2019 World Team Challenge
The 18th World Team Challenge 2019 (officially: Joka Classic Biathlon World Team Challenge auf Schalke 2019) was a biathlon competition, that was held at December 28, 2019, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Format of competition
[edit]The competition was held in two stages: mass start and pursuit.
Participants
[edit]20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) competed as mixed teams. 9 countries were represented at this event.
Results
[edit]Mass start
[edit]Results and video are available here.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer |  Italy | 32:16,9 |
| 2 | Laura Dahlmeier / Philipp Nawrath |  Germany | +4,5 |
| 3 | Anastasiya Merkushyna / Dmytro Pidruchnyi |  Ukraine | +12,0 |
| 4 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland / Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen |  Norway | +16,6 |
| 5 | Anaïs Bescond / Antonin Guigonnat |  France | +26,1 |
| 6 | Lena Häcki / Benjamin Weger |  Switzerland | +36,2 |
| 7 | Lisa Hauser / Felix Leitner |  Austria | +44,9 |
| 8 | Markéta Davidová / Michal Krčmář |  Czech Republic | 48,4 |
| 9 | Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll | Germany | +1:08,7 |
| 10 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Matvey Eliseev |  Russia | +1:43,9 |
Pursuit
[edit]Results, video and photos are available here.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland / Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Norway | 32:40,9 |
| 2 | Anastasiya Merkushyna / Dmytro Pidruchnyi | Ukraine | +25,7 |
| 3 | Anaïs Bescond / Antonin Guigonnat | France | +32,5 |
| 4 | Laura Dahlmeier / Philipp Nawrath | Germany | +33,1 |
| 5 | Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer | Italy | +1:03,4 |
| 6 | Lisa Hauser / Felix Leitner | Austria | +1:03,9 |
| 7 | Lena Häcki / Benjamin Weger | Switzerland | +1:04,3 |
| 8 | Markéta Davidová / Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic | +1:10,5 |
| 9 | Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll | Germany | +1:48,2 |
| 10 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Matvey Eliseev | Russia | +2:50,1 |