World Team Challenge 2005
The 4th World Team Challenge 2005 (officially: VELTINS-Biathlon-WTC 05 ) was a biathlon competition that took place on December 30, 2005 in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen .
It was won by the Norwegian team Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Linda Tjørhom . Defending champion Norway won the event for the third time, and it was Bjørndalen's third win, each with a different partner.
Attendees
A total of 12 teams from seven nations took part. Ukraine and China made their debut. Most of the teams were provided by the German team with a total of five teams.
Results
| space | Surname | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Linda Tjørhom |
 Norway
|
58: 21.7 |
| 2 | Sergei Roshkov and Olga Saizewa |
 Russia
|
+0: 26.8 |
| 3 | Vincent Defrasne and Sandrine Bailly |
 France
|
+1: 13.8 |
| 4th | Michael Greis and Kati Wilhelm |
 Germany
|
+1: 48.0 |
| 5 | Andreas Birnbacher and Simone Denkinger |
Germany
|
+2: 21.6 |
| 6th | Michael Rösch and Katja Beer |
Germany
|
+2: 38.7 |
| 7th | Andrij Derysemlja and Olena Petrowa |
 Ukraine
|
+2: 45.9 |
| 8th | Stian Eckhoff and Anne Ingstadbjørg |
Norway
|
+2: 58.8 |
| 9 | Zhang Chengye and Liu Xianying |
 People's Republic of China
|
+3: 20.4 |
| 10 | Roman Dostál and Kateřina Holubcová |
 Czech Republic
|
+3: 32.7 |
| 11 | Daniel Graf and Katrin Apel |
Germany
|
+4: 24.5 |
| 12 | Christoph Knie and Ute Niziak |
Germany
|
lapped |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ WTC Hall of Fame ( Memento from December 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (biathlon-aufschalke.de, accessed on December 31, 2012)