2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women

The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women started on Sunday 10 December 2017 in Hochfilzen and will finish on Saturday 17 March 2018 in Oslo Holmenkollen. The defending team is Germany.

The relay teams consist of four biathletes. Every athlete's leg is skied over three 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) laps for a total of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi), with two shooting rounds: one prone and one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually from the spare round holders or from bullets deposited by the athlete into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still standing targets, one 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop must be taken for each remaining target. 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 their position in the race), then for the remainder of the relay, the athletes shoot at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived (arrive at the range in 5th place, shoot at lane five).

2016–17 Top 3 standings

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Medal Nation Points
Gold:   Germany 300
Silver:   France 248
Bronze:   Ukraine 224

Medal winners

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Hochfilzen
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  Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Franziska Hildebrand
Maren Hammerschmidt
Laura Dahlmeier
1:14:36.4
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+2) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+1)
  Ukraine
Vita Semerenko
Yuliia Dzhima
Valentyna Semerenko
Olena Pidhrushna
1:15:21.3
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+1)
  France
Marie Dorin Habert
Célia Aymonier
Justine Braisaz
Anaïs Bescond
1:15:40.9
(0+1) (2+3)
(0+2) (0+2)
(0+2) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+1)
Oberhof
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  France
Anaïs Bescond
Anaïs Chevalier
Célia Aymonier
Justine Braisaz
1:12:42.4
(0+1) (0+0)
(1+3) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+3)
  Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Denise Herrmann
Franziska Preuß
Maren Hammerschmidt
1:13:14.8
(0+3) (1+3)
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+2) (1+3)
  Sweden
Linn Persson
Anna Magnusson
Elisabeth Högberg
Mona Brorsson
1:13:30.6
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+2) (0+1)
Ruhpolding
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  Germany
Franziska Preuß
Denise Herrmann
Franziska Hildebrand
Laura Dahlmeier
1:08:47.0
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+3) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+2)
  Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Nicole Gontier
Federica Sanfilippo
1:08:49.9
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
  Sweden
Linn Persson
Mona Brorsson
Anna Magnusson
Hanna Öberg
1:09:04.2
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+1)
Oslo Holmenkollen
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  France
Anaïs Chevalier
Célia Aymonier
Marie Dorin Habert
Anaïs Bescond
1:10:58.3
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
  Germany
Maren Hammerschmidt
Denise Herrmann
Franziska Preuß
Laura Dahlmeier
1:11:12.7
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
  Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Nicole Gontier
Federica Sanfilippo
1:11:31.5
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+2)

Standings

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# Nation HOC OBE RUH OSL Total [1]
1   Germany 60 54 60 54 228
2   France 48 60 32 60 200
3   Italy 29 38 54 48 169
4   Sweden 34 48 48 48 168
5   Ukraine 54 40 30 34 158
6   Russia 43 43 36 32 154
7   Norway 28 31 43 43 145
8   Switzerland 40 28 34 40 142
9   Poland 27 34 40 36 137
10   Czech Republic 38 32 38 28 136
11   Belarus 36 26 28 31 121
12   Canada 32 27 31 30 120
13   Finland 25 36 21 29 111
14   Japan 31 30 25 23 109
15   Kazakhstan 30 21 27 24 102
16   South Korea 26 24 18 25 93
17   Estonia 21 25 20 22 88
17   Bulgaria 23 23 19 21 86
19   Austria DNS 29 26 27 82
20   Lithuania 22 23 20 65
21   Slovakia 24 29 53
22   United States 24 26 50
23   China 22 22 DSQ 44

References

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