The 2022–23 Biathlon World Cup – Mass Start Women started on 18 December 2022 in Annecy-Le Grand-Bornand and will conclude on 19 March 2023 in Oslo Holmenkollen.
Competition format In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (if a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5). As in the sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the pursuit) as here all contestants start simultaneously.
2022–23 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete Points Gold: Julia Simon 165 Silver: Lisa Theresa Hauser 126 Bronze: Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 120
Events summary Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Annecy-Le Grand-Bornanddetails Lisa Theresa Hauser 33:54.1(0+0+1+0) Julia Simon 34:06.4(0+1+1+0) Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 34:08.4(0+0+0+1) Ruhpoldingdetails Julia Simon 32:52.0(1+0+1+1) Lisa Vittozzi 32:54.6(0+0+1+0) Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 32:58.7(0+1+0+0) Östersund Oslo Holmenkollen
Standings Intermediate standings after 2 competitions.
# Name LGB RUH OST OSL Total 1. 75 90 165 2. 90 36 126 3. 60 60 120 4. 16 75 91 5. 24 50 74 6. 45 29 74 7. 28 45 73 8. 36 34 70 9. 40 28 68 10. 25 40 65 11. 34 31 65 12. 30 32 62 13. 32 27 59 14. 31 25 56 15. 21 30 51 16. 27 24 51 17. 50 – 50 18. 29 16 45 19. 18 26 44 20. 14 23 37 21. 12 22 34 22. 10 18 28 23. 26 – 26 24. 23 – 23 25. 22 – 22 26. – 21 21 27. 20 – 20 28. – 20 20 29. 8 10 18 30. 4 12 16 # Name LGB RUH OST OSL Total 31. – 14 14 32. 2 8 10 33. 6 2 8 34. – 6 6 35. – 4 4
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