Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's pursuit

The Men's Pursuit competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics is held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition is scheduled for Saturday, March 13.^[1]

Men's Pursuit at the X Paralympic Winter Games
Paralympic biathlon
Venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Dates	March 13
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2 x 3 km Visually Impaired

From left to right: Andrey Tokarev (guide) and Nikolay Polukhin of Russia (silver), Volodymyr Ivanov (guide) and Vitaliy Lukyanenko of Ukraine (gold), and Vasili Shaptsiabol and his guide Mikalai Shablouski of Belarus (bronze).

In the biathlon 2 x 3 km visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.^[2] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.^[3]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time Qualification	Rank	Time	Difference
	14	Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov	Ukraine	9:24.74	1 Q	10:54.3
	12	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev	Russia	9:42.01	3 Q	11:09.2	+14.9
	16	Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski	Belarus	9:45.64	5 Q	11:16.0	+21.7
4	15	Wilhelm Brem Guide: Florian Grimm	Germany	9:41.89	2 Q	11:48.3	+54.0
5	13	Irek Mannanov Guide: Salavat Gumerov	Russia	9:43.17	4 Q	12:01.7	+1:07.4
6	9	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever	Canada	10:14.30	6 Q	12:02.7	+1:08.4
7	4	Dmytro Shulga Guide: Sergei Kucheryaviy	Ukraine	10:45.27	8 Q	12:54.0	+1:59.7
8	11	Thomas Clarion Guide: Tommy Terraz	France	10:29.32	7 Q	13:09.3	+2:15.0
9	10	Iurii Utkin Guide: Vitalii Kazakov	Ukraine	11:01.53	9 Q	13:44.5	+2:50.2
10	1	Hak-Su Im Guide: Yoon-Bae Park	South Korea	11:41.39	10 Q	14:39.5	+3:45.2
11	3	Frank Höfle Guide: Johannes Wachlin	Germany	12:28.91	11
12	7	Jarmo Ollanketo Guide: Marko Toermaenen	Finland	12:46.60	12
13	2	Alexei Novikov Guide: Jamie Stirling	Canada	13:31.20	13
14	8	Hakan Axelsson Guide: Mattias Westman	Sweden	16:00.07	14
	5	Marian Balaz Guide:	Slovakia	DNS
	6	Zebastian Modin Guide:	Sweden	DNS

2 x 2.4 km Sitting

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time Qualification	Rank	Time	Difference
	19	Irek Zaripov	Russia	8:18.84	1 Q	9:51.0
	21	Iurii Kostiuk	Ukraine	8:58.99	7 Q	10:38.9	+47.9
	25	Andy Soule	United States	8:38.48	3 Q	10:53.1	+1:02.1
4	2	Sergiy Khyzhniak	Ukraine	8:51.21	6 Q	10:59.8	+1:08.8
5	20	Vladimir Kiselev	Russia	8:46.36	4 Q	11:00.9	+1:09.9
6	4	Sergey Shilov	Russia	8:21.67	2 Q	11:04.6	+1:13.6
7	1	Vladimir Gajcidiar	Slovakia	8:46.36	5 Q	11:13.1	+1:22.1
8	3	Aliaksandr Davidovich	Belarus	9:27.86	11 Q	11:44.5	+1:53.5
9	22	Kozo Kubo	Japan	9:05.89	8 Q	12:25.0	+2:34.0
10	5	Bruno Huber	Switzerland	9:11.53	9 Q	12:27.9	+2:36.9
11	12	Romain Rosique	France	9:46.87	12 Q	12:38.0	+2:47.0
12	17	Ruslan Samchenko	Ukraine	9:21.06	10 Q	13:03.4	+3:12.4
13	13	Georges Bettega	France	9:46.97	13
14	15	Robert Wator	Poland	9:54.47	14
15	16	Kamil Rosiek	Poland	9:54.83	15
16	11	Thierry Raoux	France	10:10.25	16
17	23	Trygve Toskedal Larsen	Norway	10:18.47	17
18	10	Hiroyuki Nagata	Japan	10:22.93	18
19	8	Manfred Lehner	Austria	10:29.43	19
20	18	Roman Petushkov	Russia	10:48.90	20
21	9	Roland Rüpp	Italy	10:57.59	21
22	24	Enzo Masiello	Italy	10:58.11	22
23	6	Lou Gibson	Canada	11:40.26	23
24	14	Barys Pronka	Belarus	11:57.16	24
25	7	Sylwester Flis	Poland	12:32.18	25

Standing

From left to right: Grygorii Vovchynskyi of Ukraine (bronze), Kirill Mikhaylov of Russia (gold), and Nils-Erik Ulset of Norway (silver).

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time Qualification	Rank	Time	Difference
	17	Kirill Mikhaylov	Russia	8:55.37	2 Q	10:32.2
	18	Nils-Erik Ulset	Norway	9:19.44	3 Q	10:51.3	+19.1
	16	Grygorii Vovchynskyi	Ukraine	8:48.50	1 Q	10:58.9	+26.7
4	4	Josef Giesen	Germany	9:32.14	5 Q	10:59.6	+27.4
5	8	Vyacheslav Laykov	Russia	9:43.60	9 Q	11:06.3	+34.1
6	6	Valery Darovskikh	Russia	9:33.99	6 Q	11:06.5	+34.3
7	3	Mark Arendz	Canada	9:39.87	7 Q	11:32.0	+59.8
8	7	Vitalii Sytnyk	Ukraine	9:55.39	12 Q	11:38.4	+1:06.2
9	14	Yannick Bourseaux	France	9:26.20	4 Q	11:45.9	+1:13.7
10	11	Yoshihiro Nitta	Japan	9:55.02	11 Q	11:48.7	+1:16.5
11	1	Oleg Balukhto	Russia	9:54.83	10 Q	11:52.9	+1:20.7
12	2	Keiichi Sato	Japan	9:41.82	8 Q	12:37.1	+2:04.9
	5	Jan Kolodziej	Poland	10:05.62	13
	9	Thomas Oelsner	Germany	10:06.63	14
	13	Oleh Leshchyshyn	Ukraine	10:15.14	15
	10	Alfis Makamedinov	Russia	10:21.03	16
	12	Rushan Minnegulov	Russia	10:50.07	17
	19	Siarhei Silchanka	Belarus	10:50.42	18
	15	Michael Kurz	Austria	11:14.33	19

See also

• Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's pursuit

References

1. "Biathlon Schedule and Results". The official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. Retrieved 2010-03-13. ^{[dead link]}
2. OFFICIAL RESULTS / RÉSULTATS OFFICIELS(Google Quick view), The Official site for the 2010 Winter Paralympics
3. Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010

External links

• 2010 Winter Plympics schedule and results, at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver