# 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 3

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 3 is the third event of the season and was held in Pokljuka, Slovenia from Thursday December 17 until Sunday December 20, 2009.

## Schedule of events

The schedule of the event is below
| Date | Time | Events |
| December 17 | 11:15 cet | Women's 15 km Individual |
| December 17 | 14:15 cet | Men's 20 km Individual |
| December 19 | 10:00 cet | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| December 19 | 14:15 cet | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| December 20 | 12:00 cet | Women's 10 km Pursuit |
| December 20 | 14:15 cet | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |

## Medal winners
### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 20 km Individual details | Christoph Sumann Austria | 52:19.8 (0+0+0+1) | Simon Fourcade France | 52:34.0 (0+0+1+0) | Alexander Os Norway | 52:50.5 (0+0+0+1) |
| 10 km Sprint details | Ivan Tcherezov Russia | 28:10.0 (0+0) | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 28:21.1 (1+0) | Thomas Frei Switzerland | 28:52.4 (1+0) |
| 12.5 km Pursuit details | Evgeny Ustyugov Russia | 34:50.9 (0+1+1+0) | Roland Lessing Estonia | 35:00.2 (0+0+0+0) | Simon Eder Austria | 35:01.8 (1+0+0+1) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 15 km Individual details | Helena Jonsson Sweden | 43:04.1 (0+0+0+0) | Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Sweden | 43:26.7 (1+0+0+0) | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 43:31.4 (1+0+0+0) |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Svetlana Sleptsova Russia | 24:57.0 (0+0) | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Russia | 25:40.4 (1+0) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 25:59.6 (1+1) |
| 10 km Pursuit details | Svetlana Sleptsova Russia | 34:03.2 (0+1+0+1) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 34:39.5 (1+1+1+0) | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Russia | 34:46.4 (0+1+1+0) |

## Achievements
### Best performance for all time

* Victor Vasilyev (RUS), 13 place in Individual
* Evgeny Abramenko (BLR), 19 place in Individual
* Scott Perras (CAN), 32 place in Individual
* Tarjei Bø (NOR), 37 place in Individual and 4 place in Sprint
* Alexandr Trifonov (KAZ), 69 place in Individual
* Alexei Almoukov (AUS), 76 place in Individual
* Miroslav Kenanov (BUL), 96 place in Individual
* Thomas Frei (SUI), 3 place in Sprint
* Anton Shipulin (RUS), 5 place in Sprint
* Hidenori Isa (JPN), 10 place in Sprint
* Serhiy Semenov (UKR), 19 place in Sprint
* Krasimir Anev (BUL), 25 place in Sprint
* Vasja Rupnik (SLO), 37 place in Sprint and 36 place in Pursuit
* Michael Hauser (AUT), 49 place in Sprint and Pursuit
* Roland Gerbacea (ROU), 53 place in Sprint
* Nikolay Braichenko (KAZ), 56 place in Sprint and 46 place in Pursuit
* Milanko Petrovic (SRB), 82 place in Sprint
* Łukasz Witek (POL), 91 place in Sprint
* Evgeny Ustyugov (RUS), 1 place in Pursuit
* Roland Lessing (EST), 2 place in Pursuit
* Klemen Bauer (SLO), 7 place in Pursuit
* Iana Romanova (RUS), 4 place in Individual
* Julie Carraz-Collin (FRA), 11 place in Individual
* Selina Gasparin (SUI), 19 place in Individual
* Haley Johnson (USA), 21 place in Individual
* Natalya Burdyga (RUS), 22 place in Individual
* Anais Bescond (FRA), 29 place in Individual
* Megan Tandy (CAN), 35 place in Individual and 21 place in Sprint
* Reka Ferencz (ROU), 37 place in Individual
* Emilia Yordanova (BUL), 49 place in Individual
* Lyubov Filimonova (KAZ), 55 place in Individual and 35 place in Sprint
* Zanna Juskane (LAT), 87 place in Individual
* Panagiota Tsakiri (GRE), 90 place in Individual
* Nadezhda Skardino (BLR), 8 place in Sprint
* Marina Lebedeva (KAZ), 15 place in Sprint
* Alexandra Stoian (ROU), 24 place in Sprint
* Karin Oberhofer (ITA), 29 place in Sprint
* Elisabeth Högberg (SWE), 32 place in Pursuit

### First World Cup race

* Serhiy Semenov (UKR), 50 place in Individual
* Vitaliy Kilchytskyy (UKR), 70 place in Sprint