Norwegian Biathlon Championships 2014

The 56th Norwegian Biathlon Championships were held in Voss, Hordaland, Norway from 25 March to 30 March 2014 at the stadium Voss ski- og tursenter, arranged by Voss SSL. There were a total of 8 scheduled competitions: individual, sprint, mass start and relay races for men and women. The stadium had been fitted with new electronic targets. The targets were made from rubber rather than the conventional metal. Based on the sound made when the bullet hit the target, the computer system calculated exactly where the bullet hit. The targets were produced by Megalink AS. ^[1]

Ole Einar Bjørndalen did not participate in any races due to fever, but still appeared at the stadium during the championships, mingling with the fans and even commentating the men's mass start for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. ^{[2] [3]} Emil Hegle Svendsen and Tarjei Bø also missed the races due to illness. ^[4]

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+1). ^{[5] [6]}

Date	Time	Event
26 March	10:15	Women's 15 km individual
	11:30	Men's 20 km individual
28 March	16:00	Women's 7.5 km sprint
	16:55	Men's 10 km sprint
29 March	17:10	Women's 12.5 km mass start
	18:05	Men's 15 km mass start
30 March	11:35	Women's 3 × 6 km relay
	13:10	Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal winners

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
20 km individual details	Johannes Thingnes Bø Markane IL	50:17.1 (1+0+0+2)	Vegard Bjørn Gjermundshaug Alvdal IL	50:45.3 (0+0+0+2)	Henrik L'Abée-Lund Oslo SSL	50:48.0 (1+0+1+0)
10 km sprint details	Johannes Thingnes Bø Markane IL	24:05.9 (0+0)	Erlend Bjøntegaard IL Bever'n	24:43.4 (0+1)	Kristoffer Langøien Skjelvik Os IL	24:49.9 (0+1)
15 km mass start details	Kristoffer Langøien Skjelvik Os IL	38:45.6 (0+0+1+0)	Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Geilo IL	38:58.3 (2+0+0+1)	Erlend Bjøntegaard IL Bever'n	39:45.5 (0+1+1+1)
4 × 7.5 km relay details	Sogn og Fjordane Jarle Midthjell Gjørven Johan Eirik Meland Håvard Gutubø Bogetveit Johannes Thingnes Bø	1:16:43.4 (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (2+3)	Nord-Østerdal I Per Arne Bakken Tore Leren Vegard Bjørn Gjermundshaug Kristoffer Langøien Skjelvik	1:17:19.3 (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (0+3) (1+3) (0+1) (0+2)	Oslo og Akershus I Eirik Bratli Martin Eng Thomas Berge Foyn Henrik L'Abée-Lund	1:18:15.7 (0+3) (0+3) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (2+3) (0+1) (0+0)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km individual details	Marte Olsbu Froland IL	48:59.3 (0+0+0+1)	Tora Berger Dombås IL	51:48.8 (3+2+0+1)	Vilde Ravnsborg Gurigard Vingrom IL	53:00.7 (1+0+2+1)
7.5 km sprint details	Tora Berger Dombås IL	20:28.8 (1+0)	Tiril Eckhoff Fossum IF	20:30.2 (0+1)	Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen Asker SK	21:59.5 (1+1)
12.5 km mass start details	Tora Berger Dombås IL	35:41.5 (0+0+0+2)	Tiril Eckhoff Fossum IF	36:16.4 (0+1+1+1)	Marte Olsbu Froland IL	36:27.1 (0+1+1+1)
3 × 6 km relay details	Nord-Østerdal I Marion Rønning Huber Bente Losgård Landheim Tora Berger	49:21.3 (0+0) (1+3) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2)	Oslo og Akershus I Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff	49:29.5 (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+3) (0+1) (0+3)	Hordaland I Ragnhild Femsteinevik Ann Kristin Flatland Jori Mørkve	51:14.1 (0+2) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1)

References

1. Vik, Øystein (17 December 2013). "Først i verda med digitale skyteskiver" [First in the world with digital targets]. Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Stavanger, Norway: Stavanger Aftenblad ASA. Retrieved 28 July 2015. (in Norwegian Nynorsk)
2. Brattetveit, Ørjan (28 March 2014). "Bjørndalen-feber på NM-arenaen" [Bjørndalen fever at the NC (Norwegian Championships) arena]. Hordaland (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Voss, Norway: Hordaland Bladdrift AS. Retrieved 28 July 2015. (in Norwegian Nynorsk)
3. Næss, Arne Inge (30 March 2014). "- Hadde noen fortalt meg dette før NM, så hadde jeg ikke trodd det" [- Had someone told me this before the NC (Norwegian Championships), I would not have believed it]. Arbeidets Rett (in Norwegian). Røros, Norway: Arbeidets Rett AS. Retrieved 28 July 2015. (in Norwegian)
4. Norberg-Schulz, Wenche (29 March 2014). "Sensasjon-Skjelvik tok NM-gull" [Sensation Skjelvik took NC (Norwegian Championships) gold]. Østlendingen (in Norwegian). Elverum, Norway: A/S Østlendingen. Retrieved 28 July 2015. (in Norwegian)
5. "Program" [Program]. SkiskytingVoss - NM i skiskyting 2014 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 July 2015. (in Norwegian)
6. "Tidsskjema - detaljert" [Timeform - detailed]. SkiskytingVoss - NM i skiskyting 2014 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 July 2015. (in Norwegian)

External links

• Official website (in Norwegian)