2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women

The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup/Relay Women started on December 14, 2008 in Hochfilzen and will end on March 14, 2009 in Vancouver. Defending titlist is the German team.

The relay teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi), each leg skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually one at a time from spare round holders or bullets deposited by the competitor into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still misses, one 150 m penalty loop must be taken for each missed target remaining. The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover. On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.), then for the remainder of the relay, the relay team shoots at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the range in 5th place, you shoot at lane five.).

2007-08 Top 3 Standings

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Medal Country Points[1]
Gold:   Germany 200
Silver:   Russia 178
Bronze:   France 172

Medal winners

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Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time
Hochfilzen (1)
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  Norway
Solveig Rogstad
Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen
Ann Kristin Flatland
Tora Berger
1:12:44.3
(0+1)
(0+0)
(1+6)
(0+1)
  France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Julie Carraz-Collin
Sandrine Bailly
1:12:46.4
(0+2)
(0+3)
(0+1)
(0+3)
  Germany
Andrea Henkel
Martina Beck
Simone Hauswald
Kati Wilhelm
1:13:28.5
(0+4)
(0+2)
(0+4)
(2+3)
Hochfilzen (2)
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  Germany
Andrea Henkel
Simone Hauswald
Magdalena Neuner
Kathrin Hitzer
1:15:43.7
(0+0)
(1+4)
(2+3)
(0+1)
  France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Julie Carraz-Collin
Sandrine Bailly
1:16:14.1
(0+1)
(0+0)
(0+2)
(2+4)
  Poland
Krystyna Pałka
Magdalena Gwizdoń
Weronika Novakowska
Agnieszka Grzybek
1:16:29.6
(0+0)
(0+0)
(0+2)
(0+3)
Oberhof
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  Ukraine
Olena Pidhrushna
Valj Semerenko
Vita Semerenko
Oksana Khvostenko
1:17:57.9
(0+0)
(0+0)
(0+3)
(0+1)
  Germany
Simone Hauswald
Kati Wilhelm
Sabrina Buchholz
Kathrin Hitzer
1:18:19.1
(1+5)
(0+1)
(1+3)
(0+3)
  France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Pauline Macabies
Marie Dorin
1:19:02.3
(0+3)
(0+4)
(0+3)
(0+0)
Ruhpolding
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  Germany
Andrea Henkel
Kati Wilhelm
Kathrin Hitzer
Magdalena Neuner
1:16:41.2
(0+0)
(0+1)
(0+2)
(0+3)
  Sweden
Sofia Domeij
Helena Jonsson
Anna Carin Olofsson
Anna Maria Nilsson
1:17:37.7
(0+0)
(0+1)
(0+3)
(0+1)
  China
Wang Chunli
Liu Xianying
Dong Xue
Song Chaoqing
1:19:02.3
(0+4)
(0+3)
(0+3)
(0+4)
World Championships
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  Russia
Svetlana Sleptsova
Anna Boulygina
Olga Medvedtseva
Olga Zaitseva
1:13:20.9
(0+2)
(0+3)
(0+3)
(0+1)
  Germany
Martina Beck
Magdalena Neuner
Andrea Henkel
Kati Wilhelm
1:14:28.0
(0+2)
(2+5)
(0+2)
(1+5)
  France
Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly
1:14:40.4
(0+1)
(0+5)
(0+3)
(1+4)
Vancouver
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  Germany
Kati Wilhelm
Magdalena Neuner
Martina Beck
Andrea Henkel
1:11:49.8
(0+1)
(0+0)
(0+5)
(0+0)
  China
Wang Chunli
Liu Xianying
Dong Xue
Liu Yuan-Yuan
1:13:05.0
(0+2)
(0+2)
(0+0)
(0+1)
  Russia
Svetlana Sleptsova
Anna Boulygina
Olga Medvedtseva
Olga Zaitseva
1:13:40.3
(0+5)
(1+4)
(0+1)
(0+2)

Final standings

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# Country HOC1 HOC2 OBE RUH WCH VAN Total[2]
1   Germany 48 60 54 60 54 60 288
2   France 54 54 48 38 48 36 242
3   Ukraine 43 43 60 43 0 43 232
4   China 36 31 43 48 36 54 217
5   Sweden 40 36 38 54 40 40 212
6   Norway 60 38 40 30 31 209
7   Poland 32 48 40 29 38 38 196
8   Belarus 38 40 36 36 43 34 193
9   Romania 27 34 31 32 34 29 160
10   Czech Republic 28 29 34 30 29 150
11   Kazakhstan 29 28 32 27 23 139
12   Italy 34 32 34 0 30 130
13   South Korea 22 24 26 24 27 123
14   Finland 31 30 28 26 115
15   Slovakia 25 27 31 28 111
16   United States 26 25 31 28 110
17   Russia 60 48 108
18   Latvia 23 26 25 21 95
19   Canada 30 32 32 94
20   United Kingdom 23 24 20 67
21   Bulgaria 24 22 46
22   Croatia 23 19 42
23   Estonia 27 27
24   Japan 25 25

References

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  1. ^ "2007/08 Final Standings". Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-12-25.
  2. ^ "Standings Relay women" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-01-24. Retrieved 2009-01-15.