2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women

The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup/Pursuit Women is a biathlon competition for women. It started on Sunday December 7, 2008 in Östersund and is scheduled to finish on Saturday March 28, 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist is Sandrine Bailly of France.

Competition format

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This is a pursuit competition. The biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, most commonly a sprint race.[1] The contestants ski a distance of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of 150 metres (490 ft). There are two prone shooting bouts and two standing bouts, in that order. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner.

To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. The biathletes shoot (on a first-come, first-served basis) at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.

Points are awarded for each event, according to each contestant's finish. When all events are completed. the contestant with the highest number of points is declared the season winner.

2007-08 Top 3 Standings

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Medal Athlete Points[2]
Gold:   Sandrine Bailly 300
Silver:   Andrea Henkel 289
Bronze:   Kati Wilhelm 253

Medal winners

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Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
Östersund Martina Beck
  Germany
32:42.4
(0+0+0+0)
Svetlana Sleptsova
  Russia
33:11.6
(0+1+1+1)
Kati Wilhelm
  Germany
33:14.4
(0+1+2+0)
Hochfilzen Martina Beck
  Germany
33:41.28
(0+0+1+0)
Svetlana Sleptsova
  Russia
33:59.56
(1+0+1+2)
Simone Hauswald
  Germany
34:00.40
(0+1+2+2)
Ruhpolding Magdalena Neuner
  Germany
32:56.5
(1+1+1+1)
Kati Wilhelm
  Germany
33:18.2
(1+0+0+2)
Tora Berger
  Norway
33:25.5
(1+0+0+1)
Antholz Anna Boulygina
  Russia
32:49.8
(0+1+0+1)
Kaisa Mäkäräinen
  Finland
32:52.1
(0+0+0+1)
Darya Domracheva
  Belarus
32:52.1
(1+0+1+0)
World Championships Helena Jonsson
  Sweden
34:12.3
(2+0+0+0)
Kati Wilhelm
  Germany
34:30.6
(1+1+3+1)
Olga Zaitseva
  Russia
34:36.4
(0+3+1+2)
Trondheim Andrea Henkel
  Germany
30:08.8
(0+0+0+0)
Olga Zaitseva
  Russia
30:21.7
(0+0+0+1)
Marie-Laure Brunet
  France
30:37.1
(0+0+0+1)
Khanty-Mansiysk Magdalena Neuner
  Germany
27:53.0
(1+0+0+1)
Michela Ponza
  Italy
28:21.8
(0+0+0+0)
Marie Dorin
  France
28:23.5
(0+0+1+0)

Final standings

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# Name ÖST HOC RUH ANT WCH TRO KHA Total[3]
1   Kati Wilhelm 48 36 54 40 54 40 22 272
2   Tora Berger 40 43 48 28 32 43 40 246
3   Martina Beck 60 60 20 32 38 25 29 244
4   Andrea Henkel 43 32 29 38 60 32 234
5   Magdalena Neuner 24 14 60 34 30 23 60 231
6   Helena Jonsson 34 40 36 21 60 31 25 226
7   Olga Zaitseva 18 28 34 19 48 54 36 219
8   Darya Domracheva 36 0 32 48 40 38 20 214
9   Anna Carin Olofsson 23 30 38 43 26 2 38 198
10   Kaisa Mäkäräinen 7 0 27 54 43 29 18 178
11   Svetlana Sleptsova 54 54 43 13 164
12   Marie-Laure Brunet 20 10 16 36 48 30 160
13   Liu Xianying 29 38 40 36 12 155
14   Éva Tófalvi 38 9 30 20 20 32 13 153
15   Michela Ponza 14 13 12 17 28 18 54 144
16   Simone Hauswald 48 15 29 20 28 140
17   Marie Dorin 11 11 24 2 23 19 48 136
18   Vita Semerenko 30 0 7 22 30 43 132
19   Anna Boulygina 0 1 60 21 13 31 126
20   Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen 6 27 18 0 36 34 121
21   Natalia Levchenkova 19 29 8 25 34 0 115
22   Olga Medvedtseva 27 31 28 27 113
23   Magdalena Gwizdon 26 34 5 0 27 19 111
24   Sylvie Becaert 16 9 31 4 28 17 105
25   Wang Chunli 32 8 31 6 0 26 103
26   Oksana Khvostenko 28 26 24 19 97
27   Solveig Rogstad 31 18 18 1 23 91
28   Teja Gregorin 23 11 22 17 2 75
29   Kathrin Hitzer 0 22 22 30 74
30   Eveli Saue 0 4 0 26 9 12 15 66
31   Oksana Neupokoeva 17 21 22 6 66
32   Juliane Doll 27 21 14 62
33   Valj Semerenko 25 26 3 7 61
34   Zina Kocher 0 19 14 17 0 8 58
35   Olga Kudrashova 1 5 21 29 0 56
36   Iana Romanova 23 15 16 54
37   Veronika Vítková 31 11 11 53
38   Olga Nazarova 3 25 15 7 0 50
39   Sandrine Bailly 0 4 1 24 21 50
40   Anastasiya Kuzmina 16 1 24 9 0 50
41   Ann Kristin Flatland 12 20 11 0 43
42   Krystyna Pałka 0 8 0 34 42
43   Song Chaoqing 0 6 23 13 0 42
44   Katja Haller 5 12 0 16 9 42
45   Tina Bachmann 14 27 41
46   Weronika Novakowska 0 13 0 25 1 39
47   Anne Ingstadbjoerg 0 19 5 10 34
48   Kong Yingchao 15 15 30
49   Dong Xue 22 7 0 0 29
50   Julie Carraz-Collin 13 16 0 29
51   Magda Rezlerova 3 14 0 7 5 29
52   Olena Pidrushna 9 10 0 10 29
53   Nadezhda Skardino 0 0 0 4 24 28
54   Olga Vulikhina 26 26
55   Natalia Sokolova 25 25
56   Pavlina Filipova 2 0 9 14 25
57   Elena Khrustaleva 24 0 24
58   Olga Anisimova 0 18 5 23
59   Madara Liduma 21 0 0 0 21
60   Kadri Lehtla 4 0 16 20
61   Andreja Mali 8 0 0 0 8 4 20
62   Liudmila Kalinchik 6 12 0 0 18
63   Liu Yuan-Yuan 0 17 0 17
64   Sabrina Buchholz 17 17
65   Sofia Domeij 2 15 0 0 0 17
66   Dana Plotogea 0 0 0 10 6 0 16
67   Agnieszka Grzybek 3 3 8 0 14
68   Synnøve Solemdal 12 12
69   Zdenka Vejnarova 0 0 0 11 11
70   Lilia Vaygina-Efremova 10 0 10
71   Diana Rasimovičiūtė 0 0 0 10 10
72   Liv Kjersti Eikeland 0 0 7 0 7
73   Anna Maria Nilsson 0 0 4 0 0 3 7
74   Pauline Macabies 0 0 6 6
75   Veronika Zvaricova 5 5
76   Paulina Bobak 0 3 3
77   Anna Lebedeva 0 2 0 2
78   Lanny Barnes 2 2
79   Mihaela Purdea 0 1 0 0 0 1

References

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  1. ^ To be precise; the pursuit competition start intervals are determined by common rounding to the nearest whole second of the biathletes' time differences from the previous race – the amount of time each biathlete lagged after the winner to the finish line.
  2. ^ "2007/08 Final standings". Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
  3. ^ Standings Pursuit women[permanent dead link]