The 7th World Team Challenge 2008 (officially: VELTINS-Biathlon-WTC 08) was a commercial biathlon competition, that was held at the 27th of December, 2008, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The winners were Andriy Deryzemlya and Oksana Khvostenko from Ukraine.
Participants 20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) participated as mixed teams. Host country was represented by 3 teams. Beside that, one German athlete competed in a mixed pair with a partner from Austria. There were representatives from 7 countries, including one outside Europe.
Results Rank Name Country Time (min) 1 Andriy Deryzemlya / Oksana Khvostenko 32:21,6 2 Christoph Sumann / Martina Beck / +0:14,6 3 Dmitri Yaroshenko / Ekaterina Iourieva +0:32,8 4 Michael Rösch / Kati Wilhelm +0:57,0 5 Rune Brattsveen / Tora Berger +1:44,0 6 Alexander Wolf / Andrea Henkel +1:58,8 7 Michael Greis / Kathrin Hitzer +2:10,9 8 Vincent Defrasne / Sylvie Becaert +2:40,2 9 Jay Hakkinen / Lanny Barnes LAP 10 Emil Hegle Svendsen / Solveig Rogstad LAP
External links Official Webpage of the Event