2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 9

The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 9 is the 9th and final event^[1] of the season and will be held in Tyumen, Russia, from 22 March until 25 March 2018.

Boycott of the event

The Canadian team announced on December 15 that they will boycott the event after the IBU decided to keep the event in Tyumen.^[2] This was followed up by the delegations from the United States and Czech Republic as well as individual boycotts from Sebastian Samuelsson from Sweden and Klemen Bauer from Slovenia.^[3][4] Due to the ongoing crisis in Donbass Ukraine will also boycott the event.^[5]

Schedule of events

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint details	Martin Fourcade  France	25:49.0 (0+0)	Simon Desthieux  France	26:22.2 (0+0)	Fredrik Lindström  Sweden	26:22.5 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Martin Fourcade  France	32:09.7 (0+0+0+1)	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	32:57.6 (0+0+1+0)	Lukas Hofer  Italy	33:18.1 (0+0+0+0)
15 km Mass Start details	Maxim Tsvetkov  Russia	37:37.3 (0+0+0+0)	Erlend Bjøntegaard  Norway	37:40.0 (0+0+0+0)	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	37:53.9 (1+0+1+0)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint details	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	21:42.8 (0+0)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	21:44.0 (0+0)	Tiril Eckhoff  Norway	22:16.1 (1+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	30:52.7 (0+1+1+0)	Anaïs Bescond  France	30:52.9 (0+0+0+1)	Laura Dahlmeier  Germany	31:10.2 (0+0+0+1)
12.5 km Mass Start details	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	35:27.4 (0+0+1+0)	Paulína Fialková  Slovakia	35:29.2 (1+0+0+0)	Anaïs Chevalier  France	35:34.0 (0+0+0+0)

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