The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay started on Sunday 2 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on Thursday 14 March 2019 in Östersund. The defending team was Germany.
The winning team was Norway.
Competition format The relay teams consist of four biathletes. Legs 1 and 2 are skied by the women, and legs 3 and 4 by the men. The women's legs are and men's legs are . Every athlete's leg is skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds: one prone and one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually from the spare round holders or from bullets deposited by the athlete into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still standing targets, one penalty loop must be taken for each remaining target. The first-leg participants all start at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover. On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of their position in the race), then for the remainder of the relay, the athletes shoot at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived (arrive at the range in 5th place, shoot at lane five).
The single mixed relay involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot. The female biathletes all start the race at the same time and complete one leg before exchanging with their male counterparts who complete one leg before exchanging again with the female skier who after completing another leg switches again with the male biathlete who completes the race. The rules regarding shooting are the same as in the regular mixed relay.
2017–18 Top 3 standings Medal Nation PointsGold: 188Gold: 188Bronze: 179
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Pokljuka ()details 38:26.7 38:35.2 38:47.4 Pokljuka ()details 1:10:02.8 1:10:41.5 1:10:54.9 Soldier Hollow, Utah ()details 35:27.9 35:50.8 36:18.1 Soldier Hollow, Utah ()details 1:03:51.4 1:04:04.9 1:04:53.6World Championships ()details 1:17:41.4 1:17:54.5 1:18:51.0World Championships ()details 35:43.2 35:56.6 36:03.2
Standings # Nation POK POK SOL SOL ÖST ÖST Total Mixed relay 1 60 38 40 48 60 60 306 2 43 60 48 60 34 36 281 3 26 48 60 31 48 54 267 4 34 36 43 54 54 43 264 5 40 34 36 40 40 48 238 6 54 25 54 36 24 34 227 7 48 32 38 28 36 40 222 8 22 54 26 43 30 27 202 9 36 43 30 DSQ 43 38 190 10 31 27 24 38 38 32 190 11 38 31 29 30 25 26 179 12 24 24 34 34 27 30 173 13 32 18 31 29 26 24 160 14 25 29 28 23 28 25 158 15 16 26 27 32 22 28 151 16 23 30 23 26 20 22 144 17 27 22 32 DSQ 32 18 131 18 19 23 22 24 19 23 130 19 28 40 — — 31 29 128 20 17 21 20 25 17 16 116 21 30 0 25 27 16 15 113 22 18 20 19 — 23 19 99 23 20 19 — — 21 21 81 24 29 — — — 18 31 78 25 — 28 — — 29 17 74 26 — — 21 — 15 14 50 27 21 — — — — 20 41 28 — — — — — 13 13
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