Dopo la medaglia delle azzurre ai Campionati del Mondo senior di Nove Mesto, arriva dall'est, questa volta da Bansko in Bulgaria, un'altra medaglia di bronzo. E' lo junior Benjamin Plaickner che porta a casa la medaglia nella 15km individuale, mancando un solo bersaglio. L'altoatesino aveva deluso ai Campionati Mondiali juniores di recente, ed è così riuscito a riscattarsi. Oro e argento sono andati alla Russia con il terribile duo Alexandr Loginov - Maxim Tsvetkov. 13° Andreas Plaickner, 45° Thierry Chenal, 47° Giuseppe Montello.
Fra le donne si è invece imposta la francese Anais Chevalier davanti alla russa Elena Ankudinova e all'austriaca Lisa Theresa Hauser. Nessuna azzurra al via.
Domani in gara la categoria senior con tre atleti azzurri al via: Daniel Taschler, Giulia Collavo e Federica Sanfilippo. Soprattutto la prima e il terzo con un buon risultato potrebbero trovare spazio nelle ultime tappe di Coppa del Mondo.
Classifica 15km individuale uomini (junior)
| POS | BIB | NAME | NAT. | SHOOTING | T | RESULT | ||
| 1 | 27 | LOGINOV Alexandr | RUS | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | 42:57.9 | 0.0 | |
| 2 | 33 | TSVETKOV Maxim | RUS | 0+0+0+2 | 2 | 45:07.7 | +2:09.8 | |
| 3 | 9 | PLAICKNER Benjamin | ITA | 0+0+1+0 | 1 | 46:59.2 | +4:01.3 | |
| 4 | 26 | HOERL Fabian | AUT | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | 47:10.7 | +4:12.8 | |
| 5 | 21 | FILLON MAILLET Quentin | FRA | 0+0+1+2 | 3 | 47:14.6 | +4:16.7 | |
| 6 | 20 | TKALENKO Ruslan | UKR | 0+0+0+2 | 2 | 47:29.8 | +4:31.9 | |
| 7 | 53 | TYSHCHENKO Artem | UKR | 2+0+0+0 | 2 | 47:41.3 | +4:43.4 | |
| 8 | 4 | VACLAVIK Adam | CZE | 0+0+2+1 | 3 | 47:42.3 | +4:44.4 | |
| 9 | 25 | RUSSI Kevin | SUI | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | 47:43.2 | +4:45.3 | |
| 10 | 5 | MORAVSKYY Ivan | UKR | 0+1+0+0 | 1 | 47:43.6 | +4:45.7 | |
| 11 | 57 | KRUPCIK Matej | CZE | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | 47:54.9 | +4:57.0 | |
| 12 | 17 | LEGRAND Mathieu | FRA | 1+1+0+0 | 2 | 48:16.5 | +5:18.6 | |
| 13 | 45 | PLAICKNER Andreas | ITA | 0+2+0+0 | 2 | 48:18.9 | +5:21.0 | |
| 14 | 41 | YALIOTNAU Raman | BLR | 0+2+0+1 | 3 | 48:19.2 | +5:21.3 | |
| 15 | 34 | SIMA Michal | SVK | 2+0+0+1 | 3 | 48:33.8 | +5:35.9 | |
| 16 | 35 | TREIER Jan | EST | 1+0+1+1 | 3 | 48:46.6 | +5:48.7 | |
| 17 | 52 | BUTA George | ROU | 0+1+2+0 | 3 | 48:47.6 | +5:49.7 | |
| 18 | 56 | DUMONT Clement | FRA | 0+0+0+2 | 2 | 48:53.3 | +5:55.4 | |
| 19 | 55 | AALVIK Erling | NOR | 1+1+0+0 | 2 | 49:11.5 | +6:13.6 | |
| 20 | 46 | CHERNYSHOV Alexander | RUS | 1+0+0+2 | 3 | 49:14.3 | +6:16.4 | |
| 21 | 63 | NIKOLAEV Denis | RUS | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | 49:25.2 | +6:27.3 | |
| 22 | 62 | BUDZILOVICH Dzmitry | BLR | 1+2+0+0 | 3 | 49:29.2 | +6:31.3 | |
| 23 | 58 | JAKOB Alexander | AUT | 0+0+0+3 | 3 | 49:35.6 | +6:37.7 | |
| 24 | 68 | CHAVOUTIER Dany | FRA | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | 49:58.9 | +7:01.0 | |
| 25 | 7 | HAUMER Thomas | AUT | 0+1+1+0 | 2 | 50:02.8 | +7:04.9 | |
| 26 | 18 | CUENOT Jules | SUI | 1+1+0+0 | 2 | 50:18.4 | +7:20.5 | |
| 27 | 60 | HUBER Martin | AUT | 1+2+1+0 | 4 | 50:30.5 | +7:32.6 | |
| 28 | 13 | ZAHKNA Rene | EST | 2+0+1+0 | 3 | 50:36.4 | +7:38.5 | |
| 29 | 10 | MAKHAMBETOV Timur | RUS | 2+0+2+2 | 6 | 50:36.5 | +7:38.6 | |
| 30 | 1 | SINAPOV Anton | BUL | 1+1+1+2 | 5 | 50:43.4 | +7:45.5 | |
| 31 | 6 | RAMANOUSKI Maksim | BLR | 0+1+0+2 | 3 | 50:46.2 | +7:48.3 | |
| 32 | 61 | DOSTAL Lukas | CZE | 2+1+0+1 | 4 | 51:04.9 | +8:07.0 | |
| 33 | 37 | UNGUREANU Marius | ROU | 0+0+0+2 | 2 | 51:09.4 | +8:11.5 | |
| 34 | 50 | MARCHANKA Aliaksandr | BLR | 1+1+1+2 | 5 | 51:19.1 | +8:21.2 | |
| 35 | 38 | GERDZHIKOV Dimitar | BUL | 0+2+1+2 | 5 | 51:31.1 | +8:33.2 | |
| 36 | 39 | DOHERTY Sean | USA | 2+1+0+1 | 4 | 51:33.6 | +8:35.7 | |
| 37 | 64 | PETRENKO Oleksii | UKR | 0+2+0+1 | 3 | 51:38.1 | +8:40.2 | |
| 38 | 65 | GERBACEA Casius | ROU | 2+0+1+1 | 4 | 52:08.1 | +9:10.2 | |
| 39 | 69 | TALIHÄRM Johan | EST | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | 52:10.2 | +9:12.3 | |
| 40 | 2 | IRVINE Calum | GBR | 0+1+1+0 | 2 | 52:29.6 | +9:31.7 | |
| 41 | 11 | DAVIES Macx | CAN | 0+2+1+3 | 6 | 52:30.1 | +9:32.2 | |
| 42 | 54 | ZAWÓL Mateusz | POL | 0+2+1+0 | 3 | 52:37.6 | +9:39.7 | |
| 43 | 42 | SCHOEPFER Kenneth | SUI | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | 52:47.9 | +9:50.0 | |
| 44 | 14 | POP Gheorghe | ROU | 2+2+1+1 | 6 | 53:01.3 | +10:03.4 | |
| 45 | 67 | CHENAL Thierry | ITA | 1+3+1+1 | 6 | 53:05.1 | +10:07.2 | |
| 46 | 30 | TOPOR Jakub | POL | 1+1+1+2 | 5 | 53:46.1 | +10:48.2 | |
| 47 | 24 | MONTELLO Giuseppe | ITA | 3+3+0+1 | 7 | 54:00.6 | +11:02.7 | |
| 48 | 40 | VOJIK Tomas | CZE | 1+3+1+2 | 7 | 54:03.5 | +11:05.6 | |
| 49 | 19 | PANCUR Primoz | SLO | 1+2+0+2 | 5 | 54:19.6 | +11:21.7 | |
| 50 | 51 | KOOLMEISTER Jaan | EST | 3+0+1+1 | 5 | 54:41.9 | +11:44.0 | |
| 51 | 23 | KILICASLAN Onur | TUR | 2+1+1+1 | 5 | 55:39.6 | +12:41.7 | |
| 52 | 49 | SMITH Casey | USA | 1+2+0+2 | 5 | 55:41.5 | +12:43.6 | |
| 53 | 43 | MORTON Damon | AUS | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | 55:51.9 | +12:54.0 | |
| 54 | 3 | HARMER Dyllan | AUS | 2+0+2+2 | 6 | 56:14.6 | +13:16.7 | |
| 55 | 16 | LONSKY Henrich | SVK | 2+2+2+3 | 9 | 56:17.3 | +13:19.4 | |
| 56 | 32 | VEVEREC Jurica | CRO | 0+1+1+3 | 5 | 57:04.2 | +14:06.3 | |
| 57 | 44 | ZLATEV Dimitar | BUL | 1+0+1+2 | 4 | 57:18.9 | +14:21.0 | |
| 58 | 12 | MUMOVIC Dejan | BIH | 1+2+3+1 | 7 | 57:37.0 | +14:39.1 | |
| 59 | 48 | ORHAN Dilovan | TUR | 2+1+1+1 | 5 | 1:00:08.6 | +17:10.7 | |
| 60 | 22 | DIXON Scott | GBR | 3+0+3+3 | 9 | 1:03:41.4 | +20:43.5 | |
| 61 | 66 | OEZTEKIN Firat | TUR | 1+4+3+2 | 10 | 1:03:56.2 | +20:58.3 | |
| 62 | 47 | PLAKALOVIC Bojan | BIH | 2+4+1+3 | 10 | 1:03:57.5 | +20:59.6 | |
| 63 | 29 | VUKOVIC Nemanja | BIH | 3+2+2+4 | 11 | 1:04:04.3 | +21:06.4 | |
| 64 | 59 | STURLAN Marko | CRO | 2+2+2+1 | 7 | 1:04:27.1 | +21:29.2 | |
| 65 | 36 | WALKER Daniel | AUS | 2+1+0+5 | 8 | 1:05:09.8 | +22:11.9 | |
| 66 | 28 | KYRIAZIS Dimitrios | GRE | 2+2+3+3 | 10 | 1:11:01.7 | +28:03.8 | |
| 67 | 8 | SAIDOV Khasan | UZB | 0+2+1+2 | 5 | 1:16:58.4 | +34:00.5 | |
| DNF | 15 | CIVIL Orhangazi | TUR | 1+1+ + | ||||
| DNS | 31 | GJERMUNDSHAUG Vegard | NOR |
Classifica 12,5km individuale donne (junior)
| POS | BIB | NAME | NAT. | SHOOTING | T | RESULT | ||
| 1 | 34 | CHEVALIER Anais | FRA | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | 43:05.1 | 0.0 | |
| 2 | 3 | ANKUDINOVA Elena | RUS | 0+2+0+0 | 2 | 44:00.8 | +55.7 | |
| 3 | 30 | HAUSER Lisa Theresa | AUT | 1+0+1+0 | 2 | 44:22.9 | +1:17.8 | |
| 4 | 21 | PERMINOVA Viktoriya | RUS | 1+1+0+0 | 2 | 45:04.2 | +1:59.1 | |
| 5 | 53 | PARISSE Floriane | FRA | 0+2+0+0 | 2 | 45:07.8 | +2:02.7 | |
| 6 | 48 | BADANINA Elena | RUS | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | 45:17.0 | +2:11.9 | |
| 7 | 24 | DIMITROVA Niya | BUL | 2+0+0+0 | 2 | 45:24.7 | +2:19.6 | |
| 8 | 17 | LATUILLIERE Enora | FRA | 0+3+0+0 | 3 | 45:24.9 | +2:19.8 | |
| 9 | 20 | KRISTOFFERSEN Frida Strand | NOR | 0+1+0+0 | 1 | 45:28.8 | +2:23.7 | |
| 10 | 16 | FIALKOVA Paulina | SVK | 2+2+0+0 | 4 | 45:36.2 | +2:31.1 | |
| 11 | 19 | GASPARIN Aita | SUI | 0+1+0+1 | 2 | 45:36.4 | +2:31.3 | |
| 12 | 37 | RIEDER Christina | AUT | 2+0+0+0 | 2 | 45:36.5 | +2:31.4 | |
| 13 | 2 | JOST Patricia | SUI | 0+1+0+0 | 1 | 45:45.7 | +2:40.6 | |
| 14 | 47 | FIALKOVA Ivona | SVK | 0+1+0+2 | 3 | 45:47.9 | +2:42.8 | |
| 15 | 46 | VARVYNETS Iryna | UKR | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | 46:05.2 | +3:00.1 | |
| 16 | 38 | LODGE Emma | CAN | 0+1+1+0 | 2 | 46:17.6 | +3:12.5 | |
| 17 | 12 | VARCIN Coline | FRA | 1+1+1+0 | 3 | 46:37.4 | +3:32.3 | |
| 18 | 26 | CIRSTEA Florina Ioana | ROU | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | 46:59.9 | +3:54.8 | |
| 19 | 44 | KUBEK Anna | USA | 0+0+0+2 | 2 | 47:05.3 | +4:00.2 | |
| 20 | 52 | MURALEEVA Ekaterina | RUS | 1+1+0+2 | 4 | 47:17.6 | +4:12.5 | |
| 21 | 8 | ZHURAVOK Yuliya | UKR | 0+2+1+0 | 3 | 47:35.5 | +4:30.4 | |
| 22 | 25 | GYLENKO Alla | UKR | 2+0+1+0 | 3 | 47:36.4 | +4:31.3 | |
| 23 | 7 | BRUN-LIE Thekla | NOR | 0+2+0+2 | 4 | 47:59.7 | +4:54.6 | |
| 24 | 54 | KADEVA Daniela | BUL | 0+2+0+0 | 2 | 48:51.3 | +5:46.2 | |
| 25 | 33 | CERNA Kristyna | CZE | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | 49:00.3 | +5:55.2 | |
| 26 | 43 | POPOVA Stefani | BUL | 0+3+0+3 | 6 | 49:09.7 | +6:04.6 | |
| 27 | 11 | STOYANOVA Desislava | BUL | 2+1+2+3 | 8 | 49:15.8 | +6:10.7 | |
| 28 | 42 | MEIER-RUGE Ladina | SUI | 0+1+2+0 | 3 | 49:55.0 | +6:49.9 | |
| 29 | 27 | NALIVAIKAITE Gaudvile | LTU | 1+2+1+0 | 4 | 50:04.4 | +6:59.3 | |
| 30 | 9 | SALMAN Diana Marian | ROU | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | 50:26.3 | +7:21.2 | |
| 31 | 28 | LASSAK Beata | POL | 1+1+1+2 | 5 | 50:34.6 | +7:29.5 | |
| 32 | 41 | JISLOVA Jessica | CZE | 0+1+1+3 | 5 | 50:40.5 | +7:35.4 | |
| 33 | 10 | KAZNACENKO Marija | LTU | 1+3+2+0 | 6 | 50:57.9 | +7:52.8 | |
| 34 | 49 | SHYMANOVICH Aksana | BLR | 1+1+1+2 | 5 | 51:13.8 | +8:08.7 | |
| 35 | 4 | LUTSYKOVICH Aliona | BLR | 2+2+2+0 | 6 | 51:21.4 | +8:16.3 | |
| 36 | 50 | BRYHYNETS Yuliya | UKR | 2+0+0+3 | 5 | 51:33.2 | +8:28.1 | |
| 37 | 31 | CHELACHOVA Maryia | BLR | 1+0+2+2 | 5 | 52:00.1 | +8:55.0 | |
| 38 | 35 | BANEL Karolina | LTU | 0+1+2+0 | 3 | 52:34.5 | +9:29.4 | |
| 39 | 45 | TOFALVI Orsolya | ROU | 1+0+3+1 | 5 | 53:01.5 | +9:56.4 | |
| 40 | 23 | GERAGHTY-MOATS Tara | USA | 3+1+2+1 | 7 | 53:04.7 | +9:59.6 | |
| 41 | 22 | MEEMA Marju | EST | 3+1+1+3 | 8 | 54:15.8 | +11:10.7 | |
| 42 | 5 | LASICA Ana | SRB | 0+2+0+3 | 5 | 54:53.1 | +11:48.0 | |
| 43 | 13 | ERDILER Nihan | TUR | 3+1+2+0 | 6 | 55:03.1 | +11:58.0 | |
| 44 | 14 | NURMENRINTA Rita | FIN | 0+1+1+3 | 5 | 55:51.9 | +12:46.8 | |
| 45 | 15 | KIOURKENIDOU Christina | GRE | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | 56:09.3 | +13:04.2 | |
| 46 | 1 | HARTWEGER Fabienne | AUT | 5+1+3+2 | 11 | 56:16.7 | +13:11.6 | |
| 47 | 51 | OREN Rojbin | TUR | 2+1+0+3 | 6 | 57:22.5 | +14:17.4 | |
| 48 | 39 | GENC Kibar | TUR | 1+1+2+1 | 5 | 57:26.0 | +14:20.9 | |
| 49 | 29 | GUENES Buesra | TUR | 3+2+2+3 | 10 | 59:28.4 | +16:23.3 | |
| 50 | 18 | KOROMAN Mladena | BIH | 0+3+1+3 | 7 | 1:01:49.3 | +18:44.2 | |
| 51 | 6 | KUSMUK Sanja | BIH | 3+5+0+4 | 12 | 1:01:52.5 | +18:47.4 | |
| 52 | 32 | LUCIC Sara | SRB | 1+2+2+1 | 6 | 1:02:54.0 | +19:48.9 | |
| 53 | 40 | MUMOVIC Maja | BIH | 2+4+3+4 | 13 | 1:07:54.7 | +24:49.6 | |
| DNF | 36 | SLOOF Chardine | NED | 0+0+1+ |