What awaits biathletes at the Alpensia resort. Conquest of Asia. What awaits biathletes at the Alpensia resort Biathlon in South Korea schedule

The Biathlon World Championships in Hochfilzen have already become part of history, and after a short break, the World Cup resumes with the next stage in Pyeongchang, Korea. The pre-Olympic week begins on Thursday, March 2, with the women's sprint. Athletes will also run a pursuit race and a relay race.

Bjoerndalen sets an example for young people

The biathletes have a very busy week and a half ahead of them, because at the end of the stage in Korea they will have to make another long flight to Finland, where the eighth stage of the World Cup will take place, moved from Tyumen. Because of this schedule, it has already become known that many of the strongest will not fly to Pyeongchang.

The leader of the German national team decided to follow the example of the tired Norwegians and not fly to Korea, citing illness.

“There is no point in flying sick. I hope I can recover quickly to compete at the stage in Finland,” Schempp told Sport1.de.

Russian women during the period of stagnation

Women turned out to be more resilient than the stronger sex, and all the leaders of the season will take part in the fight for cup points. This can also be explained by the nature of the fight for the Big Crystal Globe, where among men Anton, who occupies second place in the overall standings, can only in theory win back 330 points from Martin Fourcade, but for this something out of the ordinary must happen.

For women, the fight is in full swing, and the German World Cup leader is only 46 points ahead of last year’s Globe winner, so missing starts is extremely dangerous.

The fight for first place in the season among women will be intense, and it cannot be confidently stated that the triumphant World Championships in Hochfilzen Dahlmeier, who won five gold and one silver medal in Austria, will calmly retain first place in the overall standings. Moreover, after such tension and emotional outburst, the German may not have enough strength to continue her victorious pace in Korea and Finland.

Koukalova is quite capable of taking advantage of Dahlmeier’s inevitable decline in form after the main start of the season and forcing her to fight. As for Kaisa Myakarainen from Finland, who closes the top three in the overall standings, her gap from the Czech diva is 81 points, and it will be extremely difficult to win back.

The Russian coaching staff decided to conduct a cautious experiment with the composition of the women's team.

The already proven Tatyana and Irina Uslugina will be joined by the 23-year-old, for whom this will be her debut in the World Cup.

Mironova is competing this season in the IBU Cup, where she never stood on the podium, and her best results were two fourth places.

the legendary biathlete presented a jacket with sable fur, “sewn the best master Krasnoyarsk".

Now he has a great opportunity to give himself a present in the form of second place in the overall World Cup standings. In the absence of Shemp and Shipulin, he can break away far from his closest pursuers and bring the title of vice-champion of the season closer.

The call to the national team by Shopin and Makhambetov is interesting. 24-year-old Shopin has already started at the World Cup this season in Ostersund and Oberhof, but his best result was 31st place in the pursuit in Germany.

His peer Makhambetov is making his debut in big-time biathlon and has gotten into good shape, climbing to the podium at the IBU Cup stage in Osrbli, Slovakia, at the beginning of the month.

The absence of the leader of the German team, Schempp, may also affect the situation in the fight for the Small Cup in the relay competition. The Russian team leads in this discipline with a small gap of 17 points over the German team, but in Korea it will have a chance to increase its advantage over a weakened opponent.

At five minutes, the owner of the sixth Big Crystal Globe, Fourcade, continues to chase Bjoerndalen's record for the most victories in a season.

On this moment The Frenchman has 11 individual successes and is just one victory short of matching the great Norwegian. In the event of a very likely winning double in Pyeongchang, Fourcade will beat the achievement of the king of biathlon. And repeating the record for the number of victories in the overall World Cup standings is just around the corner.

Ill-fated PyeongChang

Russian fans have mixed feelings about the Korean biathlon stadium.

In 2009, the World Cup was held here, which was remembered for several events of a contrasting nature. Sleptsova,

Korea is following in Russia's footsteps

For the Games in Sochi, the Russian Olympic team was joined by the Korean and American Vic Wild, who brought us gold medals in short track speed skating and snowboarding. The Koreans are not only keeping up, but are already surpassing the Russians in naturalizing foreign athletes on the eve of the home Olympics.

While competing in the World Cup for the Russian national team, Lapshin twice won relay races and also stood on the podium three times in individual competitions. His best result in his career was sprint silver in the 2011/12 season. And the post of head coach of the national team is occupied by a former Russian biathlete. I wonder if the Koreans will be able to next year turn quantity into quality.

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The biathlon season after the end of the World Championships is close to its finale. Thus, from March 2 to 5, the 7th stage of the 2017 Biathlon World Cup will be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Let us note that there are a total of 9 stages in the World Cup calendar, and therefore the end is close.

Biathlon 7th stage of the World Cup: schedule

We bring to your attention the full schedule of the 7th stage of the Biathlon World Cup, which will be held in Pyeongchang, Korea. Considering that the stage will pass in South Korea, starts start earlier than usual. So, the first race of stage 7 will be the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint, which will take place on March 2 and begin at 14:15 Moscow time. The next day, March 3, the men will run a 10-kilometer sprint.

On March 4, two pursuit races will take place. The women will start the 10 km race at 12:45, and the men will start at 14:30 (12.5 km).
Finally, for dessert, on March 5 - the last day of the stage - two relay races are left. At 10:30 the women will run the 4 x 6 km relay race, and at 13:45 the men's relay race (4 x 7.5 km) will begin.

The composition of the Russian biathlon team for the 7th stage of the 2017 World Cup

We'll also tell you about composition of the Russian biathlon team for the 7th stage of the 2016-2017 World Cup in Pyeongchang. He looks in the following way. Note that Olga Podchufarova will most likely miss the stage due to injury, and Eliseev, Volkov, Loginov and Malyshko will take part in the IBU Cup in Kontiolahti.

Women: Svetlana Sleptsova, Tatyana Akimova, Irina Starykh and Irina Uslugina, Svetlana Mironova

Men: Anton Shipulin, Evgeny Garanichev, Anton Babikov, Maxim Tsvetko, Yuri Shopin and Timur Makhambetov.

Biathlon World Cup 2016-2017: overall standings

In conclusion, about the position in the overall standings of the 2016-2017 Biathlon World Cup. Among the men, Frenchman Martin Fourcade is leading by a huge margin, with 1020 points. Russian Anton Shipulin, who is second, has 690 points, and German Simon Schempp, who closes the top three, has 673.

The leader in the women's standings is German Laura Dahlmeier with 903 points. In second place is Gabriela Soukalova from the Czech Republic with 857 points, and in third place is Finland's Kaisa Makkarainen (776). The best of the Russians, Tatyana Akimova, closes the top ten with 457 points.

On March 2, the next stage of the Biathlon World Cup starts in Pyeongchang, South Korea. These competitions are of particular importance for Koreans, as they will be a dress rehearsal on the eve of the 2018 Olympics, which will be held in this Korean place.

Our team arrived in Korea a few days ago and conducted training and shooting. Judging by the statements of the athletes, the track has its own specifics - different snow, fairly steep climbs, placing high demands on functional training, as well as sudden side gusts of wind from time to time. In addition, the weather brings surprises. In recent days, a stable “plus” has established itself in Pyeongchang; during the day the temperature exceeds 7-8 degrees Celsius, and therefore there is practically no snow on the slopes of the hills. The track is supported by a layer, but it has become soggy. Temperatures drop in the evening, with heavy snow expected at night and warmer temperatures again during the day. In general, prefabricated service teams will have to really rack their brains to figure out the right lubricants to ensure optimal gliding.

Judging by the announced lineup, Russia brought its best lineup to Korea. The women's team included Svetlana Sleptsova, Tatyana Akimova, Irina Starykh, Irina Uslugina and Svetlana Mironova, and the men's team included Anton Shipulin, Evgeny Garanichev, Anton Babikov, Maxim Tsvetkov, as well as Yuri Shopin and Timur Makhambetov.

Let us note that we will have to see many other Russian names among the participants. In particular, four well-known Russian athletes will compete for the host team - South Korea: Anna Frolina (Bulygina), Ekaterina Avvakumova, Timofey Lapshin and Alexander Starodubets. All of them have already received Korean citizenship and will now defend the honor of Korea both now and at the Olympics in 2018.

The World Cup stage will open with the women's sprint. A feature of the races in Korea will also be that they will take place late. For example, the women's sprint will begin at nine o'clock in the evening local time. Men's sprint March 3 - at seven in the evening. This was done for the convenience of viewers, the lion's share of which is in the European region.

The World Cup in Pyeongchang has already been marked by a small scandal. On the way to Korea, the famous Norwegian athlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. The items were discovered missing during a transfer to Helsinki for a Seoul flight. However, the athlete himself took everything with humor. “My new ski goggles, headlamp, wireless speaker, and laser medical device were stolen. Now someone rides with goggles in good light and probably with good music,” Bjoerndalen joked.

Our tourists cannot run or shoot at someone else’s expense, it’s time for them to participate in competitions at their own expense, then maybe they will treat the results more responsibly. Well, the nags are tired of this hopelessness.

And I am against putting Mironov under the current TS. The shooting will not appear, and the move will be lost. Now the team's skis are coated according to Yakovlev's instructions.

paris, well, they don’t have the right to put Akimov (the leader) wherever they want, since the first 15 in the total choose the group themselves

The last group will not give an advantage, so they will run late in the evening, but what condition of the track will be - that’s the question

Haytham, the rights you are talking about are of a recommended nature,
but are not law. Coaches have the right to put even the leader (against his will) at the end of the list.

Sveta Mironova, good luck in the race and be careful at the shooting range. and then luck will turn to you.

Anna Di, with a small pile, I agree, she will bypass, but with a large pile..., well, I don’t know, she will have to try hard if Sveta doesn’t get carried away with making piles either - and she knows how to do it, we know. :))

Forward! We need to prove ourselves on the Olympic track. If only Mironova could cope with the shooting, and our servicemen could handle the lubrication.

Anna Di, Denise will go around all of our people with her feet, as if they were lying down.

DimaN1951, someone else and Denise... kicks with a bunch of penalty loops... Sleptsov, as if standing, will bypass) good luck to everyone! especially Mironova!

Frolina and Avvakumova will start in the top thirty,
and the owner knows the best places in the house...))

Sveta Mironova, dare! Well, Tanya and Ira too! I don’t wish anything for Sleptsova. Earn points with the service.

From an interview with Alikin:... “In 2009 we competed on artificial snow - now, as I understand it, it will be the same. This is a big concern for the service: training took place during the day, and by the evening the sun was freezing. The Norwegians realized this in 2009, entered the last group in the sprint, lubricated themselves well - they had a 20-30 second advantage per lap...” It turns out that Mironova was the luckiest of all?!

Interesting combinations have emerged:
Akimova needs to try to catch up with Hammerschmidt and escape from Jima;
The old ones should try to catch up with Pidhrushnaya and run away from Merkushina.
God forbid you let others overtake you:
Sleptsova - Herrmann;
Service - Domracheva (hopeless if Daria doesn’t shoot herself);
Mironova - Emonier (quite capable).
And everything will be fine! :))

Double luck to Sveta Mironova! Be careful on the descents, the track is broken.

There are many leaders closer to the tail,” they hope it will freeze? Good luck to the girls. I wish Sveta Mironova to get into the GP.

paris, what kind of hazing? The right to start in a convenient group must be won by position in the leading group of the overall WC classification. Mironova does not have such a right, since she has no points in the WC standings at all, but if she makes it to the top, she will get it.

Again, young people are at the bottom of the list, just like hazing in the army.

Foggy Alpensia / Photo by Andrey Ivanov

So, PyeongChang! The World Cup goes to the so-called pre-Olympic week or Test event - traditional competitions before each Olympics in the arena of future Games.

Pyeongchang is not actually a city, but a county in northern Korea, near the demarcation line with its communist northern neighbors. But the city around which most of the Game’s arenas will be located is called Daegwallyeong-myeon. The biathlon center is a half hour drive from the center of the town with a population of six thousand. And two and a half hours by train (180 km) from the capital of Seoul

This is a typical area of ​​winter resorts - something like alpine towns (but, of course, without centuries-old cultural traditions and historical heritage in each village) or - probably, it’s closer - Bukovel.

The highlight of Pyeongchang 2018 is that for the first time since 1992, the White Olympics will be held not in a big city, but in a classic winter resort.

Here it is, Pyeongchang

The biathlon center is located in the most famous of the local resorts - Alpensia. The resort is multifunctional - there are also trampolines, a bobsleigh chute and ski slopes(although it is believed that in terms of their complexity they are more for beginners and intermediates, and not for pros).

Let us remind you that Pyeongchang submitted its candidacy for Games of 2010, when they chose Vancouver, and then was the main favorite for 2014 year, but the arrival of Russian President Putin at the IOC Session in Guatemala, where the capital of the Games was being chosen, decided the vote in favor of Sochi.

In 2006, before the 2014 capital elections, Alpensia was founded - one of several (and not the only and best in Asia, as someone might think) winter resorts in this area. The Koreans were so confident that they would get 2014 that they “knocked out” themselves in advance . And before that - also

It was a memorable experience, which is vividly reminiscent of the interview with the then leader of the Ukrainian national team Andrey Derisemli ( source - official portal of the Biathlon Federation of Ukraine ):

“Pyeongchang surprised me from the very beginning, as soon as we checked into the hotel. Imagine: we go into the room, and there is not a single bed, not a single chair, only a closet and high mattresses. But these turned out to be just flowers. Berries were found on the highway. She turned out to be simply terrible. The snow is thin, unrolled, and no one is adding it. It was only later that the committee of the international federation put pressure on the organizers, and they began to move. And the first races turned out, one might say, extreme. It’s like a regional championship, not a world forum. Before the sprint, we weren’t even allowed to study the track, half of it... was washed away by the rain... And during the pursuit race, they messed up something with the markings... So in my memory, perhaps, there was no more nervous World Championship.”

In sporting terms, the Korean World Cup was a benefit Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, who won 4 gold out of a possible six. In the sprint, all three places went to the Norwegians. The best Ukrainian result became fourth place Vita Semerenko in the mass start and two places in the top 10 for the aforementioned Derisemli.

After 2009, there were no more biathlon starts in Alpensia, and during the preparation for the 2018 Games, which were finally given to Korea, rumors arose about the imminent bankruptcy of the resort. Alpensia's losses amounted to $55 million, and there was talk of a possible sale or government assistance.

Most likely, biathletes who are not too fond of such long journeys will no longer agree to go to the stages in Korea after the Games. For the development of biathlon in Korea and Asia - which, of course, the organizers spoke pompously about during the presentation of the application for the Games - the importance of the route is also quite conditional. Yes, . But objectively, this is only for the Olympic principle “not victory, but participation.” The rest of the Asians - Japan, China - only occasionally appear in biathlon.

It is very possible that biathlon Alpensia will share the fate of other empty olympic arenas, but for now the attention of the entire biathlon world is directed to this “Potemkin village”.

Alpensia is a middle mountain region. The route is located at an altitude of 700-800 m above sea level

Time difference with Pyeongchang – 7 hours from Kyiv and 8 with Western and Central Europe. The races will take place in the evening to suit Europe. This is an important moment, considering the weather.

The weather promises to be like this: 6-8 degrees Celsius during the day, and freezing temperatures in the evening, which will require special skills from the service team.

Both leaders of the overall World Cup standings - Martin Fourcade And Laura Dahlmeier- will perform in Pyeongchang.

We have already talked about the Norwegians and Simon Schempp who were absent at the stage. Martin Fourcade's opponents this season have no tournament motivation - why drive back and forth between time zones.

And Martin, who eight years ago was not yet such a star, but had already competed at the World Championships in Pyeongchang, is calm for the fate of the Bolshoi Crystal Globe spent a soulful tour of the Olympic circuit

But the Women's World Cup will fight against Laura Dahlmeier, which defeated everyone at the World Championships. The stages after the main start of the season are always rich in surprises - you can expect them for women, although in the difficult conditions of the new track, service will come to the fore, and therefore those teams with a better financial situation.

All the leaders went to Korea as part of the Ukrainian national team - " target = "_blank" > all those who celebrated the anniversary of the President of the Biathlon Federation Vladimir Brynzak plus Dmitry Pidhrushny And Alexander Zhirny, who, for good reasons, missed the social event. The guys will travel with the same squad to the last two stages, in Kontiolahti and Oslo, except Valentina Semerenko, which will end the season after Korea.

the site will broadcast all races of the stage - two (), two pursuits and two relays. Race Schedule –

All winners and top scores Ukrainian team on the only two in history international tournaments biathlon in Pyeongchang

• Sprint, men– Emil Egle Svendsen, Norway 1+0. …26 – Alexey Aidarov, Ukraine 0+1, +1:45.5.
• Pursuit, men– Michael Greis, Germany 2+0+1+0 (from 10th place). …31. Vyacheslav Derkach 0+2+1+0 (from 36th place)
• Sprint, women– Magdalena Neuner, Germany 0+2. …28. Liliya Efremova-Vaigina 1+3, 2:23.4
• Women's Pursuit– Sandrine Bailly, France 0+0+1+0 (from 2nd place). …21. Liliya Efremova-Vaigina 1+0+2+0 (from 21st place)
• Mixed relay– Norway 2+7 (Ann Christine Flatland – Solveig Rogstad – Hans Jedrem – Alexander Us)… 7. Ukraine (Lilia Efremova-Vaigina 0+3, 0+1; Inna Suprun 0+3, 0+1; Alexey Aidarov 0+ 0, 0+0; Vyacheslav Derkach 0+0, 0+3) +52.7

Men

• Sprint– Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway 1+1. …12 – Andrey Deryzemlya, Ukraine 2+0, +1:20.2
• Pursuit– Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway 0+2+0+2 (from 1st place). …7 – Andrey Deryzemlya, Ukraine 0+1+2+1, +2:09.8 (from 12th place)
• Individual race – Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway 0+0+2+1. … 8 – Andrey Deryzemlya, Ukraine 1+0+0+1, +39.1
• Massstart– Dominik Landertinger, Austria 2+0+0+1. …23 – Andrey Deryzemlya, Ukraine 3+1+2+1, +3:00.8
• Relay race– Norway 2+9 (Emil Egle Svendsen – Lars Berger – Halvard Hanevold – Ole Einar Bjoerndalen). …5 Ukraine (Alexander Belanenko 0+1, 0+1 – Vyacheslav Derkach 0+0, 0+0 – Andrey Derisemlya 0+1, 0+1 – Roman Prima 0+2, 0+0) +1:14.7

Women

• Sprint– Kati Wilhelm, Germany 0+0. …15 – Valentina Semerenko, Ukraine 1+1, +1:42.1
• Pursuit– Helem Ekholm, Sweden 2+0+0+0 (from 5th place). …31 – Vita Semerenko, Ukraine 0+0+3+0, +1:52.6 (from 26th place)
• Individual race– Kati Wilhelm, Germany 0+1+0+0. …12 – Vita Semerenko, Ukraine 0+1+0+0, +2:01.7
• Massstart– Olga Zaitseva, Russia 0+0+1+1. …4 – Vita Semerenko, Ukraine 0+0+0+0, +34.6
• Relay race– Russia 0+9 (Sleptsova – Frolina – Medvedtseva – Zaitseva). …DNF Ukraine (Elena Pidhrushnaya 1+3, 0+2 – Valentina Semerenko 1+3, 0+2 – Oksana Khvostenko – Vita Semerenko)

Mixed relay

France 0+6 (Marie Laure Brunet – Sylvie Becard – Vincent Defran – Simon Fourcade). …11 – Ukraine (Oksana Khvostenko 0+1, 0+3 – Valentina Semerenko 0+0, 0+1 – Alexander Belanenko 0+1, 0+0 0 Andrey Derisemlya 0+3, 0+2)