2012–13 Biathlon World Cup
In the 2012/2013 season of the Biathlon World Cup was held for the 35th time. The highlight of the season was the Biathlon World Championships in 2013 in the Czech Nove Mesto na Moravě. As a substructure of the IBU Cup acted 2012/2013.
Defender of the overall World Cup was the Frenchman Martin Fourcade of men. The winner of the overall World Cup of women, the German Magdalena Neuner had declared the end of the preseason its resignation and could not defend this position with it. Thus, the runner-up of this rating, the Belarusian Darya Domratschawa, as the best biathlete of the preseason in the winter 2012/2013 went.
- 3.1 results
- 3.2 World Cup Scores
- Table 3.3 3.3.1 Athletes
- 3.3.2 squadrons
- 4.1 results
- 4.2 World Cup standings
- 5.1 Germany
- 5.2 Italy
- 5.3 Canada
- 5.4 Norway
- 5.5 Sweden
- 5.6 Switzerland
- 5.7 Czech Republic
- 5.8 USA
Starter quotas
The starting quota for the individual nations resulting from the results of the previous World Cup winter. The top five associations of the national rankings allowed six starters per individual and sprint races send, the associations of the ranks six to ten five and so on. For nations with no fixed starting positions assigns the IBU per sprint and individual three wild cards.
For men, sees the SP as follows (based on the rankings in the preseason ):
- 6 Starter: Russia, France, Germany Germany, Norway, Norway, Sweden Sweden
- 5 Starter: Czech Republic Czech Republic, Austria Austria, Italy Italy, United States, United States, Ukraine
- 4 Starter: Slovenia, Switzerland Switzerland, Belarus Belarus, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Slovakia
- 3 Starter: Estonia, Canada Canada, Poland Poland, Finland Finland, Latvia Latvia
- 2 Starter: Japan Japan, Kazakhstan, United Kingdom United Kingdom, Serbia, Serbia, Lithuania Lithuania
- 1 Starter: People's Republic of China People's Republic of China, Romania Romania Flag of South Korea South Korea, Australia, Spain
- 0 Starter: Belgium, Netherlands Netherlands, Turkey Turkey, Hungary, Croatia, Macedonia Macedonia, Gronland Greenland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova Moldova, Greece, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Rates of women:
- 6 starters: Russia, Germany Germany, France, Norway, Norway, Belarus Belarus
- 5 starters: Ukraine, Sweden, Sweden, Poland, Poland, Slovakia Slovakia, Italy Italy
- 4 starters: United States United States, Finland, Finland, Czech Republic Czech Republic, Canada Canada, Bulgaria
- 3 starters: Romania Romania, Slovenia, Estonia, Japan, Japan, Kazakhstan
- 2 starters: Osterreich Austria, Switzerland Switzerland, Lithuania Lithuania, People's Republic of China People's Republic of China, Korea South Korea
- 1 starters: Andorra Andorra, Latvia Latvia, United Kingdom UK, Armenia, Armenia, Hungary, Hungary
- 0 starters: Netherlands Netherlands, New Zealand, New Zealand, Spain, Brazil, Brazil, Moldova Moldova, Gronland Greenland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Australia, Turkey Turkey, Greece Greece
With 45 participating nations a new attendance record was set.
Results
Czech Republic Michal Šlesingr
World Cup Scores
Table
Athletes
Stagger
Women
Results
World Cup Scores
Table
Athletes
Stagger
Mixed competitions
Results
World Cup standings
Squad and season of Nations
Germany
Since May 2012, the classifications for the course of the DSV groups are known. The youth coordinator and long-time national coach of the men, Frank Ullrich replaced as national coach for cross-country skiers. Magdalena Neuner, Sabrina Buchholz and Daniel Graf ended their career. In June 2012, Kathrin superheater married her former teammate Toni Long and adopted the last name.
For the first snow courses in October and therefore the immediate preparation for the season were finally nominated:
- Men: Florian Graf, who won the national overall at the national championships, and Arnd Peiffer, Andreas Birnbacher, Erik Lesser, Michael Greis, Simon Schempp, Benedict Doll and Johannes Kühn
- Women: Andrea Henkel, winner of the national overall at the championships, Tina Bachmann, Miriam Gössner, Franziska Hildebrand, Maren Hammerschmidt, Carolin Hennecke, Juliane Doell, Nadine Horchler and Evi Sachenbacher floor
Henkel, Bachmann, Peiffer and Birnbacher were also already firmly nominated for the first World Cup race, and later old man, Schempp, Graf and Lesser men. In the women were set for the first station Gössner, Hildebrandt, Hammerschmidt and Nadine Horchler, on the second stop in Hochfilzen replaced Hennecke and Doell the two weaker athletes from the trio Hildebrandt, Hammerschmidt and Horchler. Horchler beat out the competition at the competitions and also launched in Austria. At the third station in Pokljuka Evi Sachenbacher floor started after a few missions in the IBU Cup for the first time in the World Cup.
Towards the end of the preparation left Michael Roesch due to lack of prospects the German federation and sought a change at the Belgian Ski Federation. This change could not be enforced against the original plan because of procedural difficulties throughout the season. After the first World Cup in Östersund station Michael Greis announced his immediate retirement from competitive sport. His place in the team took Benedict Doll for a race in Hochfilzen. In mid-January ended Juliane Doell her career, just before end of the season followed Alexander Wolf.
Were for the World Cup in men Andreas Birnbacher, Arnd Peiffer, Simon Schempp, Florian Graf and Erik Lesser for women Miriam Gössner, Andrea Henkel, Franziska Hildebrand, Nadine Horchler and surprisingly the recently very successful at the Junior World Championships Laura Dahl Meier nominated. After a mixed season to date, the German team came with a silver and a bronze medal podiums far less than hoped for and expected. Caused a sensation especially Dahl Meier at their sole use in the relay race in which she led the German team from eighth to first place, the handle could not keep later. Several highly touted athletes, so Tina Bachmann, Evi Sachenbacher floor and from her pregnancy break returned Kathrin Lang, but also after an illness in the preseason yet again become fit Christoph Stephan not qualified for the World Championships. Tina Bachmann finished then end their season in February 2013 in order to prepare intensively for the following Olympic season can.
Italy
The coaching staff there were partly restructuring: Fabrizio Curtaz remain team captain, Patrick Oberegger is supervisor of the development work that is aligned with the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Andreas Zingerle remain head coach of the men, Patrick Favre was coach of the women's team. For men, Dominik Windisch and Pietro Dutto moved into the A-team on, Mattia Cola and Christian Martinelli belong again, Riccardo Romani first time the B- squad to. The longtime performer René- Laurent Vuillermoz ended his career. Even when the women finished with Katja Haller long-standing leadership athlete her career. After successful Junior World Championships Nicole Gontier and Alexia Runggaldier moved into the A-team. In the B- squad, the young hopefuls Giulia Collavo and Federica Sanfilippo moved on.
Canada
Chief coach remains Matthias Ahrens, he also directs the training center Canmore, coach and director of the training center Valcartier remains Jean Paquet. Assistant Ahrens ' in Canmore is Roddy Ward. Four biathletes and biathletes (marked with * ) did not accept the offer to squad classification and train under their direction, including Megan Heinicke in Germany.
Jean -Philippe Le Guellec reached the second round of the season, the sprint from Östersund, with the victory of the best placement and hence also the first race win of a male Canadian biathletes in the World Cup. Until then, Le Guellec held the best performance together with Glenn Rupert, both reached sixth grades. The last Canadian victories arrive before Myriam Bédard at its two Olympic victories in 1994 in Lillehammer. It is next to Le Guellec the only Canadian who could ever win in the World Cup.
Norway
The male A- squad workout Espen Andersen Nordby, Roger Grubben and Ola Ravald, the A-team of women Egil Gjelland, Geir Ole Steinslett and Jon Kristian Svaland. The B- squad trained with the men Stian Eckhoff, among women Jens Petter Furunes.
Sweden
The Swedish training cadres were merged for the season men and women to make the relevant experience also profit the each other athletes. The former women's national coach Marko Laaksonen is head coach, the former coach of the men, Jonas Johanson, was shooting coach. This team trained especially in view of the Olympic Games 2014., The development team with the nickname " Korea - group " is yet to be prepared for the next Olympic Winter Games in 2018 and first come first and foremost in the IBU Cup used. Your trainer is Johan Hagström. The A-team was scaled down compared to last year, men and women of the A - squad now comprise roughly the strength of the respective gender training groups the preseason. The Swedish women's team has experienced two severe losses in the person of former world-class athletes Helena Ekholm and Anna Maria Nilsson.
Switzerland
As the first Swiss Association gave few days after the end of the preseason as the first nation ever the squad classification for the new season known. Simon Hallenbarter rose to the national team for the first time there with him, Benjamin Weger and Selina Gasparin of three athletes. In addition, four juniors were promoted to the national squad: Elisa Gasparin, Irene Cadurisch, Gaspard Cuenot and Mario Dolder. Some of them were already in the preseason to the World Cup or World Cup inserts. Stephanie Schnydrig ended her career, and later Christian Stebler during the current preseason. Head coach Steffen Hauswald announced in January 2013 at an end of his commitment in Switzerland.
Czechia
The Czech team is preparing for the season, especially on the World Championships in Nove Mesto na home in Moravia, and stood for the organizational structure of the squad around.
Coach of the A- squad is Ondřej Rybář, his assistant Marek Lejsek. The B-team supervised Jindřich Šikola whose Assistant Aleš Lejsek is. The junior team coached Vlastimil Vavra Senior, in the juniors he is supported by Lenka Votočková in the youth of Stanislav Řezáč. In addition to coach youth squad include Michael Malek and Aleš Lejsek. When youth squad there is no separation between girls and boys. Jakub Krejčíř not a member of the junior team, but with this training (B).
Coach of the A- squad is Jindřich Šikola, he is assisted by Aleš Lejsek. The B team is coached by Jiří Holubec. Aleš Lejsek also coached the junior girls. There are in addition to the squad divisions two training groups ( marked in the table with Š) of Šikola and Holubec (H ) be trained.
USA
The cadres of the U.S. was little changed, the changes more related to the classification of the athletes on the basic allocation to the national squad. For men, the longtime performer Jeremy Teela heard only on the B squad, with the women, the U.S. has with Susan Dunklee first time in years a runner who can regularly reach the points. In view of the Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi also contracts with tutors and Skitechnikern, including former athletes Toni Lang and Petr Garabik were extended long term. Laura Spector resigned shortly after the beginning of the preparation of competitive sports.
Reporting
On German television, all races will be broadcast live from the first or from the ZDF in general. Reporter and commentator for The first is Christian Dexne, which will be moderated by Michael Antwerpes, which is supported by the former biathlete Kati Wilhelm as an expert. Reporter for ZDF is Christoph Hamm, commenting on the race with former biathlete Herbert Fritz Wenger. Alexander Ruda is managed jointly with Sven Fischer as experts for moderation, the conduct interviews Nils Kaben.
As in Austria - also due to the performances of the athletes - Biathlon in spectator interest lies behind other disciplines such as ski jumping, alpine ski racing, biathlon race of men will only be broadcast live on ORF, if there is no overlap with other events. Otherwise, the race will be sent a time delay, usually in a shorter summary. Since the Austrian biathletes are in contrast to their male counterparts usually not performed on the first pages of results lists, these races are not shown in the ORF program. Be moderated by race Dietmar Wolff, who is supported by the former biathlete Günther Beck.
Euro sports reports usually live by all biathlon events, the races will be commented for the German -speaking public by Sigi Heinrich. As a co- commentators the former biathlete Katja Wüstefeld, Matthias Simmen or Michael Greis be used alternately.