World Team Challenge 2004

The 3rd World Team Challenge 2004 (officially: VELTINS-Biathlon-WTC 04 ) was a biathlon competition that took place on December 28, 2004 in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen .

It was won by the Norwegian team Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Liv-Kjersti Eikeland . Bjørndalen successfully defended his win from last year.

Attendees

A total of 12 teams from eight nations took part. Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia were represented for the first time. Most of the teams were provided by the German team with a total of four teams.

Results

space	Surname	country	Time (min)
1	Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Liv-Kjersti Eikeland	Norway	50: 37.2
2	Vincent Defrasne and Sandrine Bailly	France	+0: ​​39.3
3	Tomasz Sikora and Magdalena Gwizdoń	Poland	+0: ​​47.5
4th	Vladimir Drachev and Alena Subrylawa	Belarus	+0: ​​52.4
5	Michael Greis and Martina Glagow	Germany	+0: ​​53.5
6th	Sergei Roshkov and Olga Saizewa	Russia	+0: ​​55.2
7th	Ricco Groß and Kati Wilhelm	Germany	+1: 10.6
8th	Halvard Hanevold and Jori Mørkve	Norway	+1: 17.4
9	Andreas Birnbacher and Simone Denkinger	Germany	+1: 21.4
10	Janez Marič and Andreja Mali	Slovenia	+2: 08.8
11	Pavol Hurajt and Anna Murínová	Slovakia	+2: 17.2
12	Peter Sendel and Katrin Apel	Germany	+2: 40.4

Web links

• Official homepage of the event

Individual evidence

1. ↑ WTC Hall of Fame ( Memento from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (biathlon-aufschalke.de, accessed on December 31, 2012)