2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 was the opening event^[1] of the season and was held in Pokljuka, Slovenia, from 2–9 December 2018.

Schedule of events

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

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
20 km Individual[2]	Martin Fourcade  France	47:09.2 (0+0+0+0)	Johannes Kühn  Germany	47:13.4 (0+0+0+0)	Simon Eder  Austria	47:28.9 (0+0+0+0)
10 km Sprint[3]	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	23:46.3 (0+1)	Antonin Guigonnat  France	24:02.4 (0+0)	Alexander Loginov  Russia	24:02.7 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit[4]	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	30:20.4 (1+0+0+2)	Quentin Fillon Maillet  France	30:20.5 (0+0+0+0)	Alexander Loginov  Russia	30:22.3 (0+0+1+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
15 km Individual[5]	Yuliia Dzhima  Ukraine	43:06.6 (0+0+0+0)	Monika Hojnisz  Poland	43:12.5 (0+0+0+1)	Markéta Davidová  Czech Republic	43:23.1 (0+0+0+1)
7.5 km Sprint[6]	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	20:08.1 (0+0)	Dorothea Wierer  Italy	20:22.9 (0+0)	Justine Braisaz  France	20:50.2 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit[7]	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	29:16.9 (0+0+0+0)	Dorothea Wierer  Italy	29:58.2 (0+0+0+0)	Paulína Fialková  Slovakia	30:16.1 (0+0+0+0)

Mixed

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
6 km + 7.5 km Single Mixed Relay[8]	Norway Thekla Brun-Lie Lars Helge Birkeland	38:26.7 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0)	Austria Lisa Hauser Simon Eder	38:35.2 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0)	Ukraine Anastasiya Merkushyna Artem Tyshchenko	38:47.4 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1)
2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Mixed Relay[9]	France Anaïs Bescond Justine Braisaz Martin Fourcade Simon Desthieux	1:10:02.8 (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2)	Switzerland Elisa Gasparin Lena Häcki Benjamin Weger Jeremy Finello	1:10:41.5 (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2)	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer	1:10:54.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (1+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1)

Achievements

Best individual performance for all time

First individual World Cup race

References