# 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup

The 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 24 November 2013 in Östersund, Sweden, and ended on 23 March 2014 in Holmenkollen, Norway.
Kaisa Mäkäräinen was the winner at the conclusion of the season with Tora Berger 2nd. However, the results of Olga Zaitseva were later annulled due do doping offences. The recalculation would have given overall world cup win to Berger, but the IBU made the decision based on the principle that clean athletes cannot be punished for the doping offenses of others. So, two first places were awarded in the women's overall.

## Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2013–14 season.
| Stage | Location | Date | Individual | Sprint | Pursuit | Mass start | Relay | Mixed relay | Details |
| 1 | Östersund | 24 November–1 December | ● | ● | | | | ● | details |
| 2 | Hochfilzen | 6–8 December | | ● | ● | | ● | | details |
| 3 | Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand | 12–15 December | | ● | ● | | ● | | details |
| 4 | Oberhof | 3–5 January | | ● | ● | ● | | | details |
| 5 | Ruhpolding | 8–12 January | ● | | ● | | ● | | details |
| 6 | Antholz-Anterselva | 16–19 January | | ● | ● | | ● | | details |
| OG | Sochi | 8–22 February | Olympic Games | Olympic Games | Olympic Games | Olympic Games | Olympic Games | ● | |
| 7 | Pokljuka | 6–9 March | | ● | ● | ● | | | details |
| 8 | Kontiolahti | 13–16 March | | ●● | ● | | | | details |
| 9 | Holmenkollen | 20–23 March | | ● | ● | ● | | | details |
| Total: 54 (26 men's, 26 women's, 2 mixed) | Total: 54 (26 men's, 26 women's, 2 mixed) | Total: 54 (26 men's, 26 women's, 2 mixed) | 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
* 2014 Winter Olympics races are not included in the 2013–14 World Cup scoring system with the exception of mixed relay.
* In stage 6, women's relay was suspended due to poor visibility and dense fog.

## World Cup podiums
### Men

| Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib (After competition) | Det. |
| 1 | 28 November 2013 | Östersund | 20 km Individual | Martin Fourcade | Simon Eder | Daniel Mesotitsch | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 1 | 30 November 2013 | Östersund | 10 km Sprint | Martin Fourcade | Fredrik Lindström | Tim Burke | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 1 | 1 December 2013 | Östersund | 12.5 km Pursuit | Cancelled due to strong winds | Cancelled due to strong winds | Cancelled due to strong winds | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 2 | 6 December 2013 | Hochfilzen | 10 km Sprint | Lars Berger | Martin Fourcade | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 2 | 8 December 2013 | Hochfilzen | 12.5 km Pursuit | Martin Fourcade | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Tarjei Bø | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 3 | 14 December 2013 | Le Grand-Bornand | 10 km Sprint | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Ondřej Moravec | Martin Fourcade | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 3 | 15 December 2013 | Le Grand-Bornand | 12.5 km Pursuit | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Erik Lesser | Anton Shipulin | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 4 | 3 January 2014 | Oberhof | 10 km Sprint | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Martin Fourcade | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 4 | 4 January 2014 | Oberhof | 12.5 km Pursuit | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Martin Fourcade | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 4 | 5 January 2014 | Oberhof | 15 km Mass Start | Martin Fourcade | Alexey Volkov | Tarjei Bø | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 5 | 11 January 2014 | Ruhpolding | 20 km Individual | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Alexey Volkov | Evgeny Ustyugov | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 5 | 12 January 2014 | Ruhpolding | 12.5 km Pursuit | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Jakov Fak | Evgeny Garanichev | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 6 | 17 January 2014 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Sprint | Lukas Hofer Simon Schempp | | Arnd Peiffer | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 6 | 18 January 2014 | Antholz-Anterselva | 12.5 km Pursuit | Simon Schempp | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix | Henrik L'Abée-Lund | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| OG | 8 February 2014 | Sochi | 10 km Sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Dominik Landertinger | Jaroslav Soukup | | Detail |
| OG | 10 February 2014 | Sochi | 12.5 km Pursuit | Martin Fourcade | Ondřej Moravec | Jean-Guillaume Béatrix | | Detail |
| OG | 13 February 2014 | Sochi | 20 km Individual | Martin Fourcade | Erik Lesser | Evgeny Garanichev | | Detail |
| OG | 18 February 2014 | Sochi | 15 km Mass Start | Emil Hegle Svendsen | Martin Fourcade | Ondřej Moravec | | Detail |
| 7 | 6 March 2014 | Pokljuka | 10 km Sprint | Björn Ferry | Anton Shipulin | Arnd Peiffer | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 7 | 8 March 2014 | Pokljuka | 12.5 km Pursuit | Anton Shipulin | Björn Ferry | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 7 | 9 March 2014 | Pokljuka | 15 km Mass Start | Björn Ferry | Martin Fourcade | Evgeny Ustyugov | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 8 | 13 March 2014 | Kontiolahti | 10 km Sprint | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Martin Fourcade | Arnd Peiffer | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 8 | 15 March 2014 | Kontiolahti | 10 km Sprint | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Lowell Bailey | Ondřej Moravec | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 8 | 16 March 2014 | Kontiolahti | 12.5 km Pursuit | Johannes Thingnes Bø | Martin Fourcade | Björn Ferry | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 9 | 20 March 2014 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 10 km Sprint | Jakov Fak | Evgeny Garanichev | Björn Ferry | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 9 | 22 March 2014 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 12.5 km Pursuit | Simon Eder | Björn Ferry | Carl Johan Bergman | Martin Fourcade | Detail |
| 9 | 23 March 2014 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 15 km Mass Start | Martin Fourcade | Dominik Landertinger | Jakov Fak | Martin Fourcade | Detail |

### Women

| Stage | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third | Yellow bib (After competition) | Det. |
| 1 | 28 November 2013 | Östersund | 15 km Individual | Gabriela Soukalová | Anastázia Kuzminová | Marie-Laure Brunet | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 1 | 29 November 2013 | Östersund | 7.5 km Sprint | Ann Kristin Flatland | Olga Zaitseva | Tora Berger | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 1 | 1 December 2013 | Östersund | 10 km Pursuit | Cancelled due to strong winds | Cancelled due to strong winds | Cancelled due to strong winds | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 2 | 6 December 2013 | Hochfilzen | 7.5 km Sprint | Selina Gasparin | Veronika Vítková | Irina Starykh | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 2 | 8 December 2013 | Hochfilzen | 10 km Pursuit | Synnøve Solemdal | Yuliia Dzhima | Krystyna Pałka | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 3 | 14 December 2013 | Le Grand-Bornand | 7.5 km Sprint | Selina Gasparin | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Valentyna Semerenko | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 3 | 15 December 2013 | Le Grand-Bornand | 10 km Pursuit | Valentyna Semerenko | Irina Starykh | Tiril Eckhoff | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 4 | 3 January 2014 | Oberhof | 7.5 km Sprint | Darya Domracheva | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Olena Pidhrushna | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 4 | 4 January 2014 | Oberhof | 10 km Pursuit | Darya Domracheva | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Synnøve Solemdal | Valentyna Semerenko | Detail |
| 4 | 5 January 2014 | Oberhof | 12.5 km Mass Start | Tora Berger | Synnøve Solemdal | Darya Domracheva | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 5 | 10 January 2014 | Ruhpolding | 15 km Individual | Gabriela Soukalová | Darya Domracheva | Veronika Vítková | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 5 | 12 January 2014 | Ruhpolding | 10 km Pursuit | Gabriela Soukalová | Tora Berger | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 6 | 16 January 2014 | Antholz-Anterselva | 7.5 km Sprint | Anaïs Bescond | Andrea Henkel | Darya Domracheva | Gabriela Soukalová | Detail |
| 6 | 18 January 2014 | Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km Pursuit | Andrea Henkel | Nadezhda Skardino | Tora Berger | Darya Domracheva | Detail |
| OG | 9 February 2014 | Sochi | 7.5 km Sprint | Anastázia Kuzminová | Olga Vilukhina | Vita Semerenko | | Detail |
| OG | 11 February 2014 | Sochi | 10 km Pursuit | Darya Domracheva | Tora Berger | Teja Gregorin | | Detail |
| OG | 14 February 2014 | Sochi | 15 km Individual | Darya Domracheva | Selina Gasparin | Nadezhda Skardino | | Detail |
| OG | 17 February 2014 | Sochi | 12.5 km Mass Start | Darya Domracheva | Gabriela Soukalová | Tiril Eckhoff | | Detail |
| 7 | 6 March 2014 | Pokljuka | 7.5 km Sprint | Katharina Innerhofer | Daria Virolaynen | Nadezhda Skardino | Tora Berger | Detail |
| 7 | 8 March 2014 | Pokljuka | 10 km Pursuit | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Tora Berger | Dorothea Wierer | Tora Berger | Detail |
| 7 | 9 March 2014 | Pokljuka | 12.5 km Mass Start | Darya Domracheva | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Anastázia Kuzminová | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Detail |
| 8 | 13 March 2014 | Kontiolahti | 7.5 km Sprint | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Olga Zaitseva | Mari Laukkanen | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Detail |
| 8 | 15 March 2014 | Kontiolahti | 7.5 km Sprint | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Tora Berger | Gabriela Soukalová | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Detail |
| 8 | 16 March 2014 | Kontiolahti | 10 km Pursuit | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Darya Domracheva | Olga Zaitseva | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Detail |
| 9 | 20 March 2014 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 7.5 km Sprint | Darya Domracheva | Tora Berger | Susan Dunklee | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Detail |
| 9 | 22 March 2014 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 10 km Pursuit | Anastázia Kuzminová | Tora Berger | Olga Vilukhina | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Detail |
| 9 | 23 March 2014 | Oslo Holmenkollen | 12.5 km Mass Start | Anastázia Kuzminová | Teja Gregorin | Marie Dorin Habert | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Detail |

### Men's team

| Event | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2 | 7 December 2013 | Hochfilzen | 4x7.5 km Relay | Norway Vetle Sjastad Christiansen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen | Sweden Christoffer Eriksson Björn Ferry Fredrik Lindström Carl Johan Bergman | Russia Alexey Volkov Evgeny Ustyugov Anton Shipulin Dmitry Malyshko |
| 3 | 13 December 2013 | Le Grand-Bornand | 4x7.5 km Relay | Germany Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | Austria Christoph Sumann Daniel Mesotitsch Dominik Landertinger Simon Eder | Sweden Tobias Arwidson Björn Ferry Fredrik Lindström Carl Johan Bergman |
| 5 | 9 January 2014 | Ruhpolding | 4x7.5 km Relay | Austria Christoph Sumann Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger | Germany Christoph Stephan Andreas Birnbacher Erik Lesser Simon Schempp | Russia Alexey Volkov Evgeny Ustyugov Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin |
| 6 | 19 January 2014 | Antholz-Anterselva | 4x7.5 km Relay | France Simon Fourcade Alexis Boeuf Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Martin Fourcade | Sweden Tobias Arwidson Björn Ferry Fredrik Lindström Carl Johan Bergman | Germany Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp |
| OG | 22 February 2014 | Sochi | 4x7.5 km Relay | Russia Alexey Volkov Evgeny Ustyugov Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin | Germany Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp | Austria Christoph Sumann Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Dominik Landertinger |

### Women's team

| Event | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2 | 7 December 2013 | Hochfilzen | 4x7.5 km Relay | Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Vita Semerenko Valj Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna | Germany Franziska Preuss Andrea Henkel Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier | France Marie-Laure Brunet Sophie Boilley Anais Chevalier Anais Bescond |
| 3 | 12 December 2013 | Le Grand-Bornand | 4x7.5 km Relay | Germany Franziska Preuss Andrea Henkel Franziska Hildebrand Laura Dahlmeier | Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Vita Semerenko Valj Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna | Norway Tiril Eckhoff Fanny Horn Synnove Solemdal Tora Berger |
| 5 | 8 January 2014 | Ruhpolding | 4x7.5 km Relay | Germany Franziska Preuss Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Laura Dahlmeier Franziska Hildebrand | Norway Tiril Eckhoff Ann Kristin Flatland Synnove Solemdal Tora Berger | Ukraine Yuliia Dzhima Vita Semerenko Natalya Burdyga Valj Semerenko |
| OG | 21 February 2014 | Sochi | 4x6 km Relay | Ukraine Vita Semerenko Juliya Dzhyma Valentyna Semerenko Olena Pidhrushna | Norway Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff Ann Kristin Aafeldt Flatland Tora Berger | Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Koukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková |

### Mixed relay

| Event | Date | Place | Discipline | Winner | Second | Third |
| 1 | 24 November 2013 | Östersund | 4x7.5 km Relay | Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Zdeněk Vítek Ondřej Moravec | Norway Tora Berger Synnove Solemdal Vetle Sjastad Christiansen Tarjei Bo | Ukraine Olena Pidhrushna Valj Semerenko Serhiy Semenov Andriy Deryzemlya |
| OG | 19 February 2014 | Sochi | 4x6 km/7.5 km Relay | Norway Tora Berger Tiril Eckhoff Ole Einar Bjørndalen Emil Hegle Svendsen | Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Jaroslav Soukup Ondřej Moravec | Italy Dorothea Wierer Karin Oberhofer Dominik Windisch Lukas Hofer |

## Standings (men)
### Overall

| Pos. | | Points |
| 1. | Martin Fourcade | 934 |
| 2. | Emil Hegle Svendsen | 642 |
| 3. | Johannes Thingnes Bø | 636 |
| 4. | Dominik Landertinger | 616 |
| 5. | Simon Eder | 585 |
* Final standings after 22 races.

## Standings (women)
### Overall

| Pos. | | Points |
| 1. | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 861 |
| 1. | Tora Berger | 857 |
| 3. | Darya Domracheva | 795 |
| 4. | Gabriela Soukalová | 614 |
| 5. | Olga Vilukhina | 613 |
* Final standings after 22 races.

## Standings: Mixed
### Mixed relay

| Pos. | | Points |
| 1. | Czech Republic | 114 |
| 1. | Norway | 114 |
| 3. | Italy | 91 |
| 4. | Ukraine | 84 |
| 5. | Russia | 81 |
* Final standings after 2 races.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway | 15 | 11 | 10 | 36 |
| 2 | France | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Germany | 6 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 4 | Finland | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | Belarus | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 8 | Sweden | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 10 | Slovakia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Russia | 1 | 8 | 10 | 19 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | United States | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 54 | 52 | 54 | 160 |

## Achievements
### First World Cup career victory

* Selina Gasparin (SUI), 29, in her 6th season — the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen; it also was her first podium
* Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 20, in his 2nd season — the WC 3 Sprint in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand; it also was his first podium
* Valj Semerenko (UKR), 27, in her 8th season — the WC 3 Pursuit in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand; first podium was 2010–11 Sprint in Presque Isle
* Anaïs Bescond (FRA), 26, in her 5th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; it also was her first podium
* Lukas Hofer (ITA), 24, in his 5th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2010–11 Mass start in Khanty-Mansiysk
* Simon Schempp (GER), 25, in his 6th season — the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva; first podium was 2009–10 Pursuit in Holmenkollen
* Katharina Innerhofer (AUT), 23, in her 3rd season — the WC 7 Sprint in Pokljuka; it also was her first podium

### First World Cup podium

* Irina Starykh (RUS), 26, in her 2nd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen
* Juliya Dzhyma (UKR), 23, in her 3rd season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
* Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 23, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 3 Pursuit in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand
* Alexey Volkov (RUS), 25, in his 5th season — no. 2 in the WC 4 Mass start in Oberhof
* Jean-Guillaume Béatrix (FRA), 25, in his 6th season — no. 2 in the WC 6 Pursuit in Antholz-Anterselva
* Daria Virolaynen (RUS), 25, in her 1st season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Sprint in Pokljuka
* Dorothea Wierer (ITA), 23, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 7 Pursuit in Pokljuka
* Mari Laukkanen (FIN), 26, in her 7th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint in Kontiolahti
* Lowell Bailey (USA), 32, in his 10th season — no. 3 in the WC 8 Sprint (2) in Kontiolahti
* Susan Dunklee (USA), 28, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Sprint in Holmenkollen

### Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)
## Retirements

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2013–14 season: