2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay

The 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay started on 10 January 2021 in Oberhof and will finished on 14 March 2021 in Nové Město

Competition format The relay teams consist of four biathletes. Legs 1 and 2 are skied by either the two men or the two women; legs 3 and 4 are skied by the remaining athletes. The race consists of either four legs or four legs. 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 starting biathletes all start the race at the same time and complete one leg before exchanging with their partner who completes another leg. The athlete then exchanges back with their partner who completes another leg before exchanging back and completing a final leg, which includes an extra lap after the final shoot. The rules regarding shooting are the same as in the regular mixed relay.

2019–20 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: 307Silver: 272Bronze: 265

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Oberhof ()detailsalign="right"| 1:08:21.7(0+2) (0+1)(0+0) (0+0)(0+1) (0+2)(0+2) (0+2)align="right"| 1:08:22.4(0+0) (0+1)(0+2) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)(0+1) (0+1)align="right"| 1:08:33.8(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+2) (0+2)(0+0) (0+0) Oberhof ()detailsalign="right"| 39:04.8(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+2) (0+1)(0+0) (0+0)align="right"| 39:43.5(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)align="right"| 39:48.7(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (3+3)(0+3) (0+0) World Championships ()detailsalign="right"| 1:20:19.3 (0+0) (0+1)(0+1) (0+1)(0+2) (0+2)(0+1) (0+3) align="right"| 1:20:46.3 (0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+1) align="right"| 1:20:49.9(0+0) (0+2)(0+1) (0+2)(0+0) (0+1)(0+2) (0+0) World Championships ()detailsalign="right"| 36:42.4(0+2) (0+1)(0+0) (0+0)(0+0) (0+0)(0+1) (0+1)align="right"| 36:45.2(0+1) (0+2)(0+1) (0+1)(0+3) (0+1)(0+0) (0+0)align="right"| 37:15.4(0+2) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)(0+2) (0+1) Nové Město (2) ()detailsalign="right"| 1:01:24.1 (0+0) (0+0)(0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+2)(0+1) (0+0) align="right"| 1:02:32.8(0+2) (0+2)(0+1) (0+1)(0+2) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)align="right"| 1:02:46.8(0+3) (0+1)(0+1) (0+0)(0+0) (0+1)(0+1) (0+3) Nové Město (2) ()detailsalign="right"| 37:41.4(0+0) (0+3)(0+1) (0+0)(0+1) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)align="right"| 37:42.9(0+0) (0+2)(0+0) (0+1)(0+1) (0+1)(0+1) (0+0)align="right"| 38:07.5(0+0) (0+3)(0+0) (0+1)(0+0) (0+1)(0+1) (0+1)

Standings 4 of 6 competitions scored Mixed Relay standings # Name OBE OBE POK POK NME NME Total 1 54 48 60 54 60 54 228 2 48 60 40 60 43 38 211 3 28 54 48 48 48 60 210 4 30 34 54 38 34 43 169 5 60 32 32 30 36 40 168 6 36 36 38 40 54 25 168 7 31 27 43 43 40 31 157 8 40 43 36 36 32 30 155 9 32 30 29 19 38 48 148 10 43 40 27 29 31 34 148 11 38 25 31 32 26 36 137 12 26 38 34 34 29 27 135 13 34 22 28 16 16 28 112 14 27 DNS 30 25 30 24 112 15 – 29 20 26 – 32 107 16 25 24 22 31 20 26 106 17 24 28 25 28 18 DNS 105 18 23 18 21 23 28 29 103 19 20 31 14 24 24 16 99 20 22 23 18 27 23 15 95 21 DNS DNS 26 22 27 18 93 22 21 16 23 20 25 23 92 23 29 21 17 15 22 19 91 24 19 26 24 17 21 20 91 25 18 20 16 21 17 21 80 26 – 19 19 14 19 22 79 27 – – 15 18 – 17 50 28 – 17 – 13 – – 30

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