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The 2008-09 Biathlon World Cup - World Cup 9 was the nine event of the World Cup season and was held in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from Thursday March 26 until Sunday March 29, 2009.
The schedule of the event is below [1]
Date | Time | Events |
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March 26 | 18:15 cet | Men's 10 km Sprint |
March 27 | 18:15 cet | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
March 28 | 14:15 cet | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |
18:15 cet | Women's 10 km Pursuit | |
March 29 | 13:00 cet | Men's 15 km Mass Start |
15:00 cet | Women's 12.5 km Mass Start |
Event: | Winner: | Time | Second: | Time | Third: | Time |
10 km Sprint details | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 25:51.1 (0+0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 26:14.2 (0+1) | Christoph Sumann Austria | 26:18.4 (0+0) |
12.5 km Pursuit details | Emil Hegle Svendsen Norway | 33:03.3 (0+0+1+1) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 33:03.4 (1+0+0+1) | Christoph Sumann Austria | 33:27.1 (0+0+2+0) |
15 km Mass Start details | Simon Eder Austria | 37:14.4 (0+0+0+0) | Dominik Landertinger Austria | 37:26.5 (0+0+0+1) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen Norway | 37:31.4 (2+0+0+1) |
Event: | Winner: | Time | Second: | Time | Third: | Time |
7.5 km Sprint details | Tina Bachmann Germany | 20:49.8 (0+0) | Simone Hauswald Germany | 20:53.5 (0+0) | Anna Carin Olofsson Sweden | 21:09.1 (0+0) |
10 km Pursuit details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 27:53.0 (1+0+0+1) | Michela Ponza Italy | 28:21.8 (0+0+0+0) | Marie Dorin France | 28:23.5 (0+0+1+0) |
12.5 km Mass Start details | Simone Hauswald Germany | 36:54.6 (0+1+0+0) | Helena Jonsson Sweden | 37:09.7 (0+0+0+0) | Andrea Henkel Germany | 37:21.5 (1+0+1+1) |
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