Biathlon_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics_-_Women's_Individual

Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's individual

Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's individual

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The Women's 15 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 13 February, at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 3.0 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing. Each miss resulted in one minute being added to a competitor's skiing time.[1]

Anna Bogaliy-Titovets won at this track at the pre-Olympic trial event in 2005, when she finished in a time of 50:47.9 with one penalty minute, while Andrea Henkel was the defending World and Olympic champion.[2] Henkel had not won a 15 km World Cup race apart from these two wins in the Championships, however,[3] and Sweden's Anna Carin Olofsson was the World Cup leader before the Games.[citation needed]

Russia's Olga Pyleva originally placed second in the race, but was found to be in violation of anti-doping rules when she tested positive for carphedon, and she was then disqualified.[4]

Results

The race was held at 12:00.[5]

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References

  1. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
  2. (ed) Tore Johansen, Egil Svendsby Sportsboken 2005, pg. 225, Chr. Schibsteds Forlag 2005. ISBN 82-516-2168-2
  3. PROFILE - ANDREA HENKEL (GER) Archived January 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine from biathlonworld.com, retrieved 19 January 2006
  4. "Russian biathlete suspended 2 years after failed drug test". Associated Press. USA Today. February 17, 2006. Retrieved September 10, 2009.

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