Please find the Team Info here.

• Please find here more info, for example: COVID-19 Instructions, links, Arrival, Reporting, OC Designated COVID-19 Contact Person and Tracing App

Arrival, links

Guidelines for border traffic during pandemic as of 15 February 2022, please find more information here

NOTE! This does not affect the requirements of the IBU Event Guidelines, especially Annex 7.

Please find THL’s guidelines on their webpages:
Travel and the coronavirus pandemic - Infectious diseases and vaccinations - THL

A list of vaccines accepted in Finland is provided by the Finnish institute for health and welfare here:
Which vaccines are accepted at the points of entry into the country? - Infectious diseases and vaccinations - THL

Finnish authorities recommend the use of the FINENTRY service before entering Finland. With the service you can, for example, book an appointment for a COVID-19 test in Finland. Use of the service, an appointment for a COVID-19 test made through the service, and the test itself are all free of charge.

FINENTRY service
 

REPORTING

• In case of feeling sick contact OC & IBU designated contact persons immediately via phone
• Isolation at the venue/in the hotel (room mates shall immediately move to the “spare room for isolation” and sick person stays in his/her room)
• Test will be conducted
• Isolation until test result and until the symptoms have resolved
• In case of a positive test result further measures and tests will be coordinated by IBU and local health authorities  
• a positive COVID-19 test-result must be reported immediately to the IBU and OC designated COVID-19 contact person

Please see the reporting instructions in the IBU’s Event Guidelines and Annex 3, here:

IBU’S Event Guidelines COVID-19 and Annexes

Please note that accreditation will only be issued upon presentation of a negative COVID-19 test result (only PCR) or an uploaded proof of vaccination/recovery in the membercenter and after signing the declaration (IBU’s COVID-19 Event Guidelines- Annex 1).

COVID-19 test results (PCR) may not be older than 72 hours by the time of accreditation and it may happen that vaccinated/recovered persons also need to present a negative test result upon arrival (depending on the national regulations).

Please take into account also IBU’s COVID-19 Event Guidelines: Annex 3 (https://www.biathlonworld.com/inside-ibu/covid-19). Confirmation and missing data of membercenter profiles to be delivered digital (tool or Email). Only one person/team to collect accreditations.

The Accreditation Office is located in Sokos Hotel Kimmel, Itäranta 1, 80100 Joensuu. Car passes and parking cards will be handed out at the Accreditation Office.

Opening hours of Accreditation Office:

EXECUTIVE POSITIONS OF THE OC

• President of OC Kontiolahti:
  Kimmo Turunen
• Event Manager:
  Sami Leinonen (+358 50 557 8003)
• Vice Event Manager
  Jarno Lautamatti (+358 43 218 0573) 
• OC Secretary
  Krista Asikainen (+358 45 214 1814)

COMPETITION COMMITTEE

• Chief of Competition: 
  Kimmo Turunen
• Assistant Chief of Competition:
  Ville Haapala
• Competition Secretary:
  Jaana Pitkänen
• Chief of Timing/Stadium:
  Markku Kanko
• Chief of Course:
  Tomi-Pekka Riihivuori
• Chief of Range:
  Tarmo Napari

Team Area Office/Wax Cabins (+358 46 880 6670)

LOGISTICS COMMITTEE

• Chief of Logistics: 
  Sami Leinonen
• Chief of Transport: 
  Vesa Vipuveräjä
• Chief of Accreditation: 
  Tuija Lautamatti
• Chief of Accommodation: 
  Johanna Kellokumpu

• IBU Race Director: 
  Borut Nunar
• IBU Technical Delegate: 
  Ulrika Öberg, SWE
• Referee Material:
  Janis Berzins, LAT
• Referee Start/Finish: 
  Sergey Prosvirnin, RUS
• Referee Course: 
  Martin Holec, CZE
   

Thu 3.3.2022

• 15:30 Relay, Women 4 x 6 km

Fri 4.3.2022

• 15:30 Relay, Men 4 x 7,5 km

Sat 5.3.2022

• 13:45 Sprint, Women 7,5 km

• 16:30 Sprint, Men 10 km

Sun 6.3.2022

• 13:45 Pursuit, Women 10 km

• 15:40 Pursuit, Men 12,5 km

Stadium map

Start and Finish 

Thu 3.3.2022

• 15:30 Relay, Women 4 x 6 km

Fri 4.3.2022

• 15:30 Relay, Men 4 x 7,5 km

Sat 5.3.2022

• 13:45 Sprint, Women 7,5 km

• 16:30 Sprint, Men 10 km

Sun 6.3.2022

• 13:45 Pursuit, Women 10 km

• 15:40 Pursuit, Men 12,5 km 

Ski tracks, all: 3.–6.3.2022

The Competition Office is located in the Main Building at the Stadium. Entrance from the stadium side.

+358 46 635 1728
teams@kontiolahtibiathlon.com

Opening hours:

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NOTICE!

Only one person per Team will be able to visit Competition Office.

Please make the Transportation orders here.

UPDATES

• 4.3.2022
  • Early Check-in on Sunday 6th at 6–10 pm information updated
  • Tranportation Schedule changes for Saturday 5th March and Sunday 6th March, please find the schedule here
  • Transportation Schedule to the Charters on Monday 7th March information added
• 2.3.2022
  • Tranportation schedule changes for Thursday and Friday, please find the schedule here
• 28.2.2022
  • Tranportation schedule added, please find the schedule here (NB! Thursday and Friday changes here)

Transportation Schedule

• Tranportation schedule changes for Saturday 5th March and Sunday 6th March, please find the schedule here
• Tranportation schedule changes for Thursday and Friday, please find the schedule here.
• Please find the transportation schedule here. ​

Bus stops

• Kimmel

  • In front of Hotel Kimmel from the hotel courtyard

• Lietsu

  • Siltakatu, next to the bridge 

• Greenstar

  • Rantakatu, in front of City hall 

• Linnunlahti Camping

  • From the Linnunlahti courtyard

Early Check-in to the IBU Charter Flights

There will be the Early Check-in for the IBU Charter flights on Sunday 6th at 6–10 pm.

Early Check-in will make the Charter flight departure smoother.

Check in process:

• Check in will open on Sunday 6th March at 1800 (Local time)  
• Team leaders will present all passports of their team / check in all luggage & equipment and will be issued with boarding passes (only passengers with valid COVID documents/ negative test result should pre check baggage)
• Team leaders need to stay at the airport until representatives of airport will give a permission to leave
• Check in will open 2 hours prior to each departure for any teams not able to check in on Sunday (please try to keep numbers to a minimum, check in will close 75 minutes prior to departure)
• Pre checked in passengers arrive at the airport 75 minutes before departure and proceed straight to security
• COVID document check will be completed prior to security
• Boarding will commence as soon as the aircraft & crew are ready
• All luggage & equipment have to include name of passenger
• Please, load rifles and ammunition according airline´s instructions:
  https://www.finavia.fi/en/airport/baggage/hunters-and-campers?navref=siteSearch

Transportation to check in on Sunday 6^th March

Teams in charter 1

• at 18:30 Original Sokos Hotel Kimmel
  • Bulgaria, Italy, Slovakia
• at 18:30 Finhostel
  • Norway
• at 18:30 Lietsu
  • Kazakhstan

Teams in charter 2

• at 19:30 Original Sokos Hotel Kimmel
  • Canada
• at 19:30 Motel Kontio
  • Czech Republic
• at 19:30 Hotel Greenstar
  • Japan, Latvia, Poland
• at 19:30 Linnunlahti Camping
  • Finland, Slovenia
• at 19:45 Lietsu
  • USA

Teams in charter 3

• at 20:30 Original Sokos Hotel Kimmel
  • Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sweden

TRANSPORTATION SCHEDULE TO THE CHARTERS

To the Charter 1 (8:30 am)

• if you need to check-in with the luggage
  • 6:10 am from Hotel Kimmel, Lietsu, Finnhostel
• if you have only hand luggage
  • 7:00 am from Hotel Kimmel, Lietsu, Finnhostel

To the Charter 2 (10:00 am)

• if you need to check-in with the luggage
  • 7:30 am from Motel Kontio
  • 7:30 am from Hotel Lietsu, Greenstar
  • 7:30 am from Linnunlahti Camping
  • 7:40 am from Hotel Kimmel
• if you have only hand luggage
  • 8:20 am from Hotel Kimmel, Lietsu, Greenstar
  • 8:20 am from Linnunlahti Camping

To the Charter 3 (12:30 am)

• if you need to check-in with the luggage
  • 10:10 am from Hotel Kimmel 
• if you have only hand luggage
  • 11:00 am from Hotel Kimmel