2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 was held from 9 March until 12 March 2017. Initially it was planned to be held in Tyumen, Russia, but IBU cancelled the host rights for Russia. On 7 January 2017, IBU announced that Stage 8 will be held in Kontiolahti, Finland.

Schedule of events

Date Time EventsMarch 10 14:30 CETMen's 10 km Sprint 17:45 CETWomen's 7.5 km SprintMarch 11 12:00 CETMen's 12.5 km Pursuit 15:15 CETWomen's 10 km PursuitMarch 12 13:30 CETSingle Mixed Relay 16:15 CET2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km Relay

Medal winners

Men Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 10 km SprintdetailsMartin Fourcade 22:17.0(0+1)Ondřej Moravec 22:17.6(0+0)Emil Hegle Svendsen 22:26.4(0+0) 12.5 km PursuitdetailsArnd Peiffer 30:35.0(0+0+0+0)Simon Eder 30:35.3(0+0+1+1)Emil Hegle Svendsen 30:37.3(0+0+1+1)

Women Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 7.5 km SprintdetailsTiril Eckhoff 19:18.4(0+0)Laura Dahlmeier 19:36.7(0+1)Darya Domracheva 19:38.8(0+0) 10 km PursuitdetailsLaura Dahlmeier 29:54.4(0+1+0+0)Marie Dorin Habert 30:10.9(1+0+0+1)Lisa Vittozzi 30:14.3(0+1+0+0)

Mixed Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeSingle Mixed RelaydetailsLisa Theresa HauserSimon Eder 31:35.1(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0) Susan DunkleeLowell Bailey 32:07.9(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+1) Laura DahlmeierRoman Rees 32:08.4(0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0) 2 x 6 km + 2 x 7.5 km RelaydetailsMarie Dorin HabertAnaïs BescondSimon DesthieuxQuentin Fillon Maillet 1:11:34.5(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)(0+2) (0+2)(0+1) (0+2)Nadine HorchlerMaren HammerschmidtBenedikt DollArnd Peiffer 1:11:45.5(0+1) (0+1)(0+2) (0+0)(0+1) (0+2)(0+1) (0+2)Iryna VarvynetsOlga AbramovaSerhiy SemenovDmytro Pidruchnyi 1:12:01.6(0+0) (0+0)(0+3) (0+0)(0+0) (0+1)(0+1) (0+1)

Achievements

Best performance for all time

, 12th place in Sprint , 7th place in Sprint , 14th place in Sprint

First World Cup race

References