2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay

The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Mixed Relay started on Sunday November 29, 2015 in Östersund and will finish in 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk.

Competition format

The relay teams consist of four biathletes. Legs 1 and 2 are done by the women, legs 3 and 4 by the men. The women's legs are 6 km and men's legs are 7.5 km., Every athlete leg skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually one at a time from spare round holders or bullets deposited by the competitor into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still misses, one 150 m penalty loop must be taken for each missed target remaining. The first-leg participants start all 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 position in race.), then for the remainder of the relay, the relay team shoots at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the range in 5th place, you 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.

Medal winners

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Single Mixed Relay - Östersund details	Norway Kaia Woeien Nicolaisen Lars Helge Birkeland Kaia Woeien Nicolaisen Lars Helge Birkeland	36:27.3 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (1+3) (0+1) (0+0)	Canada Rosanna Crawford Nathan Smith Rosanna Crawford Nathan Smith	36:39.2 (0+2) (0+2) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2)	Germany Maren Hammerschmidt Daniel Böhm Maren Hammerschmidt Daniel Böhm	36:40.5 (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (1+3) (0+0) (0+0)
Mixed Relay - Östersund details	Norway Fanny Horn Birkeland Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø	1:11:42.6 (0+1) (0+1) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+3) (0+0) (0+0)	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz Benedikt Doll Simon Schempp	1:12:16.2 (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2)	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec	1:12:54.1 (0+3) (0+0) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2)
Single Mixed Relay - Canmore [details]
Mixed Relay - Canmore [details]
World Championships [details]

Standings

#	Name	ÖST SI	ÖST	NOV SI	NOV	WCH KON	Total
Template:Yellow bib	Norway	60	60				120
2	Germany	48	54				102
3	Canada	54	32				86
4	Sweden	43	40				83
5	Russia	40	38				78
6	Czech Republic	28	48				76
7	Ukraine	36	30				66
8	France	20	43				63
9	Austria	30	29				59
10	Finland	38	20				58
11	Belarus	22	36				58
12	United States	26	31				57
13	Slovenia	21	34				55
14	Poland	27	28				55
15	Romania	29	24				53
16	Japan	31	21				52
17	Italy	32	19				51
18	Kazakhstan	25	26				51
19	Slovakia	24	25				49
20	Switzerland	18	27				45
21	Bulgaria	23	22				45
22	Estonia	16	23				39
23	Latvia	34	—				34
24	South Korea	15	18				33
25	Lithuania	19	—				19
26	United Kingdom	17	—				17

External links

• IBU Website
• IBU Datacenter