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2018 World Team Challenge

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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

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

Participants

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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

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Mass start

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Results and video are available here.

Rank Name Country Time
1 Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer  Italy 33:24,8
2 Anaïs Bescond / Émilien Jacquelin  France +3,4
3 Darya Domracheva / Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Belarus /  Norway +6,1
4 Lisa Hauser / Dominik Landertinger  Austria +8,2
5 Franziska Preuß / Simon Schempp  Germany +21,0
6 Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll  Germany +52,1
7 Artem Pryma / Yuliia Dzhima  Ukraine +1:02,8
8 Veronika Vítková / Michal Krčmář  Czech Republic +1:10,6
9 Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Anton Shipulin  Russia +1:14,7
10 Fuyuko Tachizaki / Mikito Tachizaki  Japan +1:16,2

Pursuit

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Results, video and photos are available here.

Rank Name Country Time
1 Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer  Italy 33:23,6
2 Franziska Preuß / Simon Schempp  Germany +1,2
3 Darya Domracheva / Ole Einar Bjørndalen  Belarus /  Norway +24,2
4 Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll  Germany +24,3
5 Lisa Hauser / Dominik Landertinger  Austria +1:04,1
6 Veronika Vítková / Michal Krčmář  Czech Republic +1:09,5
7 Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Anton Shipulin  Russia +1:48,8
8 Yuliia Dzhima / Artem Pryma  Ukraine +2:12,3
9 Anaïs Bescond / Émilien Jacquelin  France +3:11,3
10 Fuyuko Tachizaki / Mikito Tachizaki  Japan +4:58,0[1]

References

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  1. ^ Japanese team got a two-minute penalty
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