The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women will start at Saturday December 13, 2009 in Hochfilzen and will finish Saturday March 20, 2010 in Oslo. Defending titlist is Kati Wilhelm of Germany.
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.
2008–09 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Kati Wilhelm272Silver: Tora Berger246Bronze: Martina Beck244
Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeHochfilzendetailsHelena Jonsson 34:09.1(0+1+0+0)Svetlana Sleptsova 34:40.8(0+0+1+1)Olga Zaitseva 34:45.1(1+1+0+0)PokljukadetailsSvetlana Sleptsova 34:03.2(0+1+0+1)Magdalena Neuner 34:39.5(1+1+1+0)Anna Bogaliy-Titovets 34:46.4(0+1+1+0)AntholzdetailsAndrea Henkel 30:59.8(1+0+0+0)Magdalena Neuner 31:23.1(1+0+2+1)Ann Kristin Flatland 31:44.7(1+0+0+0)2010 Winter OlympicsdetailsMagdalena Neuner 30:16.0(0+0+1+1)Anastasiya Kuzmina 30:28.3(0+1+1+0)Marie-Laure Brunet 30:44.3(0+0+0+0)KontiolahtidetailsDarya Domracheva 31:32.6 (0+0+1+0)Magdalena Neuner 31:44.7(0+0+2+1)Simone Hauswald 31:50.7(0+0+0+1)OslodetailsSimone Hauswald 32:05.5 (2+0+0+1)Darya Domracheva32:10.9(0+0+0+1)Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek 32:45.3(0+0+0+2)
Standings # Name HOC POK ANT OLY KON OSL TotalStandings Pursuit women 1 13 54 54 60 54 34 256 2 36 30 43 25 48 60 217 3 48 – 40 36 40 43 207 4 21 38 – 26 60 54 199 5 38 31 60 31 34 19 194 6 34 34 – 43 28 48 187 7 60 36 – 27 32 27 182 8 54 60 12 23 – 31 180 9 25 40 32 32 15 30 159 10 18 – 29 48 19 38 152 11 23 32 18 29 38 29 151 12 15 24 19 38 31 24 136 13 20 43 27 – 29 12 131 14 – 20 34 18 43 10 125 15 40 3 24 54 – – 121 16 31 22 31 – 9 23 116 17 22 21 38 12 18 6 111 18 16 28 15 0 30 22 111 19 12 8 30 24 24 21 111 20 10 – 48 34 – 15 107 21 30 25 36 14 – – 105 22 – 48 – – 14 40 102 23 43 – – – 22 36 101 24 32 – – 40 26 3 101 25 28 – – 28 16 26 98 26 11 27 25 16 6 16 95 27 29 26 – 15 – 17 87 28 19 29 – 0 27 9 84 29 – 16 7 22 7 25 77 30 6 – 13 – 25 32 76 31 – – 17 19 36 – 72 32 – 1 10 20 23 18 72 33 24 23 3 21 – – 71 34 – – 23 0 – 28 51 35 – 0 9 13 20 8 50 36 9 17 21 – – – 47 37 – 0 28 0 11 5 44 38 17 15 – – 12 – 44 39 27 13 – – – – 40 40 3 14 20 – 3 – 40 41 – 18 11 10 – – 39 42 26 – – 6 – – 32 43 0 – 1 30 – – 31 44 – 0 6 0 10 14 30 45 – – 26 – 1 – 27 46 0 – 5 2 0 20 27 47 7 19 – 0 – – 26 48 – – 22 0 – 0 22 49 – – – – 21 0 21 50 – 0 – 3 17 – 20 51 0 11 8 0 0 0 19 52 – – 0 17 – – 17 53 2 – – – 8 7 17 54 – – 16 – – – 16 55 – – – – 13 2 15 56 – 4 – 11 – – 15 57 0 – 14 0 – – 14 58 14 – – – – – 14 59 – 0 – 1 0 13 14 60 4 9 – – 0 – 13 61 – 6 – 5 2 0 13 62 – 12 – 0 0 0 12 63 – – – – – 11 11 64 – 5 – – 5 1 11 65 0 10 0 0 – – 10 66 0 0 0 9 – – 9 67 – 7 2 – – – 9 68 0 – – 8 0 – 8 69 8 – – – – – 8 70 – – – 7 – 0 7 71 – 2 – 4 – – 6 72 5 – – 0 0 – 5 73 – – – – – 4 4 74 – – 4 0 – – 4 75 – – – – 4 – 4 76 – 0 1 – – – 1 77 1 – – – 0 – 1
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