Odlo City Biathlon. Birnbacher and Brunet win, Tcherezov is 3rd

Summer biathlon

Odlo City Biathlon

Puettlingen, Germany

Finals begin at 17.00 MSK (August 7).

The race takes place in Puettlingen for the seventh time. For the first time it features Magdalena Neuner and Darya Domracheva. At first the participants pass qualification (three 1.6 km laps), after which come the final mass starts. Women run five laps with four shooting ranges, while men run seven laps with six shooting ranges. Each shooting range will have three extra cartridges. The penalty for a missed target will be 10 seconds.

Women

Final race

1. Marie-Laure Brunet (France) – 21:41.7

2. Magdalena Neuner (Germany) – 12.3

3. Tora Berger (Norway) – 29.1

4. Kaisa Makarainen (Finland) – 39.2

5. Selina Gasparin (Switzerland) – 52.6

6. Andrea Henkel (Germany) – 1:15.7

7. Sabrina Buchholz (Germany)-2:25.5

8. Darya Domracheva (Belarus) – 2:45.8

Qualification

1. Magdalena Neuner (Germany) – 13:48.1 (0+3)

2. Tora Berger (Norway) – 1.0 (0+3)

3. Kaisa Makarainen (Finland) – 1.7 (0+3)

4. Marie-Laure Brunet (France) – 38.8 (1+4)

5. Andrea Henkel (Germany) – 1:11.5 (0+6)

6. Selina Gasparin (Switzerland) – 1:22.1 (1+7)

7. Darya Domracheva (Belarus) – 1:24.7 (2+6)

8. Sabrina Buchholz (Germany) – 2:50.6 (3+8)

Men

Final race

1. Andreas Birnbacher (Germany) – 27:02.9

2. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Norway) – 20.8

3. Ivan Tcherezov (Russia) – 1:04.4

4. Michael Greis (Germany) – 1:13.2

5. Bjorn Ferry (Sweden) – 1:15.5

6. Tarjei Boe (Norway) – 1:33.9

7. Daniel Boehm (Germany) – 1:40.2

8. Martin Fourcade (France) – 2:40.3

Qualification

1. Tarjei Boe (Norway) – 12:13.7 (1+4)

2. Bjorn Ferry (Sweden) – 0.4 (0+4)

3. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Norway) – 4.4 (0+3)

4. Martin Fourcade (France) – 5.4 (0+4)

5. Ivan Tcherezov (Russia) – 9.9 (1+7)

6. Andreas Birnbacher (Germany) – 10.4 (2+5)

7. Michael Greis (Germany) – 1,01.9 (1+4)

8. Daniel Boehm (Germany) – 1,02.5 (2+4)