The World Cup is an annual competition in biathlon, the results of which determine the best biathlete and biathlete of the season. Calculated by summing up points earned in World Cup races. . The rules for including results in the overall World Cup standings have also changed.
IN season 2017/2018 the two worst results of each athlete are not taken into account in the overall World Cup standings. If the athlete did not start, did not finish, or was disqualified, this is also recognized as the worst result. Race results Olympic Games are not included in the overall World Cup standings.
Competitions included in the overall World Cup standings.
World Championship races are included in the calculation of the overall World Cup standings since 1995.
The races of the Olympic Games were included in the calculation of the total World Cup standings in 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010. Since the Olympics in Sochi, olympic racing are not included in the overall score.
Rules for subtracting the worst results from the calculation of the overall World Cup standings.
Since 2008, fans have already become accustomed to the existing scoring system, where 60 points are given for winning each race, 54 for second place, 48 for third, and further down. Total points get 40 top athletes or teams, so in the mass start and relay they go to everyone who made it to the finish line. Teams that have been lapped and eliminated also receive a finishing position and points.
All individual races of the season (minus the two worst starts) go to the final standings of the World Cup, as a result of which the winner of the overall standings receives the Big Crystal Globe, and the winners of the standings in individual disciplines (sprint, pursuit, individual race, mass start, relay races and mixed relays) - small cups. World Championship races are judged in the same way as regular World Cup starts. In case of equality of points in the overall standings, the participant with more victories is higher.
However, this was not always the case. The first World Cups from 1977 to 1984 awarded points to athletes who took places from 1st to 25th, and points were awarded in the reverse order - from 25 to 1. In this situation, the victory in the overall standings was won not by the strongest, but by the most stable or the one who spent more starts. Since 1984, 30 points have already been given for a victory, and since 2000 - 50 and award the top thirty athletes.
What is the Nations Cup for?
The Nations Cup score, which is counted separately for men and women, includes only individual, sprint and relay races, and points are awarded in a special way. In the "individual" and sprint, the points results of three the best biathletes from the country, and points for the relay go on a special scale: 420 for first place, 390 for second, 360 for third, and so on. The last 30th place gives only 20 points to the piggy bank. In the mixed relay, half of this amount goes to women, and half to men,.
First of all, the Nations Cup determines the number of athletes that a country can enter to start in the Cup and World Championships. The top five countries receive a quota of six athletes in the World Cup. At the World Championships, the top 15 countries from the previous season can enter four athletes per race, not counting last year's World Championship or Olympic winners, who are eligible to start outside the quota. Teams that take places from 16th to 25th can nominate three participants, from 25th to 30th - two and 10 more countries - one at a time.
In addition to qualifications, the Cup of Nations at the end of the season is awarded to the team's senior coach in the form of a crystal globe. The trophy itself is less prestigious than individual cup world, and shows rather the general level of development of biathlon in the country than the real success of the team. In accordance with the Cup of Nations, 30 teams are also selected to participate in the classic and mixed relays, but in practice the number of teams rarely exceeds the limiting thirty.
How are they selected for the mass start?
Coaches and athletes also have to count points during the World Championship, since the starting list of the mass start - the final personal race of the championship - depends on them. Half of the 30 starting places in the mass start are occupied by the top 15 athletes in the overall World Cup standings, then the winners in the sprint, pursuit and individual race are added to them, who did not fall into their number. Finally, the remaining places are distributed according to the points scored at the World Championship in the previous three races. In practice, an athlete who consistently hits the top ten at the World Championships gets into the mass start, even if things were not going well for him during the season.
There is also a maximum limit of four athletes for each team in the mass start, with only two exceptions. Firstly, as already mentioned, last year's champion can start outside the quota and automatically get the 30th start number if he did not qualify for any of the criteria. Secondly, if a country has more than four winners of individual races, then all of them have the right to start.
Well, and most importantly, unlike the Olympics, they count towards the World Cup, which means that in addition to the fight for medals, in Kontiolahti we will follow the confrontation in the fight for crystal globes Martin Fourcade, Anton Shipulin And Simona Schemppa in men Daria Domracheva And Kaisa Mäkäräinen- among women.
The Biathlon World Cup is similar in its scheme to some regular football championship. consisting of several stages scattered throughout the season. The winner of the entire tournament is determined by most points scored at all starts of the World Cup. How points are awarded in biathlon will be discussed below.
Strength is in stability
The Biathlon World Cup has been held since 1977. Initially, in order to get points in your personal standings, you had to be among the top 25 in the race. The winner received 25 points, the second prize winner 24, and so on.
The athlete who took the last place in this scoring area received 1 point. Then the rules for scoring points in biathlon changed several times, until in 2008 they settled on the current version.
The number of participants eligible to receive points has expanded. Now it is enough to get into the top forty athletes. In order to increase the significance of victory and prizes, we increased the reward for getting into the top three. The winner of the race gets 60 points, the second prize-winner - 54, the third - 48, etc. Starting from the ninth place, the difference is only one point. The scoring of points in biathlon, according to the organizers of the tournament, should lead to the determination of the strongest, and not the most stable athlete.
At the end of the season, the points of all stages are added up, excluding the two worst ones, and the winner of the entire World Cup is determined. The champion in terms of total points receives the main prize. The best athletes in certain types are awarded with small cups. The races taking place within the framework of the World Championship also go to the athlete's asset.
Team Prize
The accrual of cup points in biathlon is not only to determine one best athlete. In parallel, a country is determined that will receive the Nations Cup at the end of the season.
This prize is no longer as valuable as the individual World Cup and is more important in determining the number of athletes that can enter. national team for next season.
Points are awarded in biathlon for the Nations Cup according to a slightly different scheme. Among individual races, only disciplines with a separate start - an individual race and a sprint - are taken into account. For each country, the results of the top three athletes are summed up. Points for relay races are awarded according to a special scale. The winner receives 420 points, the second prize-winner - 390, the third - 360, etc. The team that came last takes only 30 points.
As already mentioned, the placement in the final standings of the Nations Cup is important for determining the quota for athletes for each country. The first 5 best can apply for six athletes to the World Cup.
Mass start
Biathlon scoring, which takes place in real time at the world championships, is important for determining the participants in the final race - the mass start. Coaches and athletes have to keep in mind the World Cup standings table, because 15 out of 30 places are given to the leaders of the current season.
The remaining vouchers are distributed among the athletes who successfully performed at the races of the current World Championship.
That's all with regard to such a question as scoring in biathlon.
