2008 World Team Challenge

The 7th World Team Challenge 2008 (officially: VELTINS-Biathlon-WTC 08) was a commercial biathlon competition, that was held at the 27th of December, 2008, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The winners were Andriy Deryzemlya and Oksana Khvostenko from Ukraine.

Participants

20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) participated as mixed teams. Host country was represented by 3 teams. Beside that, one German athlete competed in a mixed pair with a partner from Austria. There were representatives from 7 countries, including one outside Europe.

Results

Rank Name Country Time (min)
1Andriy Deryzemlya / Oksana Khvostenko Ukraine32:21,6
2Christoph Sumann / Martina Beck Austria /  Germany+0:14,6
3Dmitri Yaroshenko / Ekaterina Iourieva Russia+0:32,8
4Michael Rösch / Kati Wilhelm Germany+0:57,0
5Rune Brattsveen / Tora Berger Norway+1:44,0
6Alexander Wolf / Andrea Henkel Germany+1:58,8
7Michael Greis / Kathrin Hitzer Germany+2:10,9
8Vincent Defrasne / Sylvie Becaert France+2:40,2
9Jay Hakkinen / Lanny Barnes United StatesLAP
10Emil Hegle Svendsen / Solveig Rogstad NorwayLAP
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