The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 was held in Sochi, Russia, from 7 March until 10 March 2013.

Schedule of events Date Time EventsMarch 712:15 CETWomen's 15 km Individual15:30 CETMen's 20 km IndividualMarch 913:00 CETMen's 10 km Sprint16:00 CETWomen's 7.5 km SprintMarch 1012:30 CETMen's 4x7.5 km Relay15:30 CETWomen's 4x6 km Relay

Medal winners

Men Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze:Tim 20 km IndividualdetailsMartin Fourcade 49:40.6(1+0+0+0)Andreas Birnbacher 49:47.5(0+0+0+0)Serhiy Semenov 50:12.5(0+0+0+0) 10 km SprintdetailsMartin Fourcade 25:17.3(0+0)Evgeny Ustyugov 25:59.6(0+1)Henrik L'Abée-Lund 26:08.3(0+0) 4x7.5 km Relaydetails Anton ShipulinAlexandr LoginovDmitry MalyshkoEvgeny Ustyugov 1:09:50.8(0+1) (0+1)(1+3) (0+1)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0) Erik LesserAndreas BirnbacherArnd PeifferBenedikt Doll 1:10:29.1(0+3) (0+0)(0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+1)(0+2) (0+3) Michal ŠlesingrJaroslav SoukupVit JanovOndřej Moravec 1:10:33.7(0+2) (0+2)(0+3) (0+1)(0+3) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)

Women Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 15 km IndividualdetailsDarya Domracheva 45:45.2(0+0+0+2)Olga Zaitseva 46:19.8(0+0+0+0)Tora Berger 46:32.0(0+1+0+0) 7.5 km SprintdetailsMagdalena Gwizdoń 25:28.7(0+0)Anastasiya Kuzmina 25:38.9(1+0)Tora Berger 25:42.4(0+1) 4x6 km Relaydetails Andrea HenkelEvi Sachenbacher-StehleMiriam GössnerLaura Dahlmeier 1:09:27.1(0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+1) (1+3)(0+0) (0+0) Juliya DzhymaOlena PidhrushnaValj SemerenkoMariya Panfilova 1:09:39.0(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+1) Hilde FenneTiril EckhoffAnn Kristin FlatlandTora Berger 1:09:48.3(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+3)(0+1) (0+1)(0+0) (0+2)

Achievements

Best performance for all time

, 3rd place in Individual , 4th place in Individual , 6th place in Individual , 27th place in Individual and 9th in Sprint , 33rd place in Individual , 38th place in Individual , 46th place in Individual , 59th place in Individual , 96th place in Individual , 3rd place in Sprint , 5th place in Sprint , 20th place in Sprint , 39th place in Sprint , 13th place in Individual , 14th place in Individual , 19th place in Individual , 25th place in Individual , 40th place in Individual , 43rd place in Individual , 66th place in Individual , 83rd place in Individual , 87th place in Individual , 6th place in Sprint , 37th place in Sprint , 43rd place in Sprint , 57th place in Sprint

First World Cup race

, 45th place in Individual , 58th place in Sprint

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