The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup/Pursuit Women is a biathlon competition for women. It started on Sunday December 7, 2008 in Östersund and is scheduled to finish on Saturday March 28, 2009 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist is Sandrine Bailly of France.
Competition format This is a pursuit competition. The biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, most commonly a sprint race.To be precise; the pursuit competition start intervals are determined by common rounding to the nearest whole second of the biathletes' time differences from the previous race – the amount of time each biathlete lagged after the winner to the finish line. The contestants ski a distance of over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of . There are two prone shooting bouts and two standing bouts, in that order. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner.
To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. The biathletes shoot (on a first-come, first-served basis) at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.
Points are awarded for each event, according to each contestant's finish. When all events are completed. the contestant with the highest number of points is declared the season winner.
2007-08 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Sandrine Bailly300Silver: Andrea Henkel289Bronze: Kati Wilhelm253
Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersundMartina Beck 32:42.4(0+0+0+0)Svetlana Sleptsova 33:11.6(0+1+1+1)Kati Wilhelm 33:14.4(0+1+2+0)HochfilzenMartina Beck 33:41.28(0+0+1+0)Svetlana Sleptsova 33:59.56(1+0+1+2)Simone Hauswald 34:00.40(0+1+2+2)RuhpoldingMagdalena Neuner 32:56.5(1+1+1+1)Kati Wilhelm 33:18.2(1+0+0+2)Tora Berger 33:25.5(1+0+0+1)AntholzAnna Boulygina 32:49.8(0+1+0+1)Kaisa Mäkäräinen 32:52.1(0+0+0+1)Darya Domracheva 32:52.1(1+0+1+0)World ChampionshipsHelena Jonsson 34:12.3(2+0+0+0)Kati Wilhelm 34:30.6(1+1+3+1)Olga Zaitseva 34:36.4(0+3+1+2)TrondheimAndrea Henkel 30:08.8(0+0+0+0)Olga Zaitseva 30:21.7 (0+0+0+1)Marie-Laure Brunet 30:37.1(0+0+0+1)Khanty-MansiyskMagdalena Neuner 27:53.0 (1+0+0+1)Michela Ponza28:21.8(0+0+0+0)Marie Dorin 28:23.5(0+0+1+0)
Final standings # Name ÖST HOC RUH ANT WCH TRO KHA TotalStandings Pursuit women 1 Kati Wilhelm 48 36 54 40 54 40 22 272 2 Tora Berger 40 43 48 28 32 43 40 246 3 Martina Beck 60 60 20 32 38 25 29 244 4 Andrea Henkel 43 32 29 38 – 60 32 234 5 Magdalena Neuner 24 14 60 34 30 23 60 231 6 Helena Jonsson 34 40 36 21 60 31 25 226 7 Olga Zaitseva 18 28 34 19 48 54 36 219 8 Darya Domracheva 36 0 32 48 40 38 20 214 9 Anna Carin Olofsson 23 30 38 43 26 2 38 198 10 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 7 0 27 54 43 29 18 178 11 Svetlana Sleptsova 54 54 43 – 13 – – 164 12 Marie-Laure Brunet 20 10 – 16 36 48 30 160 13 Liu Xianying 29 38 40 36 12 – – 155 14 Éva Tófalvi 38 9 30 20 20 32 13 153 15 Michela Ponza 14 13 12 17 28 18 54 144 16 Simone Hauswald – 48 – 15 29 20 28 140 17 Marie Dorin 11 11 24 2 23 19 48 136 18 Vita Semerenko 30 0 7 – 22 30 43 132 19 Anna Boulygina 0 – 1 60 21 13 31 126 20 Julie Bonnevie-Svendsen 6 27 18 – 0 36 34 121 21 Natalia Levchenkova 19 29 8 25 34 0 – 115 22 Olga Medvedtseva 27 31 28 – 27 – – 113 23 Magdalena Gwizdon 26 34 5 0 – 27 19 111 24 Sylvie Becaert 16 – 9 31 4 28 17 105 25 Wang Chunli 32 8 31 6 0 26 – 103 26 Oksana Khvostenko 28 26 – 24 19 – – 97 27 Solveig Rogstad 31 18 – – 18 1 23 91 28 Teja Gregorin – 23 11 22 – 17 2 75 29 Kathrin Hitzer 0 22 22 30 – – – 74 30 Eveli Saue 0 4 0 26 9 12 15 66 31 Oksana Neupokoeva 17 21 – – – 22 6 66 32 Juliane Doll – – – 27 – 21 14 62 33 Valj Semerenko 25 – 26 – 3 – 7 61 34 Zina Kocher – 0 19 14 17 0 8 58 35 Olga Kudrashova 1 5 21 29 – 0 – 56 36 Iana Romanova – – – 23 – 15 16 54 37 Veronika Vítková – – – – 31 11 11 53 38 Olga Nazarova – 3 25 – 15 7 0 50 39 Sandrine Bailly 0 – 4 – 1 24 21 50 40 Anastasiya Kuzmina – – 16 1 24 9 0 50 41 Ann Kristin Flatland 12 20 – – 11 0 – 43 42 Krystyna Pałka – – 0 8 0 34 – 42 43 Song Chaoqing 0 6 23 13 0 – – 42 44 Katja Haller 5 12 – 0 16 – 9 42 45 Tina Bachmann – – – – – 14 27 41 46 Weronika Novakowska – 0 13 0 25 – 1 39 47 Anne Ingstadbjoerg 0 19 – 5 – 10 – 34 48 Kong Yingchao 15 15 – – – – – 30 49 Dong Xue 22 7 0 – – 0 – 29 50 Julie Carraz-Collin 13 16 0 – – – – 29 51 Magda Rezlerova 3 – 14 0 7 5 – 29 52 Olena Pidrushna 9 – 10 – – 0 10 29 53 Nadezhda Skardino 0 0 0 – – 4 24 28 54 Olga Vulikhina – – – – – – 26 26 55 Natalia Sokolova – 25 – – – – – 25 56 Pavlina Filipova 2 0 – 9 14 – – 25 57 Elena Khrustaleva – 24 – – 0 – – 24 58 Olga Anisimova – – 0 18 – – 5 23 59 Madara Liduma 21 0 – 0 – 0 – 21 60 Kadri Lehtla 4 – – – 0 16 – 20 61 Andreja Mali 8 0 – 0 0 8 4 20 62 Liudmila Kalinchik – – 6 12 0 0 – 18 63 Liu Yuan-Yuan 0 – 17 0 – – – 17 64 Sabrina Buchholz – 17 – – – – – 17 65 Sofia Domeij – 2 15 0 – 0 0 17 66 Dana Plotogea 0 0 0 10 6 0 – 16 67 Agnieszka Grzybek – – 3 3 8 – 0 14 68 Synnøve Solemdal – – – – – – 12 12 69 Zdenka Vejnarova 0 0 0 11 – – – 11 70 Lilia Vaygina-Efremova 10 0 – – – – – 10 71 Diana Rasimovičiūtė 0 0 0 – 10 – – 10 72 Liv Kjersti Eikeland 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 7 73 Anna Maria Nilsson – 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 74 Pauline Macabies – 0 0 – – 6 – 6 75 Veronika Zvaricova – – – – 5 – – 5 76 Paulina Bobak – – – 0 – 3 – 3 77 Anna Lebedeva – 0 2 – 0 – – 2 78 Lanny Barnes – – – – 2 – – 2 79 Mihaela Purdea 0 1 – – 0 0 0 1
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