2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 Explained

The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 was held in Sochi, Russia, from 7 March until 10 March 2013.

Schedule of events

DateTimeEvents
March 712:15 CETWomen's 15 km Individual
15:30 CETMen's 20 km Individual
March 913:00 CETMen's 10 km Sprint
16:00 CETWomen's 7.5 km Sprint
March 1012:30 CETMen's 4x7.5 km Relay
15:30 CETWomen's 4x6 km Relay

Medal winners

Men

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Tim
20 km Individual
details
Martin Fourcade
49:40.6
(1+0+0+0)
Andreas Birnbacher
49:47.5
(0+0+0+0)
Serhiy Semenov
50:12.5
(0+0+0+0)
10 km Sprint
details
Martin Fourcade
25:17.3
(0+0)
Evgeny Ustyugov
25:59.6
(0+1)
Henrik L'Abée-Lund
26:08.3
(0+0)
4x7.5 km Relay
details

Anton Shipulin
Alexandr Loginov
Dmitry Malyshko
Evgeny Ustyugov
1:09:50.8
(0+1) (0+1)
(1+3) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+0)

Erik Lesser
Andreas Birnbacher
Arnd Peiffer
Benedikt Doll
1:10:29.1
(0+3) (0+0)
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+2) (0+3)

Michal Šlesingr
Jaroslav Soukup
Vit Janov
Ondřej Moravec
1:10:33.7
(0+2) (0+2)
(0+3) (0+1)
(0+3) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)

Women

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
15 km Individual
details
Darya Domracheva
45:45.2
(0+0+0+2)
Olga Zaitseva
46:19.8
(0+0+0+0)
Tora Berger
46:32.0
(0+1+0+0)
7.5 km Sprint
details
Magdalena Gwizdoń
25:28.7
(0+0)
Anastasiya Kuzmina
25:38.9
(1+0)
Tora Berger
25:42.4
(0+1)
4x6 km Relay
details

Andrea Henkel
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Miriam Gössner
Laura Dahlmeier
1:09:27.1
(0+1) (0+0)
(0+0) (0+2)
(0+1) (1+3)
(0+0) (0+0)

Juliya Dzhyma
Olena Pidhrushna
Valj Semerenko
Mariya Panfilova
1:09:39.0
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+1)
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+1)

Hilde Fenne
Tiril Eckhoff
Ann Kristin Flatland
Tora Berger
1:09:48.3
(0+1) (0+2)
(0+0) (0+3)
(0+1) (0+1)
(0+0) (0+2)

Achievements

Best performance for all time
First World Cup race