2018 World Team Challenge

The 17th World Team Challenge 2018 (officially: Joka Classic Biathlon World Team Challenge auf Schalke 2018) was a biathlon competition, that was held at December 29, 2018, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The event was visited by 46.412 fans.

Format of competition

The competition was held in two stages: mass start and pursuit.

Participants

20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) competed as mixed teams. 10 different countries were represented at this event. Ole Einar Bjørndalen from Norway and Darya Domracheva from Belarus, who were at the moment retired athletes, took part in this competition as a pair.

Results

Mass start

Results and video are available here.

Rank Name Country Time
1Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer Italy33:24,8
2Anaïs Bescond / Émilien Jacquelin France+3,4
3Darya Domracheva / Ole Einar Bjørndalen Belarus /  Norway+6,1
4Lisa Hauser / Dominik Landertinger Austria+8,2
5Franziska Preuß / Simon Schempp Germany+21,0
6Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll Germany+52,1
7Artem Pryma / Yuliia Dzhima Ukraine+1:02,8
8Veronika Vítková / Michal Krčmář Czech Republic+1:10,6
9Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Anton Shipulin Russia+1:14,7
10Fuyuko Tachizaki / Mikito Tachizaki Japan+1:16,2

Pursuit

Results, video and photos are available here.

Rank Name Country Time
1Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer Italy33:23,6
2Franziska Preuß / Simon Schempp Germany+1,2
3Darya Domracheva / Ole Einar Bjørndalen Belarus /  Norway+24,2
4Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll Germany+24,3
5Lisa Hauser / Dominik Landertinger Austria+1:04,1
6Veronika Vítková / Michal Krčmář Czech Republic+1:09,5
7Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Anton Shipulin Russia+1:48,8
8Yuliia Dzhima / Artem Pryma Ukraine+2:12,3
9Anaïs Bescond / Émilien Jacquelin France+3:11,3
10Fuyuko Tachizaki / Mikito Tachizaki Japan+4:58,0[1]

References

  1. Japanese team got a two-minute penalty
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