Sono cominciati nella giornata odierna gli Europei di biathlon in Val Ridanna, manifestazione che rappresenta l'appuntamento centrale della stagione per gli atleti del circuito IBU Cup e degli esclusi dalle convocazioni olimpiche. Nella 20km individuale si è imposto con margine l'austriaco Felix Leitner, un errore al tiro e terzo tempo sugli sci, che ha regolato il ceco Tomas Krupcik e il tedesco Philipp Horn, altrettanto precisi al tiro. In buona condizione sugli sci i bulgari Vladimir Iliev (29°) e Krasimir Anev (4°), autori dei primi due tempi, ma insolitamente imprecisi al tiro. Tutta la squadra bulgara sfrutterà la manifestazione per affinare la condizione in vista delle Olimpiadi. 5° lo slovacco Martin Otcenas, altro nome da Coppa del Mondo, come, sebbene in recente passato, Fabien Claude 7° e Florian Graf 8°. In top ten anche il bielorusso Dzmitry Abasheu 6°, il russo Yury Shopin 9° e il bulgaro Anton Sinapov 10°.
Italiani nelle retrovie con una buona prestazione per Rudy Zini al poligono, 25° con un minuto di penalità, e prove piuttosto anonime di Saverio Zini e Pietro Dutto, 59° e 61° con quattro e cinque errori. Bravo Paolo Rodigari, 64° al tiro con due soli errori e ovviamente grandi progressi da fare sugli sci. Alle 13.30 tocca alle donne impegnate nella 15km.
Classifica 20km individuale uomini
| 1 | 34 | LEITNER Felix | AUSTRIA |
0+0+0+1 | 1 | 53:32.8 |
| 2 | 72 | KRUPCIK Tomas | CZECH REPUBLIC |
0+0+0+1 | 1 | +43.0 |
| 3 | 77 | HORN Philipp | GERMANY |
1+0+0+0 | 1 | +56.6 |
| 4 | 49 | ANEV Krasimir | BULGARIA |
0+0+1+1 | 2 | +1:00.9 |
| 5 | 32 | OTCENAS Martin | SLOVAKIA |
0+0+1+1 | 2 | +1:25.3 |
| 6 | 29 | ABASHEU Dzmitry | BELARUS |
1+0+0+0 | 1 | +1:31.8 |
| 7 | 70 | CLAUDE Fabien | FRANCE |
0+1+1+0 | 2 | +1:32.1 |
| 8 | 44 | GRAF Florian | GERMANY |
0+0+0+1 | 1 | +1:37.7 |
| 9 | 86 | SHOPIN Yury | RUSSIA |
0+0+0+0 | 0 | +2:04.6 |
| 10 | 61 | SINAPOV Anton | BULGARIA |
1+1+0+0 | 2 | +2:20.0 |
| 11 | 21 | GERDZHIKOV Dimitar | BULGARIA |
0+1+0+1 | 2 | +2:22.8 |
| 12 | 25 | DOMBROVSKI Karol | LITHUANIA |
0+1+0+0 | 1 | +2:31.1 |
| 13 | 54 | SZCZUREK Lukasz | POLAND |
0+0+0+2 | 2 | +2:32.3 |
| 14 | 116 | BOGETVEIT Haavard Gutuboe | NORWAY |
1+0+0+1 | 2 | +2:40.6 |
| 15 | 5 | ARWIDSON Tobias | SWEDEN |
0+1+0+0 | 1 | +2:46.4 |
| 16 | 95 | CHRISTIANSEN Vetle Sjaastad | NORWAY |
0+1+0+0 | 1 | +2:48.7 |
| 17 | 58 | PASHCHENKO Petr | RUSSIA |
0+1+1+1 | 3 | +2:56.6 |
| 18 | 59 | DUMONT Clement | FRANCE |
0+0+1+1 | 2 | +3:18.4 |
| 19 | 84 | CAMPBELL Carsen | CANADA |
1+0+0+0 | 1 | +3:18.5 |
| 20 | 73 | ROERVIK Fredrik | NORWAY |
0+0+0+0 | 0 | +3:18.6 |
| 21 | 43 | KRISTEJN Lukas | CZECH REPUBLIC |
1+0+0+2 | 3 | +3:19.6 |
| 22 | 11 | KRUPCIK Matej | CZECH REPUBLIC |
0+0+2+0 | 2 | +3:22.8 |
| 23 | 78 | MALYSHKO Dmitry | RUSSIA |
1+0+2+1 | 4 | +3:26.4 |
| 24 | 85 | GJESBAKK Fredrik | NORWAY |
0+1+0+1 | 2 | +3:32.5 |
| 25 | 60 | ZINI Rudy | ITALY |
0+0+1+0 | 1 | +3:39.8 |
| 26 | 65 | BEATRIX Jean Guillaume | FRANCE |
0+2+0+2 | 4 | +3:49.6 |
| 27 | 28 | VOLKOV Alexey | RUSSIA |
0+1+0+2 | 3 | +3:50.3 |
| 28 | 93 | KLETCHEROV Michail | BULGARIA |
0+1+0+0 | 1 | +3:54.2 |
| 29 | 4 | ILIEV Vladimir | BULGARIA |
1+0+2+2 | 5 | +3:54.8 |
| 30 | 24 | TACHIZAKI Mikito | JAPAN |
1+0+0+1 | 2 | +3:55.2 |
| 31 | 19 | HOERL Fabian | AUSTRIA |
1+1+0+0 | 2 | +4:01.6 |
| 32 | 64 | LATYPOV Eduard | RUSSIA |
2+0+0+2 | 4 | +4:03.2 |
| 33 | 76 | ZEMLICKA Milan | CZECH REPUBLIC |
0+1+0+0 | 1 | +4:09.1 |
| 34 | 47 | SEMENOV Sergii | UKRAINE |
1+0+2+1 | 4 | +4:15.9 |
| 35 | 22 | FRATZSCHER Lucas | GERMANY |
1+0+0+1 | 2 | +4:18.0 |
| 35 | 88 | WAEGER Lorenz | AUSTRIA |
0+1+0+1 | 2 | +4:18.0 |
| 37 | 80 | GJERMUNDSHAUG Vegard | NORWAY |
0+1+0+1 | 2 | +4:29.4 |
| 38 | 66 | PLESSNITZER Kevin | AUSTRIA |
1+0+1+2 | 4 | +4:36.4 |
| 39 | 75 | MESOTITSCH Daniel | AUSTRIA |
1+1+1+1 | 4 | +4:36.6 |
| 40 | 18 | GUZIK Grzegorz | POLAND |
0+3+1+0 | 4 | +4:41.2 |
| 41 | 107 | NENSETER Aslak | NORWAY |
2+1+1+0 | 4 | +4:49.9 |
| 42 | 17 | SIMA Michal | SLOVAKIA |
1+2+0+0 | 3 | +4:53.2 |
| 43 | 6 | TKALENKO Ruslan | UKRAINE |
1+0+0+2 | 3 | +4:55.7 |
| 44 | 13 | NEDZA-KUBINIEC Andrzej | POLAND |
1+1+1+1 | 4 | +5:00.5 |
| 45 | 82 | JANIK Mateusz | POLAND |
0+1+0+2 | 3 | +5:19.3 |
| 46 | 63 | SCHOMMER Paul | USA |
0+1+1+1 | 3 | +5:22.6 |
| 47 | 41 | HASILLA Tomas | SLOVAKIA |
1+1+0+2 | 4 | +5:38.9 |
| 48 | 7 | LESIUK Taras | UKRAINE |
0+1+0+2 | 3 | +5:40.5 |
| 49 | 46 | ZOBEL David | GERMANY |
3+1+1+1 | 6 | +5:44.8 |
| 50 | 109 | HOMBERG Niklas | GERMANY |
0+2+1+1 | 4 | +5:45.1 |
| 51 | 71 | HOSEK Ondrej | CZECH REPUBLIC |
1+2+0+0 | 3 | +5:49.1 |
| 52 | 104 | JAKOB Patrick | AUSTRIA |
2+0+1+0 | 3 | +5:51.0 |
| 53 | 108 | STEGMAYR Gabriel | SWEDEN |
0+2+0+1 | 3 | +5:58.7 |
| 54 | 99 | PATRIJUKS Aleksandrs | LATVIA |
1+0+1+1 | 3 | +6:06.4 |
| 55 | 117 | PARTALOV Dimitar | BULGARIA |
0+0+1+0 | 1 | +6:17.6 |
| 56 | 83 | DURTSCHI Max | USA |
1+0+1+1 | 3 | +6:18.5 |
| 57 | 48 | OBLAK Lenart | SLOVENIA |
0+1+0+2 | 3 | +6:21.3 |
| 58 | 26 | ELLINGSON Jakob | USA |
0+0+1+1 | 2 | +6:23.5 |
| 59 | 39 | ZINI Saverio | ITALY |
0+2+1+1 | 4 | +6:26.2 |
| 60 | 53 | DOTSENKO Andriy | UKRAINE |
0+2+1+1 | 4 | +6:30.3 |
| 61 | 9 | DUTTO Pietro | ITALY |
1+0+2+2 | 5 | +6:39.6 |
| 62 | 37 | CRNKOVIC Kresimir | CROATIA |
2+2+1+1 | 6 | +6:55.1 |
| 63 | 106 | KUBALIAK Michal | SLOVAKIA |
1+0+1+1 | 3 | +6:56.0 |
| 64 | 79 | RODIGARI Paolo | ITALY |
2+0+0+0 | 2 | +7:05.7 |
| 65 | 30 | KIM Yonggyu | KOREA REPUBLIC |
3+0+1+0 | 4 | +7:23.2 |
| 66 | 110 | VOJIK Tomas | CZECH REPUBLIC |
1+0+1+1 | 3 | +7:29.6 |
| 67 | 69 | DAVIES Macx | CANADA |
2+2+1+0 | 5 | +7:32.7 |
| 68 | 92 | SOEDERHIELM Tiio | SWEDEN |
3+1+1+1 | 6 | +7:34.2 |
| 69 | 67 | KOBONOKI Tsukasa | JAPAN |
0+0+4+2 | 6 | +7:37.8 |
| 70 | 16 | STENERSEN Torstein | SWEDEN |
1+2+1+2 | 6 | +7:43.3 |
| 71 | 23 | SLOTINS Roberts | LATVIA |
2+1+0+2 | 5 | +7:48.3 |
| 72 | 91 | REMMELG Martin | ESTONIA |
1+1+0+2 | 4 | +7:51.8 |
| 73 | 38 | NAWRATH Philipp | GERMANY |
3+1+1+3 | 8 | +7:54.9 |
| 74 | 114 | BROWN Jake | USA |
1+1+3+2 | 7 | +8:06.7 |
| 75 | 101 | BARTKO Simon | SLOVAKIA |
3+2+1+2 | 8 | +8:10.9 |
| 76 | 74 | GEGO Hunor | ROMANIA |
1+0+0+1 | 2 | +8:13.7 |
| 77 | 51 | FLORE Raul Antonio | ROMANIA |
2+0+1+1 | 4 | +8:37.6 |
| 78 | 33 | ANGELIS Apostolos | GREECE |
2+2+1+1 | 6 | +8:39.4 |
| 79 | 15 | SERBAN Denis | ROMANIA |
2+0+0+2 | 4 | +8:39.7 |
| 80 | 50 | PIQUERAS GARCIA Roberto | SPAIN |
0+1+0+3 | 4 | +8:48.6 |
| 81 | 20 | ORPANA Sami | FINLAND |
1+2+0+2 | 5 | +8:55.0 |
| 82 | 45 | HALLSTROEM Simon | SWEDEN |
1+2+2+2 | 7 | +8:57.3 |
| 83 | 8 | JAEGER Martin | SWITZERLAND |
3+1+1+3 | 8 | +9:08.1 |
| 84 | 62 | RASTIC Ajlan | SERBIA |
1+0+0+3 | 4 | +9:09.2 |
| 85 | 31 | HUHTALA Teemu | FINLAND |
1+2+1+2 | 6 | +9:57.8 |
| 86 | 98 | INOMATA Kazuya | JAPAN |
0+0+3+4 | 7 | +9:58.3 |
| 87 | 35 | LUSA Daumants | LATVIA |
2+2+0+0 | 4 | +10:02.0 |
| 88 | 68 | TALIHAERM Johan | ESTONIA |
1+3+1+2 | 7 | +10:08.4 |
| 89 | 40 | USOV Mihail | MOLDOVA |
3+0+2+0 | 5 | +10:16.8 |
| 90 | 89 | SORMUNEN Vili | FINLAND |
0+1+0+1 | 2 | +10:16.9 |
| 91 | 105 | PLAICKNER Andreas | ITALY |
0+1+1+3 | 5 | +10:27.5 |
| 92 | 96 | BURKHALTER Joscha | SWITZERLAND |
3+1+2+2 | 8 | +10:30.5 |
| 93 | 10 | HODZIC Edin | SERBIA |
0+0+0+3 | 3 | +10:42.5 |
| 94 | 2 | SIKK Tarvi | ESTONIA |
2+1+1+0 | 4 | +10:48.6 |
| 95 | 42 | TAMBORNINO Eligius | SWITZERLAND |
3+3+1+2 | 9 | +11:39.2 |
| 96 | 27 | HUDEC Matthew | CANADA |
0+2+1+3 | 6 | +12:00.5 |
| 97 | 87 | AVDIC Dzenis | SERBIA |
1+1+2+1 | 5 | +12:05.3 |
| 98 | 36 | DIXON Scott | UNITED KINGDOM |
1+2+1+2 | 6 | +12:34.3 |
| 99 | 112 | JAKIELA Tomasz | POLAND |
3+2+2+3 | 10 | +12:48.5 |
| 100 | 12 | DUBALARI Liviu | MOLDOVA |
1+1+0+2 | 4 | +13:21.6 |
| 101 | 1 | JADA Stavre | FYR MACEDONIA |
2+1+2+1 | 6 | +13:25.0 |
| 102 | 97 | SUSLAVICIUS Rokas | LITHUANIA |
3+0+0+3 | 6 | +13:49.7 |
| 103 | 103 | PELTONIEMI Lauri | FINLAND |
1+3+0+2 | 6 | +14:08.5 |
| 104 | 57 | DEMKOV Deivid | LITHUANIA |
2+0+1+2 | 5 | +14:35.0 |
| 105 | 111 | MILLAR Aidan | CANADA |
2+1+1+5 | 9 | +14:49.0 |
| 106 | 14 | PANYIK David | HUNGARY |
1+2+2+1 | 6 | +16:05.8 |
| 107 | 94 | KARAMICHAS Kleanthis | GREECE |
1+3+1+1 | 6 | +16:12.6 |
| 108 | 56 | LUTZ Leandro | BRAZIL |
1+2+1+0 | 4 | +20:33.4 |
| 109 | 100 | BUKI Adam | HUNGARY |
2+1+3+1 | 7 | +20:35.1 |
| 110 | 102 | REZNICSEK Zsolt | HUNGARY |
2+4+1+3 | 10 | +27:17.0 |
| 81 | GAIDUC Nicolae | MOLDOVA |
1 | DNF | ||
| 3 | GARANICHEV Evgeniy | RUSSIA |
DNS | |||
| 52 | HOWE Alex | USA |
DNS | |||
| 55 | GYALLAI Soma | HUNGARY |
DNS | |||
| 90 | TYSHCHENKO Artem | UKRAINE |
DNS | |||
| 113 | LOGINOV Alexander | RUSSIA |
DNS | |||
| 115 | PRYMA Artem | UKRAINE |
DNS |
AUSTRIA
CZECH REPUBLIC
GERMANY
BULGARIA
SLOVAKIA
BELARUS
FRANCE
RUSSIA
LITHUANIA
POLAND
NORWAY
SWEDEN
CANADA
ITALY
JAPAN
UKRAINE
USA
LATVIA
SLOVENIA
CROATIA
KOREA REPUBLIC
ESTONIA
ROMANIA
GREECE
SPAIN
FINLAND
SWITZERLAND
SERBIA
MOLDOVA
UNITED KINGDOM
FYR MACEDONIA
HUNGARY
BRAZIL