2000–01 Biathlon World Cup

The 2000–01 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2000 in Antholz-Anterselva, Italy, and ended on 18 March 2001 in Holmenkollen, Norway.^[1] It was the twenty-fourth season of the Biathlon World Cup.

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2000–01 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Details
Antholz-Anterselva	30 November–3 December	●	●			●	details
Antholz-Anterselva	7–10 December		●	●		●	details
Antholz-Anterselva	14–17 December	●	●	●			details
Oberhof	4–7 January		●	●	●		details
Ruhpolding	10–14 January		●	●		●	details
Antholz-Anterselva	18–21 January		●		●	●	details
Pokljuka	3–11 February	●	●	●	●	●	World Championships
Salt Lake City	28 February–3 March	●	●	●			details
Lake Placid	7 March		●				details
Holmenkollen	16–18 March		●	●	●		details
Total		4	10	7	4	5

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Raphaël Poirée	921
2.	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	911
3.	Frode Andresen	712
4.	Pavel Rostovtsev	707
5.	Sven Fischer	675

• Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Sergei Rozhkov 133 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 110 3. Ricco Groß 109 4. Sven Fischer 107 5. Carsten Heymann 101 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 393 2. Raphaël Poirée 375 3. Frode Andresen 337 4. Pavel Rostovtsev 282 5. Halvard Hanevold 280 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Raphaël Poirée 278 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 272 3. Frode Andresen 247 4. Pavel Rostovtsev 228 5. Sven Fischer 190 Final standings after 7 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Sven Fischer 143 2. Ole Einar Bjørndalen 136 3. Raphaël Poirée 136 4. Egil Gjelland 120 5. Ricco Groß 109 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Norway 189 2. Germany 173 3. Czech Republic 167 4. Belarus 166 5. Russia 158 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1. Norway 4919 2. Germany 4713 3. Russia 4455 4. France 4356 5. Slovenia 3905 Final standings after 19 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Magdalena Forsberg	1021
2.	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée	804
3.	Olena Zubrilova	774
4.	Corinne Niogret	665
5.	Andrea Henkel	635

• Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos. Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 143 2. Corinne Niogret 110 3. Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 110 4. Andrea Henkel 110 5. Martina Glagow 102 Final standings after 4 races.

Sprint Pos. Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 368 2. Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 312 3. Olena Zubrilova 284 4. Olga Pyleva 252 5. Corinne Niogret 245 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 300 2. Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 252 3. Olena Zubrilova 246 4. Corinne Niogret 213 5. Andrea Henkel 210 Final standings after 7 races.

Mass start Pos. Points 1. Magdalena Forsberg 146 2. Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 120 3. Martina Glagow 117 4. Olena Zubrilova 113 5. Uschi Disl 111 Final standings after 4 races.

Relay Pos. Points 1. Norway 190 2. Germany 188 3. Russia 182 4. Ukraine 169 5. France 149 Final standings after 5 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1. Germany 4851 2. Russia 4635 3. Ukraine 4470 4. France 4406 5. Norway 4393 Final standings after 19 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

•  Zdeněk Vítek (CZE), 23, in his 5th season — the WC 1 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 1999–2000 Pursuit in Oberhof
•  Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 21, in her 2nd season — the WC 3 Individual in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was her first podium
•  Kati Wilhelm (GER), 24, in her 1st season — the World Championships Sprint in Pokljuka; first podium was 2000–01 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Paavo Puurunen (FIN), 27, in his 7th season — the World Championships Individual in Pokljuka; it also was his first podium
•  Yu Shumei (CHN), 23, in her 6th season — the WC 9 Mass Start in Holmenkollen; first podium was 1995–96 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva

First World Cup podium

•  Kati Wilhelm (GER), 24, in her 1st season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
•  Tord Wiksten (SWE), 29, in his 8th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
•  Tomaž Globočnik (SLO), 28, in his 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Mass Start in Oberhof
•  Julien Robert (FRA), 26, in his 6th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Individual in Salt Lake City
•  Henrik Forsberg (SWE), 34, in his 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint in Lake Placid

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

•  Magdalena Forsberg (SWE), 14 (33) first places
•  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), 8 (22) first places
•  Raphaël Poirée (FRA), 6 (14) first places
•  Frode Andresen (NOR), 3 (11) first places
•  Sven Fischer (GER), 2 (19) first places
•  Corinne Niogret (FRA), 2 (8) first places
•  Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (NOR), 2 (7) first places
•  Pavel Rostovtsev (RUS), 2 (3) first places
•  Kati Wilhelm (GER), 2 (2) first places
•  Uschi Disl (GER), 1 (20) first place
•  Olena Zubrilova (UKR), 1 (15) first place
•  Viktor Maigourov (RUS), 1 (8) first place
•  Sergei Rozhkov (RUS), 1 (2) first place
•  Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen (NOR), 1 (2) first place
•  Zdeněk Vítek (CZE), 1 (1) first place
•  Sandrine Bailly (FRA), 1 (1) first place
•  Paavo Puurunen (FIN), 1 (1) first place
•  Yu Shumei (CHN), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2000–01 season:

External links

• IBU official site

References