2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 5

The 2019–20 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 5 was the fifth event[1] of the season and is held in Ruhpolding, Germany, from 15 to 19 January 2020.

Schedule of events

The events took place at the following times.[1]

Date	Time	Events
15 January	14:30 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
16 January	14:30 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
17 January	14:30 CET	4 x 6 km Women's Relay
18 January	14:15 CET	4 x 7.5 km Men's Relay
19 January	12:15 CET	Women's 10 km Pursuit
	14:30 CET	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint[2]	Martin Fourcade  France	22:41.5 (0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet  France	22:44.6 (0+0)	Benedikt Doll  Germany	22:53.5 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit[3]	Martin Fourcade  France	31:26.8 (0+0+0+0)	Quentin Fillon Maillet  France	31:44.4 (0+0+1+0)	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen  Norway	32:02.8 (0+0+0+1)
4 x 7.5 km Men Relay[4]	France Émilien Jacquelin Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	1:18:11.2 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2)	Norway Johannes Dale Erlend Bjøntegaard Tarjei Bø Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen	1:19:23.4 (0+1) (0+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1)	Austria Dominik Landertinger Simon Eder Felix Leitner Julian Eberhard	1:19:35.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint[5]	Tiril Eckhoff  Norway	18:55.5 (0+0)	Hanna Öberg  Sweden	19:25.2 (0+0)	Dorothea Wierer  Italy	19:32.3 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit[6]	Tiril Eckhoff  Norway	34:08.7 (0+0+1+0)	Paulína Fialková  Slovakia	34:55.0 (1+0+0+1)	Hanna Öberg  Sweden	35:03.8 (0+1+0+1)
4 x 6 km Women Relay[7]	Norway Karoline Offigstad Knotten Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Marte Olsbu Røiseland Tiril Eckhoff	1:08:46.4 (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1)	France Julia Simon Anaïs Bescond Célia Aymonier Justine Braisaz	1:08:57.1 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1)	Switzerland Elisa Gasparin Selina Gasparin Aita Gasparin Lena Häcki	1:09:07.1 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0)

Achievements

Best individual performance for all time

Fabien Claude (FRA), 5th place in Sprint  Philipp Nawrath (GER), 7th place in Sprint  Apostolos Angelis (GRE), 71st place in Sprint  Edgars Mise (LAT), 83rd place in Sprint  Bogdan Tsymbal (UKR), 88th place in Sprint

Hanna Sola (BLR), 4th place in Sprint  Johanna Skottheim (SWE), 4th place in Pursuit  Elena Kruchinkina (BLR), 16th place in Sprint  Suvi Minkkinen (FIN), 29th place in Pursuit  Michela Carrara (ITA), 55th place in Sprint

First individual World Cup race

Deedra Irwin (USA), 79th place in Sprint

References

1. "Event schedule". IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
2. "Rupholding final results - Men's 10 km Sprint" (PDF). 16 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
3. "Rupholding final results - Men's 12.5 km Pursuit" (PDF). 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
4. "Rupholding final results - Men's 4x7.5 km Relay" (PDF). 18 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
5. "Rupholding final results - Women's 7.5 km Sprint" (PDF). 15 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
6. "Rupholding final results - Women's 10 km Pursuit" (PDF). 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
7. "Rupholding final results - Women's 4x6 km Relay" (PDF). 17 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.