The outcome of the World Biathlon Championships in 2009 Phenchhane
World Championship Biathlon - Phenchhan (Korea)
IBU BIATHLON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - Pyeong Chang (KOR)
Table prize
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint 7.5 km Women | Kati Wilhelm | Simon Hausvald | Olga Zaitseva |
| Sprint, 10 km, Men | Ole-Einar Berndalen | Lars Berger | Halvar Hanevold |
| Harassment, 10 km Women | Helena Yunsson | Kati Wilhelm | Olga Zaitseva |
| Harassment, 12.5 km men | Ole-Einar Berndalen | Maxim Chudov | Alexander Us |
| Individual race 20 km Men | Ole-Einar Berndalen | Christoph Stephan | In fact Jacob |
| Individual race 15 km Women | Kati Wilhelm | Tieya Gregorin | Burger Tour |
| Mixed relay, 2X6 km + 2X7.5 km | France Marie-Lor Brunet | Sweden Helena Yunsson | Germany Andrea Henkel |
| Mass start 15 km muchzhiny | Dominique Landertinger | Christoph Zumann | Ivan Cherezov |
| Relay, 4x6 km Women | Russia Svetlana Sleptsova | Germany Martin Beck | France Marie-Lor Brunet |
| Mass start 12.5 km Women | Olga Zaitseva | Anastasia Kuzmina | Helena Yunsson |
| Relay, 4X7.5 km Men | Norway Emil-Heili SVENDSEN | Austria Daniel Mezotich | Germany Michael Dec |
Medalny off
| Place | Country | z | with | b | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Russia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Austria | 1 | 2 | -- | 3 |
| 5 | Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | France | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Slovenia | -- | 1 | -- | 1 |
| -- | Slovakia | -- | 1 | -- | 1 |
| 9 | Croatia | -- | -- | 1 | 1 |
Interesting Facts
44 th World Championships Biathlon took place in Phenchhane (South Korea) from 13 to 22 February 2009 in the framework of the World Cup 2008/09. The first Biathlon World Championships held in Asia and in the 4 th time outside Europe.
It was played 11 sets of medals, and 5 for men and women in the sprint, persecution, mass-start, an individual race, relay race and one set of medals in the mixed relay race.
The owners of the championship has never been raised at the podium in the World Cup, World Championships or Olympic Games. Of the representatives of Asian countries, China's only women's team managed to win world championships medals.
Before the tournament a major doping scandal erupted. Doping samples of «A» and «B» team of three athletes of Russia, Catherine Yurieva, Albina Ahatovoy and Dmitry Yaroshenko gave a positive result. All three were suspended from the athlete's participation in the competitions.
Relief
The track in Phenchhane technically difficult, for this reason biathlete repeatedly committed in the fall, held here, World Cup 2007/08. Flat and sloping sites, as compared to other tracks, very little. Most of the distance - the sharp descents and steep slopes. By the World Cup organizers have promised to ease a particularly difficult route, but the changes made just for men - made a sloping descent to the finish. During the tournament, as expected, many participants fell, among them were, and Magdalena Noyner with Ivan Cherezova.
Snow cover
Because of the positive air temperatures, snow on this trail praticheski not. All the snow is artificial, nastrelyannym of the special snow installations. That snow is a major and significantly impedes the sliding. Also, the wind on the road with seasoned sand, which creates additional difficulties.
Before the World Cup air temperature reaches +16 ° C, the snow quickly tayal. For this reason, part of the road was closed for training.
During the day before the start of competitions have been fears that the sprint race will be canceled or postponed, because route was unsuitable for full-fledged competition. But for one night organizing committee has managed to bring out of the track at 2000 cubic meters of snow and with the help of 500-600 people to distribute snow across the trail.
