2018 World Team Challenge
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The 17th World Team Challenge 2018 (officially: Joka Classic Biathlon World Team Challenge auf Schalke 2018) was a biathlon competition, that was held at December 29, 2018, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The event was visited by 46.412 fans.
Format of competition
The competition was held in two stages: mass start and pursuit.
Participants
20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) competed as mixed teams. 10 different countries were represented at this event. Ole Einar Bjørndalen from Norway and Darya Domracheva from Belarus, who were at the moment retired athletes, took part in this competition as a pair.
Results
Mass start
Results and video are available here.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer |  Italy | 33:24,8 |
| 2 | Anaïs Bescond / Émilien Jacquelin |  France | +3,4 |
| 3 | Darya Domracheva / Ole Einar Bjørndalen |  Belarus /  Norway | +6,1 |
| 4 | Lisa Hauser / Dominik Landertinger |  Austria | +8,2 |
| 5 | Franziska Preuß / Simon Schempp |  Germany | +21,0 |
| 6 | Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll | Germany | +52,1 |
| 7 | Artem Pryma / Yuliia Dzhima |  Ukraine | +1:02,8 |
| 8 | Veronika Vítková / Michal Krčmář |  Czech Republic | +1:10,6 |
| 9 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Anton Shipulin |  Russia | +1:14,7 |
| 10 | Fuyuko Tachizaki / Mikito Tachizaki |  Japan | +1:16,2 |
Pursuit
Results, video and photos are available here.
| Rank | Name | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorothea Wierer / Lukas Hofer | Italy | 33:23,6 |
| 2 | Franziska Preuß / Simon Schempp | Germany | +1,2 |
| 3 | Darya Domracheva / Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Belarus / Norway | +24,2 |
| 4 | Denise Herrmann / Benedikt Doll | Germany | +24,3 |
| 5 | Lisa Hauser / Dominik Landertinger | Austria | +1:04,1 |
| 6 | Veronika Vítková / Michal Krčmář | Czech Republic | +1:09,5 |
| 7 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht / Anton Shipulin | Russia | +1:48,8 |
| 8 | Yuliia Dzhima / Artem Pryma | Ukraine | +2:12,3 |
| 9 | Anaïs Bescond / Émilien Jacquelin | France | +3:11,3 |
| 10 | Fuyuko Tachizaki / Mikito Tachizaki | Japan | +4:58,0[1] |