2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8

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Women

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The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 was the eighth event of the season and was held in Oslo, Norway from Thursday, March 18 until Sunday, March 21, 2010.

Schedule of events

The timeschedule of the event stands below^[1]

Date	Time	Events
March 18	11:30 cet	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
	14:15 cet	Men's 10 km Sprint
March 20	14:15 cet	Women's 10 km Pursuit
	16:00 cet	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
March 21	14:15 cet	Women's 12.5 km Mass Start
	16:00 cet	Men's 15 km Mass Start

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint details	Martin Fourcade  France	26:08.1 (0+0)	Maxim Tchoudov  Russia	26:15.2 (0+0)	Christoph Sumann  Austria	26:17.5 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Martin Fourcade  France	33:46.9 (1+0+1+1)	Simon Schempp  Germany	33:55.9 (0+0+0+0)	Ivan Tcherezov  Russia	34:13.1 (0+0+0+1)
15 km Mass Start details	Ivan Tcherezov  Russia	40:10.1 (0+0+0+0)	Christoph Sumann  Austria	40:36.4 (2+0+0+1)	Emil Hegle Svendsen  Norway	40:44.7 (0+1+0+1)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint details	Simone Hauswald  Germany	20:42.4 (0+0)	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	20:47.3 (0+0)	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek  Sweden	20:56.8 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Simone Hauswald  Germany	32:05.5 (2+0+0+1)	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	32:10.9 (0+0+0+1)	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek  Sweden	32:45.3 (0+0+0+2)
12.5 km Mass Start details	Simone Hauswald  Germany	37:00.7 (1+1+0+0)	Vita Semerenko  Ukraine	37:15.4 (0+0+0+0)	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	37:22.9 (0+1+1+1)

Achievements

Best performance for all time

Aleksey Volkov (RUS), 4 place in Sprint  Simon Schempp (GER), 9 place in Sprint and 2 place in Pursuit  Kazuya Inomata (JPN), 35 place in Sprint and 31 place in Pursuit  Leif Nordgren (USA), 62 place in Sprint  Joel Sloof (NED), 91 place in Sprint  Fredrik Lindström (SWE), 10 place in Pursuit  Tanguy Roche (FRA), 36 place in Pursuit

Liudmila Kalinchik (BLR), 5 place in Sprint  Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR), 51 place in Sprint and 48 place in Pursuit  Gabriela Soukalová (CZE), 52 place in Sprint  Jana Gereková (SVK), 28 place in Pursuit

First World Cup race

Vit Janov (CZE), 52 place in Sprint  Arnaud Langel (FRA), 56 place in Sprint  Tanguy Roche (FRA), 59 place in Sprint  Sami Orpana (FIN), 85 place in Sprint  Vid Voncina (SLO), 96 place in Sprint

Elisa Gasparin (SUI), 64 place in Sprint  Annukka Siltakorpi (FIN), 78 place in Sprint

References

1. Oslo World Cup schedule

Coordinates: 62°46′N 29°51′E / 62.767°N 29.850°E