The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8[1] was held from 9 March until 12 March 2017. Initially it was planned to be held in Tyumen, Russia, but IBU cancelled the host rights for Russia.[2] On 7 January 2017, IBU announced that Stage 8 will be held in Kontiolahti, Finland.[3]
Schedule of events edit
| Date | Time | Events |
|---|---|---|
| March 10 | 14:30 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| 17:45 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint | |
| March 11 | 12:00 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |
| 15:15 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit | |
| March 12 | 13:30 CET | Single Mixed Relay |
| 16:15 CET | 2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Relay |
Medal winners edit
Men edit
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 10 km Sprint details |
Martin Fourcade France |
22:17.0 (0+1) |
Ondřej Moravec Czech Republic |
22:17.6 (0+0) |
Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway |
22:26.4 (0+0) |
| 12.5 km Pursuit details |
Arnd Peiffer Germany |
30:35.0 (0+0+0+0) |
Simon Eder Austria |
30:35.3 (0+0+1+1) |
Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway |
30:37.3 (0+0+1+1) |
Women edit
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| 7.5 km Sprint details |
Tiril Eckhoff Norway |
19:18.4 (0+0) |
Laura Dahlmeier Germany |
19:36.7 (0+1) |
Darya Domracheva Belarus |
19:38.8 (0+0) |
| 10 km Pursuit details |
Laura Dahlmeier Germany |
29:54.4 (0+1+0+0) |
Marie Dorin Habert France |
30:10.9 (1+0+0+1) |
Lisa Vittozzi Italy |
30:14.3 (0+1+0+0) |
Mixed edit
| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Single Mixed Relay details |
Austria Lisa Theresa Hauser Simon Eder |
31:35.1 (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) |
 United StatesSusan Dunklee Lowell Bailey |
32:07.9 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) |
Germany Laura Dahlmeier Roman Rees |
32:08.4 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+0) |
| 2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Relay details |
France Marie Dorin Habert Anaïs Bescond Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet |
1:11:34.5 (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) |
Germany Nadine Horchler Maren Hammerschmidt Benedikt Doll Arnd Peiffer |
1:11:45.5 (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) |
 UkraineIryna Varvynets Olga Abramova Serhiy Semenov Dmytro Pidruchnyi |
1:12:01.6 (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) |
Achievements edit
- Best performance for all time
Roman Rees (GER), 12th place in Sprint
Celia Aymonier (FRA), 7th place in Sprint
Darya Usanova (KAZ), 14th place in Sprint
- First World Cup race
References edit
- ^ "Event schedule". IBU Datacentre at datacenter.biathlonresults.com. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ^ "IBU Press Release: Extraordinary IBU Executive Board Meeting".
- ^ "Kontiolahti, Finland to Host BMW IBU World Cup 8".
- ^ "Events". Retrieved March 11, 2017.