The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay started on Sunday 26 November 2017 in Östersund and finished on Saturday 10 March 2018 in Kontiolahti. The defending team was Germany.
The winning team was Italy.
Competition format The relay teams consist of four biathletes. Legs 1 and 2 are skied by the women, and legs 3 and 4 by the men. The women's legs are and men's legs are . Every athlete's leg is skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds: one prone and one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually from the spare round holders or from bullets deposited by the athlete into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still standing targets, one penalty loop must be taken for each remaining target. The first-leg participants all start at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover. On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of their position in the race), then for the remainder of the relay, the athletes shoot at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived (arrive at the range in 5th place, shoot at lane five).
The single mixed relay involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot. The female biathletes all start the race at the same time and complete one leg before exchanging with their male counterparts who complete one leg before exchanging again with the female skier who after completing another leg switches again with the male biathlete who completes the race. The rules regarding shooting are the same as in the regular mixed relay.
2016–17 Top 3 standings Medal Nation PointsGold: 264Silver: 257Bronze: 201
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersund ()details 36:17.0 36:33.5 36:49.7 Östersund ()details 1:11:31.7 1:11:37.0 1:11:38.1 Kontiolahti ()details 33:29.1 33:31.5 33:33.5 Kontiolahti ()details 1:15:08.3 1:15:09.8 1:15:17.4
Standings # Nation ÖST ÖST KON KON Total Mixed relay 1 36 54 38 60 188 2 32 60 48 48 188 3 43 36 60 40 179 4 60 23 54 34 171 5 54 48 30 36 168 6 38 31 43 54 166 7 34 38 40 43 155 8 40 40 31 38 149 9 28 43 29 31 131 10 30 30 21 30 111 11 48 DSQ 32 29 109 12 29 21 34 25 109 13 31 28 23 27 109 14 19 26 36 24 105 15 20 34 22 28 104 16 24 32 26 22 104 17 22 20 27 32 101 18 26 18 25 26 95 19 25 22 28 18 93 20 27 27 19 19 92 21 23 25 17 23 88 22 21 24 16 21 82 23 — 29 24 20 73 24 18 19 18 — 55 25 — — 20 — 20 26 — — 15 — 15
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