2011 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships

2011 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships

Host city	Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Nations participating	13
Athletes participating	102[1]
Dates	2 April - 10 April
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2011 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia
Cross-country skiing
Individual
Sprint	men	women
Middle distance	10 km men	5 km women
Long distance	men	women
Team
Relay	men	women
Biathlon
Short distance	7.5 km men	7.5 km women
Long distance	men	women
Pursuit	men	women

The 2011 IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships took place 2–11 April 2011^[2] in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. IPC stands for International Paralympic Committee. This was the first time these championships were hosted in Russia,^[3] and the first time the championships were hosted in the same city as the IBU Biathlon World Championships which was held in Khanty-Mansiysk from March 3 to March 13, 2011.

Skiers competed in sitting, standing or visually impaired classification categories in various biathlon and cross-country skiing events.

The Opening ceremony was held on March 31,^[4] and the Closing ceremony was scheduled to be held on April 10.^[5]

Canadian Brian McKeever competed at the Championships without his brother Robin McKeever as his sighted guide, who recently had knee surgery.^[6]

The Championships can be seen free at IPC's internet TV channel ParalympicSport.TV as video on demand.^[7]

Schedule of events

The provisional timeschedule of the event stands below.^[5][8][9] All times in UTC+3.

Medal winners

Calculated times

Biathlon

Men

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Pursuit	visually impaired	Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Borys Babar  Ukraine	9:25.1	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	9:40.0	Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski  Belarus	10:28.9
	sitting	Roman Petushkov  Russia	9:59.0	Irek Zaripov  Russia	10:08.0	Ivan Goncharov  Russia	11:33.8
	standing	Grygorii Vovchynskyi  Ukraine	10:21.0	Azat Karachurin  Russia	10:25.1	Kirill Mikhaylov  Russia	10:26.6
Individual	visually impaired	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	38:22.1	Brian McKeever Guide: Erik Carleton  Canada	41:57.3	Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Borys Babar  Ukraine	42:51.6
	sitting	Irek Zaripov  Russia	34:51.7	Ivan Goncharov  Russia	35:47.1	Sergiy Khyzhnyak  Ukraine	37:19.0
	standing	Grygorii Vovchynskyi  Ukraine	39:03.2	Nils-Erik Ulset  Norway	39:08.6	Yannick Bourseaux  France	39:13.3
7.5 km	visually impaired	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	21:09.9	Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski  Belarus	21:40.8	Wilhelm Brem Guide: Florian Grimm  Germany	21:59.1
	sitting	Irek Zaripov  Russia	19:37.0	Kamil Rosiek  Poland	20:19.7	Roman Petushkov  Russia	20:41.9
	standing	Kirill Mikhaylov  Russia	20:41.5	Nils-Erik Ulset  Norway	21:00.7	Oleg Balukhto  Russia	21:18.1

Women

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Pursuit	visually impaired	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov  Russia	10:30.7	Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov  Ukraine	11:35.5	Elena Remizova Guide: Natalia Yakimova  Russia	11:52.1
	sitting	Maria Iovleva  Russia	12:06.6	Olena Iurkovska  Ukraine	12:18.6	Andrea Eskau  Germany	13:44.4
	standing	Anna Burmistrova  Russia	12:03.5	Katarzyna Rogowiec  Poland	12:08.2	Oleksandra Kononova  Ukraine	12:35.9
Individual	visually impaired	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov  Russia	50:21.3	Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov  Ukraine	52:22.2	Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide: Valery Koshkin  Russia	53:10.1
	sitting	Andrea Eskau  Germany	38:27.4	Olena Iurkovska  Ukraine	39:11.1	Lyudmyla Pavlenko  Ukraine	40:23.8
	standing	Oleksandra Kononova  Ukraine	49:43.3	Katarzyna Rogowiec  Poland	49:56.7	Maija Loytynoja  Finland	50:06.4
7.5 km	visually impaired	Elena Remizova Guide: Natalia Yakimova  Russia	26:35.0	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov  Russia	27:20.3	Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide: Valery Koshkin  Russia	27:25.1
	sitting	Olena Iurkovska  Ukraine	23:02.3	Lyudmyla Pavlenko  Ukraine	23:45.2	Andrea Eskau  Germany	24:05.7
	standing	Oleksandra Kononova  Ukraine	24:43.7	Katarzyna Rogowiec  Poland	25:35.6	Maija Loytynoja  Finland	26:34.7

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Sprint	visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Erik Carleton  Canada	3:13.8	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	3:18.2	Alexei Toropov Guide: Sergey Maksimov  Russia	3:21.8
	sitting	Trygve Steinar Larsen  Norway	2:15.5	Chris Klebl  Canada	2:22.3	Irek Zaripov  Russia	2:29.1
	standing	Kirill Mikhaylov  Russia	3:10.7	Vegard Dahle  Norway	3:15.0	Vladimir Kononov  Russia	3:16.1
Middle distance	visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Erik Carleton  Canada	24:28.5	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	25:14.3	Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski  Belarus	25:48.5
	sitting	Irek Zaripov  Russia	24:31.0	Enzo Masiello  Italy	24:42.9	Trygve Steinar Larsen  Norway	24:50.9
	standing	Vladimir Kononov  Russia	25:05.6	Kirill Mikhaylov  Russia	25:33.9	Azat Karachurin  Russia	25:41.9
Long distance	visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Erik Carleton  Canada	53:26.7	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev  Russia	54:10.0	Alexei Toropov Guide: Sergey Maksimov  Russia	58:42.2
	sitting	Chris Klebl  Canada	35:34.6	Irek Zaripov  Russia	35:43.6	Enzo Masiello  Italy	36:15.7
	standing	Kirill Mikhaylov  Russia	53:53.0	Vegard Dahle  Norway	56:01.2	Ilkka Tuomisto  Finland	57:22.5
Relay	open	Russia Sergey Shilov, Kirill Mikhaylov, Nikolay Polukhin, Guide: Andrey Tokarev	42:11.7	Norway Trygve Steinar Larsen, Vegard Dahle, Nils-Erik Ulset	42:21.9	Ukraine Iurii Kostiuk, Grygorii Vovchynskyi, Vitaliy Lukyanenko, Guide: Dmytro Khurtyk	44:29.4

Women

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Sprint	visually impaired	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov  Russia	3:25.5	Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov  Ukraine	3:30.2	Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide: Valery Koshkin  Russia	3:35.3
	sitting	Andrea Eskau  Germany	2:39.1	Maria Iovleva  Russia	2:40.6	Mariann Marthinsen  Norway	2:45.4
	standing	Oleksandra Kononova  Ukraine	4:05.6	Katarzyna Rogowiec  Poland	4:09.8	Maija Loytynoja  Finland	4:09.9
Middle distance	visually impaired	Elena Remizova Guide: Natalia Yakimova  Russia	14:31.5	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov  Russia	15:01.9	Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide: Valery Koshkin  Russia	15:25.2
	sitting	Liudmila Vauchok  Belarus	13:48.0	Francesca Porcellato  Italy	13:57.3	Mariann Marthinsen  Norway	14:05.0
	standing	Katarzyna Rogowiec  Poland	14:54.3	Oleksandra Kononova  Ukraine	14:56.2	Iuliia Batenkova  Ukraine	16:07.5
Long distance	visually impaired	Elena Remizova Guide: Natalia Yakomova  Russia	47:44.1	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov  Russia	48:30.7	Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide: Valery Koshkin  Russia	50:44.1
	sitting	Colette Bourgonje  Canada	26:56.0	Liudmila Vauchok  Belarus	27:05.7	Andrea Eskau  Germany	27:49.6
	standing	Oleksandra Kononova  Ukraine	50:43.1	Iuliia Batenkova  Ukraine	52:08.3	Katarzyna Rogowiec  Poland	52:30.0
Relay	open	Russia Maria Iovleva, Mikhalina Lysova, Guide: Alexey Ivanov, Elena Remizova, Guide: Natalia Yakimova	19:48.4	Ukraine Olena Iurkovska, Oksana Shyshkova, Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov, Oleksandra Kononova	20:40.3	–

Classification

Standing

• LW2 - standing: single leg amputation above the knee
• LW3 - standing: double leg amputation below the knee, mild cerebral palsy, or equivalent impairment
• LW4 - standing: single leg amputation below the knee
• LW5/7 - standing: double arm amputation
• LW6/8 - standing: single arm amputation
• LW9 - standing: amputation or equivalent impairment of one arm and one leg

Sitting

• LW 10 - sitting: paraplegia with no or some upper abdominal function and no functional sitting balance
• LW 11 - sitting: paraplegia with fair functional sitting balance
• LW 12 - sitting: double leg amputation above the knees, or paraplegia with some leg function and good sitting balance

Visual impairment

• B1 - visually impaired: no functional vision
• B2 - visually impaired: up to ca 3-5% functional vision
• B3 - visually impaired: under 10% functional vision

Skiers with a visual impairement compete with a sighted guide. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.^[10]

Calculated time

A percentage system is used to calculate the final time of each skier. Each skiers finishing time, is multiplied with a percentage factor, to determine a final, calculated time.

Within each category (sitting, standing, visual impairment) there are skiers with various classifications (for example B1, B2 and B3 in the visual impairment category). There are different percentage factors for each classification.^[11][11][12]

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Participating nations

13 countries competed.^[14]

Medal table

Top nations

Medal winners by nation.^[15]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	20	13	15	48
2	Ukraine	8	9	6	23
3	Canada	5	2	0	6
4	Germany	2	0	4	6
5	Norway	1	5	3	9
6	Poland	1	5	1	7
7	Belarus	1	2	2	5
8	Italy	0	2	1	3
9	Finland	0	0	4	4
10	France	0	0	1	1
	Total	38	38	37	113

See also

• FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011
• Biathlon World Championships 2011

References

• Winter Sport Classification, Canadian Paralympic Committee
• Each skier's classification per March 10, 2011, IPC Nordic Skiing

External links

• Khanty-Mansiysk 2011 official site (English)
• IPC Nordic Skiing
• Live results, and schedule at ipclive.siwidata.com
• ParalympicSport.TV, video on demand