2010 Winter Olympics / Biathlon Pursuit (Women)

sport	biathlon
discipline	10 km pursuit
gender	Women
Attendees	60 athletes from 24 countries
Competition location	Whistler Olympic Park
Competition phase	February 16, 2010
Winning time	30: 16.0 min
Medalists  Magdalena Neuner ( GER )  Anastasiya Kuzmina ( SVK )  Marie-Laure Brunet ( FRA )
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Biathlon competitions at the 2010 Winter Olympics
sprint	Women	Men
persecution	Women	Men
Mass start	Women	Men
singles	Women	Men
Season	Women	Men

The women's biathlon 10K Pursuit at the 2010 Winter Olympics took place on February 16, 2010 at 10:30 am at Whistler Olympic Park . Magdalena Neuner from Germany secured the Olympic victory . The silver medal went to the winner of the sprint competition Anastasiya Kuzmina from Slovakia and the bronze went to Marie-Laure Brunet from France.

Competition description

The 60 best athletes from the previous sprint race qualified for the 10 km pursuit race. The winner of the sprint went into the race first, the other athletes started with the time gap they had at the finish of the sprint. Five laps of equal length had to be completed, after the first four the athletes had to hit five targets each in the order lying-lying-standing-standing at the shooting range. For each target not hit, the athlete had to complete a 150 m penalty loop. In total, there was a difference in altitude of 200 to 400 m. The winner was whoever reached the finish line first.

Total ascent: 330 m, maximum ascent: 25 m, difference in altitude: 27 m
60 participants from 24 countries, 56 of them in the rating.

Results

space	Athlete	country	Start time	Running time (min)	Penalties (L + L + S + S)	Difference (min)
1	Magdalena Neuner	Germany	0:02	30: 16.0	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	-
2	Anastasiya Kuzmina	Slovakia	0:00	30: 28.3	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+0: ​​12.3
3	Marie-Laure Brunet	France	0:28	30: 44.3	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+0: ​​28.3
4th	Anna Carin Olofsson	Sweden	0:58	30: 55.4	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+0: ​​39.4
5	Torah Berger	Norway	1:46	31: 07.2	0 (0 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+0: ​​51.2
6th	Anna Boulygina	Russia	0:12	31: 08.1	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+0: ​​52.1
7th	Olga Saizewa	Russia	0:28	31: 20.3	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+1: 04.3
8th	Ann Kristin Aafedt Flatland	Norway	0:34	31: 33.3	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+1: 17.3
9	Andrea Henkel	Germany	1:20	31: 40.5	3 (1 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+1: 24.5
10	Elena Khrustalyova	Kazakhstan	0:25	31: 42.1	3 (1 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+1: 26.1
11	Kati Wilhelm	Germany	1:32	31: 43.3	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+1: 27.3
12	Lyudmila Kalintschyk	Belarus	0:51	31: 48.2	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+1: 32.2
13	Helena Jonsson	Sweden	0:47	31: 53.8	2 (0 + 0 + 2 + 0)	+1: 37.8
14th	Darja Domratschawa	Belarus	0:32	31: 57.2	4 (0 + 2 + 0 + 2)	+1: 41.2
15th	Simone Hauswald	Germany	1:19	31: 58.6	4 (1 + 0 + 1 + 2)	+1: 42.6
16	Marie Dorin	France	0:11	32: 03.2	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+1: 47.2
17th	Svetlana Slepzowa	Russia	0:48	32: 06.9	3 (1 + 0 + 0 + 2)	+1: 50.9
18th	Éva Tófalvi	Romania	0:50	32: 26.3	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+2: 10.3
19th	Olga Medvedzewa	Russia	1:06	32: 31.9	3 (0 + 0 + 2 + 1)	+2: 15.9
20th	Olena Pidhruschna	Ukraine	0:52	32: 34.0	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+2: 18.0
21st	Oxana Chwostenko	Ukraine	0:43	32: 54.3	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+2: 38.3
22nd	Walentyna Semerenko	Ukraine	1:13	32: 57.6	3 (0 + 1 + 2 + 0)	+2: 41.6
23	Krystyna Pałka	Poland	0:59	33: 07.6	2 (1 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+2: 51.6
24	Agnieszka Cyl	Poland	2:00	33: 08.4	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+2: 52.4
25th	Nadsey Skardsina	Belarus	1:22	33: 11.0	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+2: 55.0
26th	Sandrine Bailly	France	0:50	33: 15.0	5 (1 + 0 + 1 + 3)	+2: 59.0
27	Weronika Nowakowska	Poland	1:54	33: 24.2	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+3: 08.2
28	Sylvie Becaert	France	1:26	33: 34.8	3 (1 + 0 + 2 + 0)	+3: 18.8
29	Liu Xianying	China	2:19	33: 41.2	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+3: 25.2
30th	Magdalena Gwizdoń	Poland	1:53	33: 45.8	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+3: 29.8
31	Magda Rezlerová	Czech Republic	0:55	33: 46.9	5 (0 + 0 + 1 + 4)	+3: 30.9
32	Andreja Mali	Slovenia	1:37	33: 53.9	2 (1 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+3: 37.9
33	Diana Rasimovičiūtė	Lithuania	1:16	33: 58.4	5 (0 + 0 + 3 + 2)	+3: 42.4
34	Wang Chunli	China	2:18	34: 01.8	2 (0 + 0 + 0 + 2)	+3: 45.8
35	Megan Tandy	Canada	2:12	34: 02.2	1 (1 + 0 + 0 + 0)	+3: 46.2
36	Veronika Vítková	Czech Republic	1:15	34: 02.5	3 (1 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+3: 46.5
37	Madara Līduma	Latvia	2:28	34: 02.6	3 (0 + 0 + 2 + 1)	+3: 46.6
38	Dijana Ravnikar	Slovenia	1:54	34: 02.7	1 (0 + 0 + 1 + 0)	+3: 46.7
39	Jana Gereková	Slovakia	1:58	34: 20.1	4 (0 + 3 + 0 + 1)	+4: 04.1
40	Sofia Domeij	Sweden	1:59	34: 23.8	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+4: 07.8
41	Wita Semerenko	Ukraine	1:47	34: 26.4	5 (2 + 0 + 1 + 2)	+4: 10.4
42	Song Chaoqing	China	1:43	34: 46.6	5 (1 + 2 + 0 + 2)	+4: 30.6
43	Anna Lebedewa	Kazakhstan	2:20	34: 49.8	2 (0 + 1 + 0 + 1)	+4: 33.8
44	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Finland	2:32	34: 50.0	2 (0 + 1 + 1 + 0)	+4: 34.0
45	Sara Studebaker	United States	2:10	35: 00.1	2 (1 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+4: 44.1
46	Anna Maria Nilsson	Sweden	0:50	35: 16.9	6 (1 + 2 + 2 + 1)	+5: 00.9
47	Selina Gasparin	Switzerland	2:28	35: 53.5	5 (2 + 1 + 1 + 1)	+5: 37.5
48	Mihaela Purdea	Romania	1:57	36: 08.5	4 (1 + 0 + 0 + 3)	+5: 52.5
49	Michela Ponza	Italy	2:00	36: 11.9	1 (0 + 1 + 0 + 0)	+5: 55.9
50	Katja Haller	Italy	1:55	36: 20.9	5 (1 + 2 + 2 + 0)	+6: 04.9
51	Dana Plotogea	Romania	2:17	36: 38.8	3 (0 + 0 + 2 + 1)	+6: 22.8
52	Karin Oberhofer	Italy	2:13	36: 40.3	6 (2 + 3 + 1 + 0)	+6: 24.3
53	Fuyuko Suzuki	Japan	2:02	36: 41.9	1 (0 + 0 + 0 + 1)	+6: 25.9
54	Zdeňka Vejnarová	Czech Republic	2:33	37: 30.6	6 (1 + 1 + 3 + 1)	+7: 14.6
55	Natalia Levcencova	Moldova	2:23	37: 38.5	4 (1 + 0 + 0 + 3)	+7: 22.5
56	Gerda Krūmiņa	Latvia	2:14	37: 58.7	4 (0 + 2 + 1 + 1)	+7: 42.7
	Eveli Saue	Estonia	2:28	LAP	7 (1 + 2 + 4)
	Marina Lebedeva	Kazakhstan	2:31	LAP	5 (1 + 2 + 2)
	Martina Halinárová	Slovakia	2:23	LAP	6 (1 + 2 + 3)
DSQ	Teja Gregorin (9.)	Slovenia	0:34	31: 38.6	2 (0 + 0 + 1 + 1)	+1: 22.6

Teja Gregorin was subsequently disqualified in December 2017 because of positive doping tests.

Web links

• Official results (PDF; 1.4 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IBU Event and Competition Rules, 1.3.10 (.pdf) on biathlonworld.com, accessed on February 9, 2018
2. ↑ Gregorin, third in the Olympics, subsequently disqualified. In: RP Online. December 19, 2017, accessed March 26, 2018 .