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2008 World Team Challenge

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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

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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

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