2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 7

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 7 was the seventh event of the season and was held in Kontiolahti, Finland from Friday, March 12 until Sunday, March 14, 2010.

Schedule of events

The schedule of the event is below

Date	Time	Events
March 12	14:15 cet	Mixed Relay
March 13	10:30 cet	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
	14:15 cet	Men's 10 km Sprint
March 14	10:30 cet	Women's 10 km Pursuit
	13:00 cet	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint details	Ivan Tcherezov Russia	24:42.4 (0+0)	Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway	24:49.2 (0+0)	Martin Fourcade France	25:12.5 (1+1)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Martin Fourcade France	32:35.1 (1+0+0+0)	Christian De Lorenzi Italy	32:45.2 (0+0+0+1)	Vincent Jay France	32:50.7 (0+0+0+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint details	Darya Domracheva Belarus	21:17.5 (0+0)	Olga Zaitseva Russia	21:25.9 (0+0)	Kati Wilhelm Germany	21:31.0 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Darya Domracheva Belarus	31:32.6 (0+0+1+0)	Magdalena Neuner Germany	31:44.7 (0+0+2+1)	Simone Hauswald Germany	31:50.7 (0+0+0+1)

Mixed

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Relay details	Norway Ann Kristin Flatland Tora Berger Halvard Hanevold Tarjei Bø	1:14:55.0 (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0)	Germany Kati Wilhelm Magdalena Neuner Erik Lesser Simon Schempp	1:15:00.4 (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1)	Italy Katja Haller Karin Oberhofer Lukas Hofer Christian De Lorenzi	1:15:30.6 (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1)

Achievements

Best performance for all time

• Aleksey Volkov (RUS), 9 place in Sprint
• Vasja Rupnik (SLO), 28 place in Sprint
• Vincent Porret (FRA), 42 place in Sprint
• Oleksandr Batiuk (UKR), 55 place in Sprint
• Leif Nordgren (USA), 65 place in Sprint
• Nathan Smith (CAN), 67 place in Sprint
• Mindaugas Kovoliunas (LTU), 99 place in Sprint
• Martin Fourcade (FRA), 1 place in Pursuit
• Christian De Lorenzi (ITA), 2 place in Pursuit
• Magnús Jónsson (SWE), 10 place in Pursuit
• Benjamin Weger (SUI), 18 place in Pursuit
• Darya Domracheva (BLR), 1 places in Sprint and Pursuit
• Valj Semerenko (UKR), 4 places in Sprint and Pursuit
• Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS), 15 place in Sprint
• Megan Imrie (CAN), 32 place in Sprint
• Barbora Tomesova (CZE), 37 place in Sprint
• Natália Prekopová (SVK), 59 place in Sprint and 56 place in Pursuit
• Sarianna Repo (FIN), 65 place in Sprint
• Amanda Lightfoot (GBR), 71 place in Sprint
• Elisabeth Juudas (EST), 76 place in Sprint
• Niya Dimitrova (BUL), 79 place in Sprint
• Aliona Sosunova (LTU), 81 place in Sprint
• Ala Talkach (BLR), 45 place in Pursuit

First World Cup race

• Erik Lesser (GER), 44 place in Sprint
• Kazuya Inomata (JPN), 89 place in Sprint
• Ahti Toivanen (FIN), 90 place in Sprint
• Orhangazi Civil (TUR), 108 place in Sprint
• Ahmet Ustuntas (TUR), 109 place in Sprint
• Ala Talkach (BLR), 54 place in Sprint
• Natsuko Abe (JPN), 64 place in Sprint