Biathlon European Championships 2010

The 17th Biathlon European Championships were held in Otepää, Estonia from March 2 to March 7, 2010.

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There were total of 15 competitions held: sprint, pursuit and individual both for U26 and U21, relay races for U26 and a mixed relay for U21.

Schedule of events

The schedule of the event stands below. All times in CET.

Date	Event
March 2	U26 Men's 20 km individual
	U26 Women's 15 km individual
	U21 Men's 20 km individual
	U21 Women's 15 km individual
March 4	U26 Men's 4*7.5 km relay
	U21 Women's 4*6 km relay
	U21 2*6+2*7.5 km mixed relay
March 6	U26 Men's 10 km sprint
	U26 Women's 7.5 km sprint
	U21 Men's 10 km sprint
	U21 Women's 7.5 km sprint
March 7	U26 Men's 12.5 km pursuit
	U26 Women's 10 km pursuit
	U21 Men's 12.5 km pursuit
	U21 Women's 10 km pursuit

Results

U26

Men's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint	Daniel Böhm	Alexey Volkov	Ronny Hafsås
Men's 12.5 km pursuit	Alexey Volkov	Erik Lesser	Christoph Knie
Men's 20 km individual	Christoph Knie	Oleg Berezhnoy	Alexey Volkov
Men's 4*7.5 km relay	Germany Simon Schempp Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Christoph Knie	Russia Alexey Volkov Dmitry Malyshko Vladimir Semakov Victor Vasilyev	France Tanguy Roche Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Arnaud Langel Vincent Porret

Women's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint	Valentina Semerenko	Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Vita Semerenko
Women's 10 km pursuit	Vita Semerenko	Kathrin Hitzer	Ekaterina Shumilova
Women's 15 km individual	Kathrin Hitzer	Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Franziska Hildebrand
Women's 4*6 km relay	Germany Stefanie Hildebrand Juliane Döll Franziska Hildebrand Kathrin Hitzer	Ukraine Olena Pidhrushna Valentina Semerenko Svetlana Krykonchuk Vita Semerenko	Russia Olga Vilukhina Ekaterina Yurlova Ekaterina Glazyrina Ekaterina Shumilova

4 x 6 km Relay

The women's relay competition was held on March 4, 2010.

Place	Country	Team	Time	Penalties
1	Germany	Stefanie Hildebrand Juliane Döll Franziska Hildebrand Kathrin Hitzer	1:15:15.4	0+0 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+0 - 0+0
2	Ukraine	Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Svetlana Krykonchuk Vita Semerenko	+20.4	0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+3 0+1 - 0+2 0+1 - 0+0
3	Russia	Olga Vilukhina Ekaterina Yurlova Ekaterina Glazyrina Ekaterina Shumilova	+26.4	0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+0 0+3 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+3
4	Norway	Kaia Woeinen Nicolaisen Tiril Eckhoff Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Synnøve Solemdal	+4:04.6	0+2 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+3 0+0 - 0+3 0+1 - 1+3
5	Estonia	Kadri Lehtla Sirli Hanni Elisabeth Juudas Eveli Saue	+5:38.3	0+1 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0 0+3 - 2+3 0+2 - 0+3
6	Sweden	Jenny Jonsson Ingela Andersson Emelie Larsson Elin Mattsson	+5:53.9	0+0 - 0+1 0+3 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+0
7	Poland	Paulina Bobak Monika Hojnisz Patrycja Hojnisz Karolina Pitoń	+6:20.7	0+0 - 0+1 0+0 - 0+3 0+2 - 1+3 0+0 - 0+3
8	Belarus	Iryna Babezkaja Karina Savosik Darya Neserchik Darja Jurkewitsch	+6:57.4	1+3 - 0+3 0+0 - 0+0 0+2 - 0+2 0+0 - 0+1
9	United States	Annelies Cook Laura Spector Hanah Dreissigacker Susan Dunklee	+7:54.1	0+2 - 0+0 0+1 - 0+3 0+0 - 1+3 0+3 - 0+1
10	Czech Republic	Barbora Tomešová Miroslava Špácová Lenka Slechtová Jitka Landová	+7:47.2	0+3 - 0+3 0+2 - 0+2 0+3 - 0+3 0+1 - 1+3
11	Finland	Mari Laukkanen Sarianna Repo Laura Toivanen Maiju Pöysti	+10:07.6	0+1 - 3+3 0+1 - 0+1 0+2 - 0+3 0+0 - 2+3

U21

Men's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Men's 10 km sprint	Maksim Burtasov	Evgeny Petrov	Vladimir Alenishko
Men's 12.5 km pursuit	Andriy Vozniak	Maksim Burtasov	Vladimir Alenishko
Men's 20 km individual	Andrey Turgenev	Andriy Vozniak	Rémi Borgeot

Women's

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Women's 7.5 km sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Anastasia Kalina	Synnøve Solemdal
Women's 10 km pursuit	Synnøve Solemdal	Anastasia Kalina	Tiril Eckhoff
Women's 15 km individual	Monika Hojnisz	Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen	Tiril Eckhoff

Mixed

Competition	1st	2nd	3rd
Mixed 2*6+2*7.5 km relay	France Leslie Mercier Sophie Boilley Yann Guigonnet Rémi Borgeot	Russia Larisa Kuznetsova Anastasia Kalina Evgeny Petrov Maksim Burtasov	Romania Réka Ferencz Diana Mihalache Ștefan Gavrilă Roland Gerbacea

Medal table

No.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	5	2	2	9
2	Russia	3	7	3	13
3	Ukraine	3	3	1	7
4	Norway	2	1	4	7
5	France	1	0	2	3
6	Poland	1	0	0	1
7	Lithuania	0	2	0	2
8	Belarus	0	0	2	2
9	Romania	0	0	1	1

References

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