2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay

The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay started on Sunday 2 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Thursday 14 March 2019 in Östersund. The defending team was Germany.

The winning team was Norway.

The relay teams consist of four biathletes. Legs 1 and 2 are skied by the women, and legs 3 and 4 by the men. The women's legs are 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) and men's legs are 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi). Every athlete's leg is skied over three laps, 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 all start 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).

The single mixed relay involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot. The female biathletes all start the race at the same time and complete one 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) leg before exchanging with their male counterparts who complete one 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) leg before exchanging again with the female skier who after completing another leg switches again with the male biathlete who completes the race. The rules regarding shooting are the same as in the regular mixed relay.

2017–18 Top 3 standings

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Medal Nation Points
Gold:   Italy 188
Gold:   Norway 188
Bronze:   France 179

Medal winners

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Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time
Pokljuka (SR)
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  Norway
Thekla Brun-Lie
Lars Helge Birkeland
38:26.7
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
  Austria
Lisa Theresa Hauser
Simon Eder
38:35.2
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
  Ukraine
Anastasiya Merkushyna
Artem Tyshchenko
38:47.4
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
Pokljuka (MR)
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  France
Anaïs Bescond
Justine Braisaz
Martin Fourcade
Simon Desthieux
1:10:02.8
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
  Switzerland
Elisa Gasparin
Lena Häcki
Benjamin Weger
Jeremy Finello
1:10:41.5
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+2)
  Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Dominik Windisch
Lukas Hofer
1:10:54.9
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+0)
(1+3) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)
Soldier Hollow, Utah (SR)
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  Italy
Lukas Hofer
Dorothea Wierer
35:27.9
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+0)
  Austria
Simon Eder
Lisa Theresa Hauser
35:50.8
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
  France
Antonin Guigonnat
Julia Simon
36:18.1
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+1) (1+3)
(0+0) (0+0)
Soldier Hollow, Utah (MR)
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  France
Quentin Fillon Maillet
Simon Desthieux
Célia Aymonier
Anaïs Chevalier
1:03:51.4
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
  Germany
Erik Lesser
Benedikt Doll
Franziska Hildebrand
Vanessa Hinz
1:04:04.9
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+1)
  Norway
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
1:04:53.6
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+3) (1+3)
(0+0) (1+3)
World Championships (MR)
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  Norway
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Tiril Eckhoff
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen
1:17:41.4
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+2) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+0)
  Germany
Vanessa Hinz
Denise Herrmann
Arnd Peiffer
Benedikt Doll
1:17:54.5
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+2)
  Italy
Lisa Vittozzi
Dorothea Wierer
Lukas Hofer
Dominik Windisch
1:18:51.0
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+2) (0+2)
(0+2) (0+3)
(0+2) (0+3)
World Championships (SR)
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  Norway
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
Johannes Thingnes Bø
35:43.2
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)
  Italy
Dorothea Wierer
Lukas Hofer
35:56.6
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
  Sweden
Hanna Öberg
Sebastian Samuelsson
36:03.2
(0+2) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+1)

Standings

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# Nation POK
SR
POK
MR
SOL
SR
SOL
MR
ÖST
MR
ÖST
SR
Total [1]
1   Norway 60 38 40 48 60 60 306
2   France 43 60 48 60 34 36 281
3   Italy 26 48 60 31 48 54 267
4   Germany 34 36 43 54 54 43 264
5   Sweden 40 34 36 40 40 48 238
6   Austria 54 25 54 36 24 34 227
7   Ukraine 48 32 38 28 36 40 222
8   Switzerland 22 54 26 43 30 27 202
9   Russia 36 43 30 DSQ 43 38 190
10   Czech Republic 31 27 24 38 38 32 190
11   Canada 38 31 29 30 25 26 179
12   Estonia 24 24 34 34 27 30 173
13   Japan 32 18 31 29 26 24 160
14   Belarus 25 29 28 23 28 25 158
15   United States 16 26 27 32 22 28 151
16   Bulgaria 23 30 23 26 20 22 144
17   Poland 27 22 32 DSQ 32 18 131
18   Kazakhstan 19 23 22 24 19 23 130
19   Finland 28 40 31 29 128
20   Lithuania 17 21 20 25 17 16 116
21   Slovenia 30 0 25 27 16 15 113
22   China 18 20 19 23 19 99
23   South Korea 20 19 21 21 81
24   Latvia 29 18 31 78
25   Slovakia 28 29 17 74
26   Romania 21 15 14 50
27   Moldova 21 20 41
28   Belgium 13 13

References

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