Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

The biathlon competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held on 13 March and 17 March 2010.

Biathlon
at the X Paralympic Winter Games
VenueWhistler Paralympic Park
DatesMarch 13
March 17

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)57416
2 Ukraine (UKR)33410
3 Germany (GER)3025
4 Norway (NOR)1102
5 Finland (FIN)0101
6 Belarus (BLR)0011
 United States (USA)0011
Totals (7 nations)12121236

Events

The program includes a total of 12 events, 6 for men and 6 for women. Competitors are divided into three categories: standing, visually impaired, and sitting. Standing biathletes are those that have a locomotive disability but are able to use the same equipment as able-bodied skiers, while sitting competitors use a sitski. Skiers with a visual impairement compete with the help of a sighted guide and an acoustic aiming system. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[1]

Women's events

Pursuit & Individual - visually impaired. From left to right: Bronze medalists Alexey Ivanov (guide) and Mikhalina Lysova of Russia, gold medalists Thomas Friedrich (guide) and Verena Bentele of Germany, and silver medalists Natalia Yakimova (guide) and Lioubov Vasilieva of Russia.
Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Pursuit
visually
impaired
Verena Bentele
Guide: Thomas Friedrich
 Germany
12:51.8 Lioubov Vasilieva
Guide: Natalia Yakimova
 Russia
13:23.4 Mikhalina Lysova
Guide: Alexey Ivanov
 Russia
13:40.8
sitting Olena Iurkovska
 Ukraine
09:55.5 Maria Iovleva
 Russia
10:12.6 Lyudmyla Pavlenko
 Ukraine
10:20.7
standing Anna Burmistrova
 Russia
11:24.1 Maija Loytynoja
 Finland
12:59.8 Alena Gorbunova
 Russia
13:25.1
Individual
visually
impaired
Verena Bentele
Guide: Thomas Friedrich
 Germany
43:57.3 Lioubov Vasilieva
Guide: Natalia Yakimova
 Russia
46:59.4 Mikhalina Lysova
Guide: Alexey Ivanov
 Russia
47:59.1
sitting Maria Iovleva
 Russia
38:46.6 Olena Iurkovska
 Ukraine
39:07.8 Andrea Eskau
 Germany
39:54.2
standing Oleksandra Kononova
 Ukraine
46:01.4 Anna Burmistrova
 Russia
48:04.0 Iuliia Batenkova
 Ukraine
48:22.5

Men's events

Event Class Gold Silver Bronze
Pursuit
visually
impaired
Vitaliy Lukyanenko
Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov
 Ukraine
10:54.3 Nikolay Polukhin
Guide: Andrey Tokarev
 Russia
11:09.2 Vasili Shaptsiaboi
Guide: Mikalai Shablouski
 Belarus
11:16.0
sitting Irek Zaripov
 Russia
09:51.0 Iurii Kostiuk
 Ukraine
10:38.9 Andy Soule
 United States
10:53.1
standing Kirill Mikhaylov
 Russia
10:32.2 Nils-Erik Ulset
 Norway
10:51.3 Grygorii Vovchinskiy
 Ukraine
10:58.9
Individual
visually
impaired
Wilhelm Brem
Guide: Florian Grimm
 Germany
38:28.6 Nikolay Polukhin
Guide: Andrey Tokarev
 Russia
38:32.7 Vitaliy Lukyanenko
Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov
 Ukraine
38:55.5
sitting Irek Zaripov
 Russia
42:22.4 Vladimir Kiselev
 Russia
42:29.9 Roman Petushkov
 Russia
43:11.0
standing Nils-Erik Ulset
 Norway
38:29.4 Grygorii Vovchinskiy
 Ukraine
39:28.5 Josef Giesen
 Germany
41:25.0

See also

References

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