Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

The women's 7.5 km sprint competition of the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics was held on 10 February 2018 at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[1][2]

Women's sprint
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueAlpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea
Date10 February
Competitors87 from 27 nations
Winning time21:06.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Laura Dahlmeier  Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marte Olsbu  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Veronika Vítková  Czech Republic
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Summary

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The field included the defending champion Anastasiya Kuzmina (who also won gold in 2010), the 2014 bronze medalist Vita Semerenko, and the 2010 bronze medalist Marie Dorin Habert. None of them returned to the podium, although Dorin Habert finished in the 4th position.

Kuzmina had the best time in the first 2.5 km but missed twice in the prone shooting and was out of medal contention after that. After the shooting, Dorothea Wierer was leading, closely followed by several athletes, but she missed twice at the standing shooting and dropped out of contention as well. After the second shooting, Laura Dahlmeier was the only athlete in the leading group who had not missed any targets. She had a lead of 13 seconds over Veronika Vítková and Marte Olsbu, and more than 20 seconds over other athletes. However, Vítková and Olsbu were early starters, and Dahlmeier did not have difficulties preserving the lead and eventually finishing in first position. Olsbu, who started just before Vítková, and after the second shooting was behind her by 0.1 seconds, won over a second on the last stretch, which was sufficient for an eventual silver medal. Vítková remained in the bronze medal position. Lisa Vittozzi, Irene Cadurisch, and Paulína Fialková were all losing about 10 seconds to Vítková and Olsbu after the second shooting (and all started after them and after Dahlmeier), but ran slower than they did. Dorin Habert was losing 13 seconds to Vítková and ran faster, but came to the finish in fourth position, 8 seconds behind Olsbu.

In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Valeriy Borzov, member of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Anders Besseberg, president of the IBU.

Qualification

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Schedule

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All times are (UTC+9).

Date Time Round
10 February 20:15 Final

Results

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The race was started at 20:15.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S) Deficit
  23 Laura Dahlmeier   Germany 21:06.2 0 (0+0)
  11 Marte Olsbu   Norway 21:30.4 1 (1+0) +24.2
  12 Veronika Vítková   Czech Republic 21:32.0 1 (0+1) +25.8
4 28 Marie Dorin Habert   France 21:39.3 1 (1+0) +33.1
5 39 Vanessa Hinz   Germany 21:46.5 1 (0+1) +40.3
6 48 Lisa Vittozzi   Italy 21:46.7 1 (0+1) +40.5
7 2 Hanna Öberg   Sweden 21:47.0 1 (0+1) +40.8
8 87 Irene Cadurisch   Switzerland 21:51.7 1 (1+0) +45.5
9 15 Darya Domracheva   Belarus 21:52.4 2 (1+1) +46.2
10 35 Justine Braisaz   France 21:54.1 2 (1+1) +47.9
11 55 Paulína Fialková   Slovakia 21:56.8 1 (1+0) +50.6
12 14 Franziska Hildebrand   Germany 21:59.9 1 (0+1) +53.7
13 25 Anastasiya Kuzmina   Slovakia 22:00.1 3 (2+1) +53.9
14 33 Vita Semerenko   Ukraine 22:00.7 1 (0+1) +54.5
15 71 Markéta Davidová   Czech Republic 22:03.3 1 (1+0) +57.1
16 52 Anaïs Chevalier   France 22:15.6 2 (1+1) +1:09.4
17 5 Iryna Kryuko   Belarus 22:17.4 1 (0+1) +1:11.2
18 57 Dorothea Wierer   Italy 22:20.3 2 (0+2) +1:14.1
19 8 Anaïs Bescond   France 22:20.8 2 (0+2) +1:14.6
20 17 Tatiana Akimova   Olympic Athletes from Russia 22:24.2 0 (0+0) +1:18.0
21 3 Denise Herrmann   Germany 22:25.8 2 (0+2) +1:19.6
22 13 Johanna Talihärm   Estonia 22:27.0 1 (0+1) +1:20.8
23 36 Jessica Jislová   Czech Republic 22:29.1 1 (1+0) +1:22.9
24 59 Tiril Eckhoff   Norway 22:32.4 4 (3+1) +1:26.2
25 19 Kaisa Mäkäräinen   Finland 22:36.4 3 (2+1) +1:30.2
26 62 Lena Häcki   Switzerland 22:39.7 3 (1+2) +1:33.5
27 30 Mona Brorsson   Sweden 22:42.2 2 (1+1) +1:36.0
28 50 Krystyna Guzik   Poland 22:43.3 1 (1+0) +1:37.1
29 34 Katharina Innerhofer   Austria 22:51.5 1 (0+1) +1:45.3
30 18 Galina Vishnevskaya   Kazakhstan 22:52.2 2 (2+0) +1:46.0
31 29 Elisa Gasparin   Switzerland 22:52.4 2 (0+2) +1:46.2
32 45 Anna Frolina   South Korea 22:56.9 3 (2+1) +1:50.7
33 44 Uliana Kaisheva   Olympic Athletes from Russia 22:58.5 2 (1+1) +1:52.3
34 10 Weronika Nowakowska   Poland 23:03.2 2 (1+1) +1:57.0
35 83 Elisabeth Högberg   Sweden 23:05.9 1 (0+1) +1:59.7
36 38 Nadezhda Skardino   Belarus 23:07.8 3 (2+1) +2:01.6
37 69 Linn Persson   Sweden 23:11.5 3 (1+2) +2:05.3
38 70 Zhang Yan   China 23:14.0 1 (1+0) +2:07.8
39 58 Baiba Bendika   Latvia 23:14.6 4 (3+1) +2:08.4
40 49 Julia Ransom   Canada 23:15.0 1 (0+1) +2:08.8
41 9 Selina Gasparin   Switzerland 23:18.4 4 (3+1) +2:12.2
42 16 Fuyuko Tachizaki   Japan 23:19.7 1 (0+1) +2:13.5
43 24 Eva Puskarčíková   Czech Republic 23:19.8 3 (2+1) +2:13.6
44 4 Nicole Gontier   Italy 23:20.0 3 (2+1) +2:13.8
45 77 Monika Hojnisz   Poland 23:20.6 3 (1+2) +2:14.4
46 26 Valentyna Semerenko   Ukraine 23:20.9 3 (2+1) +2:14.7
46 27 Anja Eržen   Slovenia 23:20.9 3 (2+1) +2:14.7
48 76 Dunja Zdouc   Austria 23:21.0 0 (0+0) +2:14.8
49 53 Sari Furuya   Japan 23:21.5 2 (1+1) +2:15.3
50 86 Synnøve Solemdal   Norway 23:23.9 3 (1+2) +2:17.7
51 81 Emily Dreissigacker   United States 23:27.2 1 (0+1) +2:21.0
52 67 Nadzeya Pisarava   Belarus 23:29.1 2 (0+2) +2:22.9
53 22 Rosanna Crawford   Canada 23:29.2 3 (1+2) +2:23.0
54 61 Emma Lunder   Canada 23:30.4 2 (0+2) +2:24.2
55 7 Anastasiya Merkushyna   Ukraine 23:32.3 3 (2+1) +2:26.1
56 68 Magdalena Gwizdoń   Poland 23:35.7 3 (0+3) +2:29.5
57 80 Megan Tandy   Canada 23:42.8 2 (1+1) +2:36.6
58 82 Darya Klimina   Kazakhstan 23:47.7 3 (2+1) +2:41.5
59 72 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold   Norway 23:49.1 4 (2+2) +2:42.9
60 46 Emilia Yordanova   Bulgaria 23:50.0 1 (1+0) +2:43.8
61 47 Clare Egan   United States 23:51.6 3 (1+2) +2:45.4
62 1 Lisa Hauser   Austria 23:58.9 4 (3+1) +2:52.7
63 43 Olga Poltoranina   Kazakhstan 23:59.6 2 (0+2) +2:53.4
64 21 Mari Laukkanen   Finland 24:00.6 5 (3+2) +2:54.4
65 75 Diana Rasimovičiūtė   Lithuania 24:00.8 1 (1+0) +2:54.6
66 6 Susan Dunklee   United States 24:13.1 5 (1+4) +3:06.9
67 51 Amanda Lightfoot   Great Britain 24:15.3 3 (2+1) +3:09.1
68 78 Yurie Tanaka   Japan 24:21.6 2 (1+1) +3:15.4
69 31 Federica Sanfilippo   Italy 24:30.1 3 (2+1) +3:23.9
70 40 Tang Jialin   China 24:30.3 3 (1+2) +3:24.1
71 73 Alina Raikova   Kazakhstan 24:33.8 3 (0+3) +3:27.6
72 37 Daniela Kadeva   Bulgaria 24:39.2 3 (2+1) +3:33.0
73 42 Iryna Varvynets   Ukraine 24:48.1 5 (1+4) +3:41.9
74 66 Ivona Fialková   Slovakia 24:48.6 5 (2+3) +3:42.4
75 56 Urška Poje   Slovenia 24:52.8 4 (0+4) +3:46.6
76 65 Desislava Stoyanova   Bulgaria 24:54.3 5 (2+3) +3:48.1
77 41 Laura Toivanen   Finland 24:55.4 1 (0+1) +3:49.2
78 84 Ko Eun-jung   South Korea 25:12.1 2 (1+1) +4:05.9
79 60 Venla Lehtonen   Finland 25:13.7 3 (3+0) +4:07.5
80 54 Natalija Kočergina   Lithuania 25:16.2 5 (1+4) +4:10.0
81 32 Éva Tófalvi   Romania 25:20.0 4 (2+2) +4:13.8
82 20 Mun Ji-hee   South Korea 25:26.6 6 (2+4) +4:20.4
83 79 Terézia Poliaková   Slovakia 25:32.2 5 (1+4) +4:26.0
84 85 Milena Todorova   Bulgaria 25:33.6 2 (1+1) +4:27.4
85 74 Rina Mitsuhashi   Japan 25:53.1 5 (3+2) +4:46.9
86 64 Joanne Reid   United States 26:18.8 7 (4+3) +5:12.6
87 63 Ekaterina Avvakumova   South Korea 26:24.9 6 (3+3) +5:18.7

References

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  1. ^ "Venues". www.pyeongchang2018.com/. Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Archived from the original on 17 February 2018. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ^ Start list
  3. ^ Final results