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Thingnes Bø has won the Biathlon World Cup five times, in the 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2022/23, and 2023/24 seasons. He is the male biathlete with the second most individual World Cup victories in history, totaling 90, including victories at the Winter Olympic Games .
The Norwegian Biathlon Association (Norwegian: Norges Skiskytterforbund) (NSSF) was founded 10 December 1983 and is a Norwegian association for biathlon, and is a member of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports and the International Biathlon Union. [1]
The Men's individual competition at the Biathlon World Championships 2024 was held on 14 February 2024. [1] [2]Johannes Thingnes Bø was the defending champion and successfully defended his title.
The 20 kilometres (12 mi) individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete.
1. 1 The Norwegian Biathlon Association [5] and Hans Lysaker sources disagree here, should possibly be Ola Lunde rather than Odd Lunde. However, Aftenposten agrees with Hans Lysaker and so that source has been given precedent. [6]
Running the last lap, Bø secured Norway the victory; this was the first time Norway had won this event. Two days later, Bø came in third in the sprint discipline, behind runner-up Martin Fourcade and Arnd Peiffer. [23] By finishing third, Bø won the Overall Sprint Cup. In the pursuit discipline, Bø again claimed the bronze medal. [24]
Norway: Pieralberto Carrara Italy: Alexei Aidarov Belarus: 2002 Salt Lake City details: Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway: Frank Luck Germany: Viktor Maigourov Russia: 2006 Turin details: Michael Greis Germany: Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway: Halvard Hanevold Norway: 2010 Vancouver details: Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway: Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway ...
The Men's pursuit competition at the Biathlon World Championships 2024 was held on 11 February 2024. [1] [2]Johannes Thingnes Bø was the defending champion and successfully defended his title.