2008–09 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women

The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup/Sprint Women will start at Saturday December 6, 2008 in Östersund and will finish Thursday March 26, 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Magdalena Neuner of Germany.

Competition format The sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

2007-08 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Magdalena Neuner326Silver: Sandrine Bailly318Bronze: Kati Wilhelm306

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsWang Chunli 22:48.1(0+0)Tora Berger 22:49.5 (0+0)Magdalena Neuner 22:52.9 (0+0)HochfilzendetailsSimone Hauswald 23:04.3(0+0)Svetlana Sleptsova 23:18.4(0+2)Andrea Henkel 23:22.6(0+1)HochfilzendetailsSvetlana Sleptsova23:21.8(1+0)Vita Semerenko23:38.4(0+0)Helena Jonsson23:46.1(0+0)OberhofdetailsAndrea Henkel 22:12.1(0+0)Helena Jonsson 22:29.3(0+0)Tora Berger 22:30.0(0+0)RuhpoldingdetailsMagdalena Neuner 23:26.6(0+1)Kati Wilhelm 23:26.8(0+0)Darya Domracheva 23:40.6(0+0)AntholzdetailsTora Berger 21:25.5(0+1)Darya Domracheva 21.33.6(1+0)Kati Wilhelm 21:46.2(1+0)World ChampionshipsdetailsKati Wilhelm 21:11.1(0+0)Simone Hauswald 21:21.0(0+0)Olga Zaitseva 21:38.2(0+0)VancouverdetailsHelena Jonsson 19:43.6(0+0)Magdalena Neuner 19:44.3(0+1)Olga Zaitseva 19:45.2(0+0)TrondheimdetailsOlga Zaitseva 22:56.9(0+0)Helena Jonsson 23:02.4 (0+0)Sylvie Becaert 23:08.0 (0+1)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsTina Bachmann 20:49.8(0+0)Simone Hauswald20:53.5 (0+0)Anna Carin Olofsson 21:09.1(0+0)

Final standings # Name ÖST HOC HOC OBE RUH ANT WCH VAN TRO KHA TotalSprint women 1. Helena Jonsson 12 43 48 54 34 17 40 60 54 22 372 2 Magdalena Neuner 48 22 40 30 60 27 34 54 16 43 358 3 Tora Berger 54 40 – 48 29 60 22 43 30 26 352 4 Kati Wilhelm 38 24 – 40 54 48 60 34 28 21 347 5 Darya Domracheva 31 36 25 38 48 54 0 31 32 34 329 6 Andrea Henkel 29 48 0 60 25 30 38 40 31 19 320 7 Olga Zaitseva 5 12 30 24 36 14 48 48 60 36 308 8 Svetlana Sleptsova 40 54 60 36 40 – 5 18 20 16 273 9 Éva Tófalvi 32 30 32 32 13 11 21 36 22 29 247 10 Vita Semerenko 43 0 54 – 14 – 15 38 36 40 240 11 Anna Carin Olofsson 0 34 36 – 32 20 27 24 12 48 233 12 Simone Hauswald – 60 0 25 – 6 54 29 3 54 231 13 Wang Chunli 60 20 0 23 43 4 10 22 43 – 225 14 Martina Beck 34 38 29 0 6 32 29 28 7 18 221 15 Liu Xianying 24 31 31 31 31 19 28 0 19 – 214 16 Anna Boulygina 0 – 34 4 17 43 43 10 26 31 208 17 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 6 0 43 22 38 40 18 – 13 12 192 18 Michela Ponza 15 21 9 13 0 34 24 9 23 30 178 19 Magdalena Gwizdon 30 32 22 18 12 8 0 1 27 24 174 20 Natalia Levchenkova 28 23 27 15 23 24 0 20 0 5 165 21 Olga Medvedtseva 8 29 11 43 28 – 20 25 0 – 164 22 Sandrine Bailly 17 0 – – 22 – 31 32 40 1 143 23 Solveig Rogstad 36 26 – – 0 – 17 14 11 28 132 24 Kathrin Hitzer 22 27 38 0 18 26 – – – – 131 25 Marie-Laure Brunet 14 0 6 34 – 12 0 0 38 23 127 26 Sylvie Becaert 19 0 21 0 0 22 0 16 48 0 126 27 Oksana Khvostenko 27 0 19 28 – 31 7 13 – – 125 28 Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen 3 28 – – 27 0 9 – 25 25 117 29 Olga Kudrashova 13 9 12 17 21 36 0 4 0 – 112 30 Valj Semerenko 9 0 23 26 6 – 26 0 0 15 105 31 Marie Dorin 0 14 0 0 26 7 0 0 24 32 103 32 Andreja Mali 25 15 24 14 0 5 0 17 0 0 100 33 Zina Kocher 1 0 18 – 8 18 11 0 21 17 94 34 Olga Nazarova 0 0 20 11 19 0 32 0 5 6 93 35 Oksana Neupokoeva 23 18 17 – – – – 5 17 9 89 36 Anastasiya Kuzmina – – 5 – 10 0 36 30 0 0 81 37 Tina Bachmann – – – – – – – – 18 60 78 38 Sofia Domeij 0 3 0 16 24 16 – 8 6 0 73 39 Ann Kristin Flatland 20 5 3 27 0 – 8 – 8 – 71 40 Anna Maria Nilsson 0 0 0 21 20 0 0 27 0 2 70 41 Magda Rezlerova 11 0 0 0 0 13 2 12 29 – 67 42 Pauline Macabies 0 19 10 6 0 0 – 26 0 – 61 43 Eveli Saue 7 0 2 0 1 38 0 2 0 10 60 44 Veronika Vítková – 0 26 0 7 – 23 – 0 4 60 45 Diana Rasimovičiūtė 2 11 0 0 2 – 30 11 0 – 56 46 Krystyna Pałka – – 0 0 0 0 0 21 34 0 55 47 Liv Kjersti Eikeland 0 0 15 – 11 29 – 0 0 – 55 48 Weronika Nowakowska 0 17 0 – 0 0 6 19 0 13 55 49 Iana Romanova – – – – – 28 – 7 15 3 53 50 Dong Xue 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 – 51 51 Juliane Doll – – – – – 23 – 0 0 27 50 52 Nadezhda Skardino 18 0 1 8 0 0 – 0 0 20 47 53 Agnieszka Grzybek – 0 0 3 9 15 1 15 0 0 43 54 Olga Vilukhina – – – – – – – – – 38 38 55 Song Chaoqing 0 0 0 2 30 0 4 – – – 36 56 Elena Khrustaleva 0 4 28 1 0 – 3 – – – 36 57 Dana Plotogea 0 0 0 9 0 2 25 0 0 0 36 58 Lilia Vaygina-Efremova 0 10 7 19 – 0 0 – – – 36 59 Kadri Lehtla 0 0 8 0 0 0 13 – 14 – 35 60 Julie Carraz-Collin 10 2 16 5 0 0 – 0 – – 33 61 Liu Yuan-Yuan 0 0 0 29 3 0 – 0 0 – 32 62 Zdenka Vejnarova 0 16 0 0 15 0 – 0 0 – 31 63 Teja Gregorin 0 6 – – 16 0 0 0 1 8 31 64 Katja Haller 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 14 30 65 Kong Yingchao 21 8 0 0 0 – – – – – 29 66 Olga Anisimova – – – 7 0 21 – – – 0 28 67 Anna Lebedeva 0 0 13 0 0 – 14 – – – 27 68 Roberta Fiandino 0 0 – – 0 25 0 0 – – 25 69 Natalia Sokolova – 25 – – – – – – – – 25 70 Olena Pidrushna 0 0 14 – 0 – – – 0 11 25 71 Liudmila Kalinchik 0 0 0 11 4 10 0 0 0 0 25 72 Anne Ingstadbjoerg 0 7 – – 0 1 – 6 10 – 24 73 Sabrina Buchholz 0 0 – 21 0 – – – – – 21 74 Madara Liduma 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 – 20 75 Veronika Zvaricova – – – 0 – – 19 – – – 19 76 Mihaela Purdea 4 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 77 Selina Gasparin – 0 0 12 0 0 0 – 0 0 12 78 Alexandra Stoian 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 12 79 Christa Perathoner – – 0 – 0 9 0 0 – – 9 80 Teija Kuntola 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 – 9 – 9 81 Synnøve Solemdal – – – – – – – – 0 7 7 82 Liudmila Ananko – 0 4 – – – – – – – 4 83 Martina Halinarova 0 0 0 – 0 3 0 – – – 3 84 Sara Studebaker – – – – – – – 3 – – 3 85 Pavlina Filipova 0 1 – 0 – 0 0 – – – 1

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