The 18th World Team Challenge 2019 (officially: Joka Classic Biathlon World Team Challenge auf Schalke 2019) was a biathlon competition, that was held at December 28, 2019, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Format of competition The competition was held in two stages: mass start and pursuit.
Participants 20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) competed as mixed teams. 9 countries were represented at this event.
Results Mass start Results and video are available here. Rank Name Country Time 1 Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer 32:16,9 2 Laura Dahlmeier / Philipp Nawrath +4,5 3 Anastasiya Merkushyna / Dmytro Pidruchnyi +12,0 4 Marte Olsbu Røiseland / Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen +16,6 5 Anaïs Bescond / Antonin Guigonnat +26,1 6 Lena Häcki / Benjamin Weger +36,2 7 Lisa Hauser / Felix Leitner +44,9 8 Markéta Davidová / Michal Krčmář 48,4 9 Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll +1:08,7 10 Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Matvey Eliseev +1:43,9
Pursuit Results, video and photos are available here. Rank Name Country Time 1 Marte Olsbu Røiseland / Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen 32:40,9 2 Anastasiya Merkushyna / Dmytro Pidruchnyi +25,7 3 Anaïs Bescond / Antonin Guigonnat +32,5 4 Laura Dahlmeier / Philipp Nawrath +33,1 5 Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer +1:03,4 6 Lisa Hauser / Felix Leitner +1:03,9 7 Lena Häcki / Benjamin Weger +1:04,3 8 Markéta Davidová / Michal Krčmář +1:10,5 9 Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll +1:48,2 10 Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Matvey Eliseev +2:50,1
External links Official Webpage of the Event