The 2010–11 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men will start at Thursday December 2, 2010 in Östersund and will finish Tuesday March 8, 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk at Biathlon World Championships 2011 event. Defending titlist is Christoph Sumann of Austria.
Competition format
The 20 kilometres (12 mi) individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
References
2010–11 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Men Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA