World Biathlon Championships
World Cup Biathlon - international biathlon competitions, held since 1958. Today's world championships include performances in sprint, race harassment, an individual race, mixed relay race, relay race and the mass start. Speakers in the World Championship points are credited to the general set-off the World Cup and Nations Cup test in a quantity similar to the presentation stage the World Cup.
In 1958, the town Zalfelden-am-Shtaynernen Meer (German Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer) SalzburgerLand Federal Republic of Austria was the first World Championships, which officially took the individual race at 20 km and informally - relay 4 × 7,5 km from the men. The world's first world champion was the Swedish biathlete Adolf Viklund. Relay race had been officially included in the world championships only in 1966. Next in world championships, you receive the following competitions: in 1974 - men's sprint race, in 1984 - an individual race, sprint, relay for women in 1989 - team race for men and women (not held since 1998), in 1997 - Race of persecution by men and women, in 1999 - mass start, in 2005 - a mixed relay.
The outcome of the World Biathlon Championships in 2009 Phenchhane
The outcome of the World Biathlon Championships in Ostersund 2008
The outcome of the World Biathlon Championships in Antholtse - Anterselve 2007
