Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's mass start
| Women’s mass start at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Venue | Hualindong Ski Resort |
| Date | 18 February |
| Competitors | 30 from 15 nations |
| Winning time | 40:18.0 |
| Medalists | |
| Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |||
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| Qualification
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| Individual | men | women | |
| Sprint | men | women | |
| Pursuit | men | women | |
| Mass start | men | women | |
| Relay | men | women | mixed |
The Women's mass start competition of the Beijing 2022 Olympics was held on 18 February, at the National Biathlon Centre,[1] in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft).[2] Justine Braisaz-Bouchet of France won the event. It was her first individual Olympic medal. Tiril Eckhoff of Norway won the silver medal, and Marte Olsbu Røiseland, also of Norway, bronze.
Summary
The 2018 champion, Anastasiya Kuzmina, and the silver medalist, Darya Domracheva, retired from competitions. The 2014 and 2018 bronze medalist, Eckhoff, dominated the 2020–21 Biathlon World Cup, winning not only overall but also sprint and pursuit. The overall leader of the 2021–22 Biathlon World Cup before the Olympics was Olsbu Røiseland, and the leader in mass start was Dorothea Wierer. Olsbu Røiseland won the sprint and pursuit races at the 2022 Olympics.
Qualification
Results
The race was started at 15:00.[3]
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References
- ↑ "Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games". www.beijing2022.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ↑ "Beijing". Inside IBU. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
- ↑ "Final results" (PDF). ibu.blob.core.windows.net. 18 February 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.