The men's sprint competition at the
Biathlon World Championships 2007
The 41st Biathlon World Championships were held in 2007 for the fourth time in Antholz/Anterselva, Italy from February 2 to February 11.
Schedule
Medal winners
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Mixed
Medal summary
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was held on 3 February 2007.
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Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen () (born 27 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian professional Biathlon, biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon". With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the List of multip ...
took his thirteenth World Championships gold medal (including the five Olympic golds), though missing the very final shot threatened to lose him his title. However, most of the other early starters also missed shots, and after the first group of 24 top-placed skiers had finished, no one were within half a minute of Bjørndalen. Of the remaining skiers, only
Michal Šlesingr
Michal Šlesingr (; born 3 February 1983) is a Czech former biathlete.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
:''*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.''
World Championships
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and
Maxim Tchoudov had placings among the top 30 in the overall World Cup ranking; Šlesingr completed a faultless shooting but was still six seconds behind from the range, and despite a fine finish he could not catch Bjørndalen, while Tchoudov's medal chances went as he missed twice in the standing shoot, also spending too much time at the range. However,
Andriy Deryzemlya
Andriy Vasylovych Deryzemlya ( uk, Андрій Васильович Дериземля; born 18 August 1977) is a former Ukrainian biathlete who competed at the top level for eleven seasons before winning his first international medal, a bronz ...
of Ukraine, who had not placed on a World Cup podium for two seasons, was ranked 34th in the overall World Cup, and who had not placed in the top six of sprint races for the last four seasons, used two perfect shootings to beat World Cup number three
Björn Ferry
Björn Ferry (born 1 August 1978 in Stensele, Storuman, Västerbotten) is a former Swedish biathlete and medal winning Olympian. He began competing internationally in World Cup competitions in 2001, but did not win his first international race un ...
by ten seconds.
Neither Russia nor Germany managed to get anyone in the top ten; the best German was
Alexander Wolf
Alexander Wolf (born 21 December 1978) is a former German biathlete. At the 2008 World Championships in Östersund, he won bronze medals in the 12.5 km pursuit and the 4 × 7.5 km relay.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced fr ...
in 15th with three misses, with
Birnbacher, World Cup leader
Greis, and
Michael Rösch
Michael Rösch (born 4 May 1983) is a German and Belgian (since 2014) former biathlete.
Life and career
He is the son of the former biathlete Eberhard Rösch. He was junior world champion four times, three times in the relay and once in the sp ...
also missing more than two times.
Nikolay Kruglov, Jr.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Kruglov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Кругло́в; born 8 April 1981) is a former Russian biathlete. His father, Nikolay Kruglov, was also a biathlete. Kruglov Jr. has won a couple of medals with the ...
, the winner of the Oberhof sprint race, placed 12th after slow skiing, but was still the best Russian, one place ahead of Tchoudov.
Results
The race was started at 10:45.
Final results
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References
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Men's Sprint