World Team Challenge 2018
The 17th World Team Challenge 2018 (officially: Joka Classic Biathlon World Team Challenge at Schalke 2018 ) was a biathlon competition that was held on December 29, 2018 in the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen . The event was sold out with 46,412 spectators.
procedure
The competition again consisted of a combination of mass start and pursuit races.
Attendees
10 teams with athletes from 10 countries start. The long-time world-class biathletes Ole Einar Bjørndalen from Norway and Darja Domratschewa from Belarus were bid farewell as active athletes at this event. They formed a joint team within the World Team Challenge. The Russian Anton Schipulin also contested his last race a few days after retiring from competitive sports.
Results
Mass start
| space | Surname | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer |
 Italy
|
33: 24.8 |
| 2 | Anaïs Bescond / Émilien Jacquelin |
 France
|
+3.4 |
| 3 | Darja Domratschewa / Ole Einar Bjørndalen |
 Belarus Norway
|
+6.1 |
| 4th | Lisa Hauser / Dominik Landertinger |
 Austria
|
+8.2 |
| 5 | Franziska Preuss / Simon Schempp |
 Germany
|
+21.0 |
| 6th | Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll |
Germany
|
+52.1 |
| 7th | Artem Pryma / Julija Dschyma |
 Ukraine
|
+1: 02.8 |
| 8th | Veronika Vítková / Michal Krčmář |
 Czech Republic
|
+1: 10.6 |
| 9 | Ekaterina Jurlowa-Percht / Anton Schipulin |
 Russia
|
+1: 14.7 |
| 10 | Fuyuko Tachizaki / Mikito Tachizaki |
 Japan
|
+1: 16.2 |
persecution
| space | Surname | country | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer |
Italy
|
33: 23.6 |
| 2 | Franziska Preuss / Simon Schempp |
Germany
|
+1.2 |
| 3 | Darja Domratschewa / Ole Einar Bjørndalen |
Belarus Norway
|
+24.2 |
| 4th | Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll |
Germany
|
+24.3 |
| 5 | Lisa Hauser / Dominik Landertinger |
Austria
|
+1: 04.1 |
| 6th | Veronika Vítková / Michal Krčmář |
Czech Republic
|
+1: 09.5 |
| 7th | Ekaterina Jurlowa-Percht / Anton Schipulin |
Russia
|
+1: 48.8 |
| 8th | Julija Dschyma / Artem Pryma |
Ukraine
|
+2: 12.3 |
| 9 | Anaïs Bescond / Émilien Jacquelin |
France
|
+3: 11.3 |
| 10 | Fuyuko Tachizaki / Mikito Tachizaki |
Japan
|
+4: 58.0 |
Benedikt Doll was third on the home stretch for the second German team. He let himself be overtaken intentionally by Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Darja Domratschewa in order to give them a place on the podium at the award ceremony for their farewell ceremony. This gesture was widely viewed as an act of exemplary fairness.