2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women will start at Sunday January 10, 2010 in Oberhof and will finish Saturday March 27, 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Helena Jonsson of Sweden.

Competition format In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to your bib (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.) with rest of the shooting bouts being at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the lane in fifth place, you shoot at lane five.). As in sprint races, competitors must ski one 150 m penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the Pursuit as here all contestants start simultaneously).

2008–09 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Helena Jonsson210Silver: Kati Wilhelm186Bronze: Simone Hauswald174

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeOberhofdetailsAndrea Henkel 40:53.6(1+1+0+0)Helena Jonsson 41:17.0(0+1+0+1)Tora Berger 41:33.9(0+0+0+2)RuhpoldingdetailsHelena Jonsson 40:58.7(0+0+0+0)Simone Hauswald 41:21.8(0+1+1+0)Magdalena Neuner 41:33.7(1+1+1+2)2010 Winter OlympicsdetailsMagdalena Neuner 32:37.5(1+0+1+0)Olga Zaitseva 32:25.1(0+0+1+0)Simone Hauswald 35:26.9(0+0+2+0)OslodetailsSimone Hauswald 37:00.7(1+1+0+0)Vita Semerenko37:15.4(0+0+0+0)Magdalena Neuner 37:22.9(0+1+1+1)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsMagdalena Neuner 36:20.0(0+0+2+1)Sandrine Bailly 36:37.2(0+0+1+0)Anastasiya Kuzmina 36:43.6(0+0+0+1)

Standings # Name OBE RUH OLY OSL KHA Total 1 – 48 60 48 60 216 2 36 54 48 60 23 198 3 60 34 32 43 28 169 4 54 60 31 13 21 166 5 38 26 54 19 36 154 6 27 0 36 26 54 143 7 31 40 16 31 38 140 8 32 36 38 34 27 140 9 48 28 23 22 40 139 10 43 43 – 36 12 134 11 23 38 40 30 25 133 12 26 32 26 20 43 127 13 40 – – 54 31 125 14 15 31 43 – 32 121 15 29 23 28 32 18 112 16 21 30 – 25 30 106 17 – – 34 23 48 105 18 28 29 – 17 24 98 19 13 20 25 24 29 98 20 18 – 22 40 17 97 21 30 21 11 29 16 96 22 25 – 27 15 26 93 23 – 19 – 38 34 91 24 – 17 30 27 14 88 25 24 25 19 14 15 83 26 22 – 29 12 13 76 27 – 15 24 18 19 76 28 12 22 – 16 22 72 29 34 – – 28 – 62 30 16 24 – 11 11 62 31 – – 12 21 20 53 32 17 27 – – – 44 33 20 – 18 – – 38 34 19 16 – – – 35 35 14 13 – – – 27 36 – – 21 – – 21 37 – – 20 – – 20 38 – 18 – – – 18 39 – – 17 – – 17 40 – – 15 – – 15 41 – 14 – – – 14 41 – – 14 – – 14 43 – – 13 – – 13 44 – 12 – – – 12

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