2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 Explained

The 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 was held in Kontiolahti, Finland, from March 13 until March 16, 2014. A planned mixed relay event was cancelled and replaced with second sprint events for both men and women. The IBU requested the change to keep the number of individual events unchanged after pursuit events were stopped and cancelled due to weather in World Cup 1 in Östersund.

Schedule of events

DateTimeEvents
13 March15:10 CETMen's 10 km Sprint
17:45 CETWomen's 7.5 km Sprint
15 March12:15 CETMen's 10 km Sprint
14:45 CETWomen's 7.5 km Sprint
16 March10:45 CETMen's 12.5 km Pursuit
12:15 CETWomen's 10 km Pursuit

Medal winners

Men

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
10 km Sprint
details
Johannes Thingnes Bø
23:33.2
(0+0)
Martin Fourcade
23:40.3
(0+0)
Arnd Peiffer
23:40.4
(1+0)
10 km Sprint
details
Johannes Thingnes Bø
24:03.5
(0+0)
Lowell Bailey
24:22.9
(0+0)
Ondrej Moravec
24:23.2
(0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit
details
Johannes Thingnes Bø
33:37.1
(0+0+1+4)
Martin Fourcade
33:53.4
(0+0+2+1)
Björn Ferry
33:57.5
(0+0+1+2)

Women

Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time
7.5 km Sprint
details
Kaisa Mäkäräinen
20:36.3
(0+1)
Olga Zaitseva
20:42.4
(0+0)
Mari Laukkanen
20:59.0
(0+0)
7.5 km Sprint
details
Kaisa Mäkäräinen
20:53.6
(1+0)
Tora Berger
20:59.8
(0+0)
Gabriela Soukalová
21:06.5
(0+0)
10 km Pursuit
details
Kaisa Mäkäräinen
30:52:0
(1+0+1+0)
Darya Domracheva
31:52.0
(0+0+0+1)
Olga Zaitseva
32:46.3
(4+0+0+1)

Achievements

Best performance for all time
First World Cup race

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