 9th season — no. 3 in the Stage 5 Individual in Ruhpolding
- Paulína Fialková (SVK), 25, in her 7th season — no. 2 in the Stage 9 Mass start in Tyumen
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- Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)
- Men
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- Women
- Darya Domracheva (BLR), 6 (31) first places
- Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK), 5 (11) first places
- Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 2 (23) first place
- Laura Dahlmeier (GER), 2 (19) first places
- Denise Herrmann (GER), 2 (2) first places
- Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 1 (5) first place
- Dorothea Wierer (ITA), 1 (4) first place
- Nadezhda Skardino (BLR), 1 (1) first place
- Justine Braisaz (FRA), 1 (1) first place
- Vanessa Hinz (GER), 1 (1) first place
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Retirements
The following notable biathletes retired during or after the 2017–18 season:
Notes
References
- ^ "International Biathlon Union - IBU". www.biathlonworld.com.
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- ^ "Marie Dorin arrêtera sa carrière à Oslo" [Marie Dorin arrêtera sa carrière à Oslo]. www.lequipe.fr (in French). February 22, 2018. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
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- ^ a b "Tófalvi és Szőcs visszavonul". szekelyhon.ro (in Hungarian). April 4, 2018.
- ^ "Biathlon, Karin Oberhofer si ritira: "Scelgo la famiglia, orgogliosa di quanto fatto"". 12 May 2018.
- ^ NEVEITALIA.IT (11 May 2018). "Karin Oberhofer si ritira".
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- ^ "Uroš Velepec pred vrnitvijo v slovenski biatlon, Anja Eržen se poslavlja". siol.net (in Slovenian). March 27, 2018.
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