The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 1 was the opening event of the season and was held in Östersund, Sweden, from 29 November until 6 December 2015.

Schedule of events

Date Time EventsNovember 29 13:45 CETSingle Mixed Relay 15:30 CET Mixed Relay December 2 17:15 CET Men's 20 km Individual December 3 17:15 CET Women's 15 km IndividualDecember 5 12:30 CET Men's 10 km Sprint 15:30 CET Women's 7.5 km SprintDecember 6 11:00 CETMen's 12.5 km Pursuit 13:30 CETWomen's 10 km Pursuit

Medal winners

Men Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 20 km IndividualdetailsOle Einar Bjørndalen 50:14.5(0+0+0+0)Simon Schempp 50:41.6(0+0+1+0)Alexey Volkov 50:52.7(0+0+0+0) 10 km SprintdetailsMartin Fourcade 24:02.0(1+1)Arnd Peiffer 24:53.6(0+1)Ole Einar Bjørndalen 24:57.2(1+1) 12.5 km PursuitdetailsMartin Fourcade 31:22.4(1+0+1+1)Arnd Peiffer 31:57.5(0+1+0+0)Quentin Fillon Maillet 32:17.6(0+0+1+1)

Women Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 15 km IndividualdetailsDorothea Wierer 42:17.0(0+0+0+0)Marie Dorin-Habert 42:31.1(0+2+0+0)Olena Pidhrushna 42:54.8(0+0+0+0) 7.5 km SprintdetailsGabriela Soukalová 19:46.2(0+0)Federica Sanfilippo 20:01.2(0+0)Olena Pidhrushna 20:24.6(1+0) 10 km PursuitdetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 30:45.1(1+0+1+0)Dorothea Wierer 30:47.0(0+0+1+0)Franziska Hildebrand 30:48.4(0+0+0+0)

Mixed Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeSingle Mixed RelaydetailsKaia Wøien NicolaisenLars Helge Birkeland36:27.3(0+0) (0+0)(0+1) (0+1)(0+1) (1+3)(0+1) (0+0)Rosanna CrawfordNathan Smith 36:39.2(0+2) (0+2)(0+3) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)Maren HammerschmidtDaniel Böhm 36:40.5(0+0) (0+3)(0+1) (0+1)(0+0) (1+3)(0+0) (0+0)2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km RelaydetailsFanny Horn BirkelandTiril EckhoffJohannes Thingnes BøTarjei Bø1:11:42.6(0+1) (0+1)(0+2) (0+2)(0+0) (0+3)(0+0) (0+0)Franziska HildebrandVanessa HinzBenedikt DollSimon Schempp 1:12:16.2(0+1) (0+0)(0+2) (0+1)(0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)Veronika VítkováGabriela SoukalováMichal ŠlesingrOndřej Moravec 1:12:54.1(0+3) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+1) (0+2)(0+1) (0+2)

Achievements

Best performance for all time

, 17th place in Individual , 18th place in Individual , 25th place in Individual , 33rd place in Individual , 55th place in Individual , 56th place in Individual , 64th place in Individual , 80th place in Individual , 83rd place in Individual , 1st place in Individual , 2nd place in Sprint , 8th place in Individual , 15th place in Individual , 29th place in Individual , 31st place in Individual , 40th place in Individual , 61st place in Individual

First World Cup race

, 47th place in Individual , 87th place in Individual , 96th place in Individual , 69th place in Individual , 79th place in Individual

Oldest winner of a biathlon world cup race in history

, 41 years and 309 days

References