2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 2
# 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 2

The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 2 was held in Hochfilzen, Austria, from 7 December until 9 December 2012.

## Schedule of events

| Date | Time | Events |
| - | - | - |
| December 7 | 11:30 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| December 7 | 14:30 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| December 8 | 12:45 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |
| December 8 | 15:00 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit |
| December 9 | 11:15 CET | Men's 4x7.5 km Relay |
| December 9 | 14:00 CET | Women's 4x6 km Relay |

## Medal winners

### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Tim |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 km Sprint details | Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 25:31.1 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 25:31.5 (1+0) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 25:44.8 (0+1) |
| 12.5 km Pursuit details | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 34:14.8 (0+0+1+1) | Dmitry Malyshko Russia | 34:15.7 (0+0+0+1) | Martin Fourcade France | 34:23.4 (0+2+0+1) |
| 4x7.5 km Relay details | Norway Lars Helge Birkeland Ole Einar Bjørndalen Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Henrik L'Abée-Lund | 1:17:55.2 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | France Vincent Jay Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Alexis Bœuf Martin Fourcade | 1:18:29.7 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) | Russia Anton Shipulin Andrei Makoveev Evgeny Ustyugov Dmitry Malyshko | 1:18:41.8 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+2) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 22:24.7 (1+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 22:29.4 (0+1) | Tora Berger Norway | 22:37.6 (0+1) |
| 10 km Pursuit details | Synnøve Solemdal Norway | 31:13.4 (1+0+0+0) | Tora Berger Norway | 31:43.6 (0+1+1+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 31:46.7 (0+0+2+2) |
| 4x6 km Relay details | Norway Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Synnøve Solemdal Hilde Fenne Tora Berger | 1:11:45.1 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) | Ukraine Vita Semerenko Valj Semerenko Juliya Dzhyma Olena Pidhrushna | 1:12:15.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | Russia Ekaterina Glazyrina Olga Zaitseva Ekaterina Shumilova Olga Vilukhina | 1:12:30.5 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+0) |

## Achievements

### Best performance for all time

* Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen (NOR), 15th place in Sprint
* Scott Perras (CAN), 25th place in Sprint
* Simon Desthieux (FRA), 37th place in Sprint
* Tomaas Krupcik (CZE), 56th place in Sprint and 55th place in Pursuit
* Alexei Almoukov (AUS), 58th place in Sprint and Pursuit
* Joel Sloof (NED), 62nd place in Sprint
* Dino Butkovic (CRO), 98th place in Sprint
* Anna Karin Strömstedt (SWE), 12th place in Sprint
* Nadine Horchler (GER), 13th place in Sprint and 10th place in Pursuit
* Ekaterina Shumilova (RUS), 16th place in Sprint and 8th place in Pursuit
* Rosanna Crawford (CAN), 24th place in Sprint
* Elin Mattsson (SWE), 32nd place in Sprint
* Alexia Runggaldier (ITA), 33rd place in Sprint and 28th in Pursuit
* Martina Chrapanova (SVK), 37th place in Sprint
* Nicole Gontier (ITA), 43rd place in Sprint
* Asa Lif (SWE), 61st place in Sprint
* Paulina Fialkova (SVK), 62nd place in Sprint
* Johanna Taliharm (EST), 66th place in Sprint
* Stefani Popova (BUL), 84th place in Sprint
* Synnøve Solemdal (NOR), 1st place in Pursuit

### First World Cup race

* Lenart Oblak (SLO), 97th place in Sprint
