2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1
# 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1

The 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1 is the opening event of the season and is held in Östersund, Sweden, from 24 November until 1 December 2013.

## Schedule of events

| Date | Time | Events |
| - | - | - |
| November 24 | 15:30 CET | Mixed Relay |
| November 28 | 13:15 CET | Women's 15 km Individual * |
| November 28 | 17:15 CET | Men's 20 km Individual |
| November 29 | 17:45 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| November 30 | 15:15 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| December 1 | 11:30 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit |
| December 1 | 13:30 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |

* The Women's 15 km Individual was postponed from November 27 17:15 CET to November 28 due to bad weather.

## Medal winners

### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 20 km Individual details | Martin Fourcade France | 50:10.9 (0+0+0+0) | Simon Eder Austria | 52:17.0 (0+0+0+1) | Daniel Mesotitsch Austria | 52:31.1 (1+0+0+0) |
| 10 km Sprint details | Martin Fourcade France | 25:56.0 (0+1) | Fredrik Lindström Sweden | 26:02.5 (0+0) | Tim Burke United States | 26:27.3 (0+0) |
| 12.5 km Pursuit details | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 km Individual details | Gabriela Soukalová Czech Republic | 47:56.0 (0+1+1+0) | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 47:57.2 (0+2+0+0) | Marie Laure Brunet France | 48:12.2 (0+0+0+1) |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Ann Kristin Flatland Norway | 20:41.2 (0+0) | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 20:57.1 (0+0) | Tora Berger Norway | 21:03.2 (1+0) |
| 10 km Pursuit details | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |

### Mixed

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Relay details | Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Zdeněk Vítek Ondřej Moravec | 1:17:05.6 (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) | Norway Tora Berger Synnøve Solemdal Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Tarjei Bø | 1:17:15.8 (1+3) (0+0) (0+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) | Ukraine Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Serhiy Semenov Andriy Deryzemlya | 1:18:16.8 (0+2) (0+3) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) |

## Achievements

### Best performance for all time

* Milanko Petrović (SRB), 31st place in Sprint
* Cornel Puchianu (ROU), 48th place in Sprint
* Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 5th place in Individual
* Dorothea Wierer (ITA), 8th place in Individual
* Kadri Lehtla (EST), 15th place in Individual
* Barbora Tomesova (CZE), 20th place in Individual
* Hilde Fenne (NOR), 21st place in Individual
* Katharina Innerhofer (AUT), 33rd place in Individual
* Grete Gaim (EST), 39th place in Individual
* Sanna Markkanen (FIN), 52nd place in Individual
* Irina Starykh (RUS), 5th place in Sprint
* Franziska Preuß (GER), 27th place in Sprint

### First World Cup race

* Mona Brorsson (SWE), 40th place in Individual
* Franziska Preuß (GER), 44th place in Individual
* Anja Erzen (SLO), 54th place in Individual
* Yurie Tanaka (JPN), 81st place in Individual
