2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Stage 1 was the opening event of the season and was held in Pokljuka, Slovenia, from 2–9 December 2018.

Schedule of events
The events took place at the following times.

Achievements

 * Best individual performance for all time


 * 🇩🇪 Johannes Kühn (GER), 2nd place in Individual
 * 🇫🇷 Antonin Guigonnat (FRA), 2nd place in Sprint
 * 🇳🇴 Sindre Pettersen (NOR), 6th place in Sprint
 * 🇸🇪 Sebastian Samuelsson (SWE), 9th place in Individual
 * 🇸🇪 Jesper Nelin (SWE), 13th place in Individual
 * 🇨🇦 Scott Gow (CAN), 14th place in Individual
 * 🇨🇦 Christian Gow (CAN), 14th place in Pursuit
 * 🇦🇹 Felix Leitner (AUT), 17th place in Individual
 * 🇸🇪 Martin Ponsiluoma (SWE), 18th place in Individual
 * 🇯🇵 Mikito Tachizaki (JPN), 24th place in Individual
 * 🇱🇹 Karol Dombrovski (LTU), 25th place in Individual
 * 🇩🇪 Philipp Horn (GER), 28th place in Pursuit
 * 🇮🇹 Thierry Chenal (ITA), 32nd place in Sprint
 * 🇷🇺 Eduard Latypov (RUS), 41st place in Pursuit
 * 🇵🇱 Andrzej Nędza-Kubiniec (POL), 48th place in Individual
 * 🇮🇹 Saverio Zini (ITA), 72nd place in Sprint
 * 🇫🇮 Jaakko Ranta (FIN), 83rd place in Individual
 * 🇰🇷 Dujin Choi (KOR), 91st place in Individual
 * 🇺🇸 Travis Cooper (USA), 103rd place in Sprint
 * 🇺🇦 Yuliia Dzhima (UKR), 1st place in Individual
 * 🇵🇱 Monika Hojnisz (POL), 2nd place in Individual
 * 🇨🇿 Markéta Davidová (CZE), 3rd place in Individual
 * 🇫🇷 Julia Simon (FRA), 4th place in Sprint
 * 🇺🇸 Clare Egan (USA), 6th place in Pursuit
 * 🇷🇺 Evgeniya Pavlova (RUS), 8th place in Sprint
 * 🇩🇪 Anna Weidel (GER), 10th place in Sprint
 * 🇷🇺 Valeria Vasnetcova (RUS), 13th place in Individual
 * 🇷🇺 Margarita Vasileva (RUS), 13th place in Sprint
 * 🇸🇪 Emma Nilsson (SWE), 18th place in Individual
 * 🇫🇮 Venla Lehtonen (FIN), 36th place in Individual
 * 🇰🇿 Yelizaveta Belchenko (KAZ), 47th place in Pursuit
 * 🇳🇴 Emilie Aagheim Kalkenberg (NOR), 48th place in Pursuit
 * 🇰🇿 Anastassiya Kondratyeva (KAZ), 66th place in Sprint
 * 🇯🇵 Asuka Hachisuka (JPN), 84th place in Sprint
 * 🇫🇮 Jenny Fellman (FIN), 91st place in Sprint


 * First individual World Cup race


 * 🇳🇴 Sindre Pettersen (NOR), 44th place in Individual
 * 🇲🇩 Mihail Usov (MDA), 62nd place in Individual
 * 🇩🇪 Philipp Horn (GER), 77th place in Individual
 * 🇨🇳 Yang Xingyuan (CHN), 95th place in Individual
 * 🇧🇬 Kristiyan Stoyanov (BUL), 97th place in Sprint
 * 🇷🇺 Eduard Latypov (RUS), 99th place in Individual
 * 🇷🇴 Raul Antonio Flore (ROU), 100th place in Sprint
 * 🇨🇳 Zhu Zhenyu (CHN), 104th place in Sprint
 * 🇺🇸 Travis Cooper (USA), 105th place in Individual
 * 🇮🇹 Saverio Zini (ITA), 106th place in Individual
 * 🇷🇺 Evgeniya Pavlova (RUS), 31st place in Individual
 * 🇷🇺 Margarita Vasileva (RUS), 42nd place in Individual
 * 🇧🇾 Irina Kruchinkina (BLR), 44th place in Individual
 * 🇩🇪 Anna Weidel (GER), 66th place in Individual
 * 🇳🇴 Karoline Offigstad Knotten (NOR), 75th place in Sprint
 * Lea Einfalt, 77th place in Individual
 * 🇰🇿 Lyudmila Akhatova (KAZ), 87th place in Individual
 * 🇯🇵 Asuka Hachisuka (JPN), 99th place in Individual
 * 🇫🇮 Jenny Fellman (FIN), 101st place in Individual