2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women will start at Sunday January 10, 2010 in Oberhof and will finish Saturday March 27, 2010 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Helena Jonsson of Sweden.

Competition format

In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to your bib (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.) with rest of the shooting bouts being at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the lane in fifth place, you shoot at lane five.). As in sprint races, competitors must ski one 150 m penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the Pursuit as here all contestants start simultaneously).

2008–09 Top 3 Standings

Medal	Athlete	Points[1]
Gold:	Helena Jonsson	210
Silver:	Kati Wilhelm	186
Bronze:	Simone Hauswald	174

Medal winners

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Oberhof details	Andrea Henkel  Germany	40:53.6 (1+1+0+0)	Helena Jonsson  Sweden	41:17.0 (0+1+0+1)	Tora Berger  Norway	41:33.9 (0+0+0+2)
Ruhpolding details	Helena Jonsson  Sweden	40:58.7 (0+0+0+0)	Simone Hauswald  Germany	41:21.8 (0+1+1+0)	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	41:33.7 (1+1+1+2)
2010 Winter Olympics details	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	32:37.5 (1+0+1+0)	Olga Zaitseva  Russia	32:25.1 (0+0+1+0)	Simone Hauswald  Germany	35:26.9 (0+0+2+0)
Oslo details	Simone Hauswald  Germany	37:00.7 (1+1+0+0)	Vita Semerenko  Ukraine	37:15.4 (0+0+0+0)	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	37:22.9 (0+1+1+1)
Khanty-Mansiysk details	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	36:20.0 (0+0+2+1)	Sandrine Bailly  France	36:37.2 (0+0+1+0)	Anastasiya Kuzmina  Slovakia	36:43.6 (0+0+0+1)

Standings

#	Name	OBE	RUH	OLY	OSL	KHA	Total[2]
	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	–	48	60	48	60	216
2	Simone Hauswald (GER)	36	54	48	60	23	198
3	Andrea Henkel (GER)	60	34	32	43	28	169
4	Helena Jonsson (SWE)	54	60	31	13	21	166
5	Olga Zaitseva (RUS)	38	26	54	19	36	154
6	Sandrine Bailly (FRA)	27	0	36	26	54	143
7	Kati Wilhelm (GER)	31	40	16	31	38	140
8	Darya Domracheva (BLR)	32	36	38	34	27	140
9	Tora Berger (NOR)	48	28	23	22	40	139
10	Martina Beck (GER)	43	43	–	36	12	134
11	Teja Gregorin (SLO)	23	38	40	30	25	133
12	Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA)	26	32	26	20	43	127
13	Vita Semerenko (UKR)	40	–	–	54	31	125
14	Olga Medvedtseva (RUS)	15	31	43	–	32	121
15	Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek (SWE)	29	23	28	32	18	112
16	Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)	21	30	–	25	30	106
17	Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK)	–	–	34	23	48	105
18	Tina Bachmann (GER)	28	29	–	17	24	98
19	Marie Dorin (FRA)	13	20	25	24	29	98
20	Valj Semerenko (UKR)	18	–	22	40	17	97
21	Anna Boulygina (RUS)	30	21	11	29	16	96
22	Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS)	25	–	27	15	26	93
23	Iana Romanova (RUS)	–	19	–	38	34	91
24	Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR)	–	17	30	27	14	88
25	Nadezhda Skardino (BLR)	24	25	19	14	15	83
26	Olena Pidhrushna (UKR)	22	–	29	12	13	76
27	Liudmila Kalinchik (BLR)	–	15	24	18	19	76
28	Sylvie Becaert (FRA)	12	22	–	16	22	72
29	Anna Bogaliy-Titovets (RUS)	34	–	–	28	–	62
30	Zina Kocher (CAN)	16	24	–	11	11	62
31	Oksana Khvostenko (UKR)	–	–	12	21	20	53
32	Wang Chunli (CHN)	17	27	–	–	–	44
33	Agnieszka Cyl (POL)	20	–	18	–	–	38
34	Song Chaoqing (CHN)	19	16	–	–	–	35
35	Kong Yingchao (CHN)	14	13	–	–	–	27
36	Krystyna Pałka (POL)	–	–	21	–	–	21
37	Weronika Novakowska (POL)	–	–	20	–	–	20
38	Juliane Doll (GER)	–	18	–	–	–	18
39	Éva Tófalvi (ROU)	–	–	17	–	–	17
40	Andreja Mali (SLO)	–	–	15	–	–	15
41	Julie Carraz-Collin (FRA)	–	14	–	–	–	14
41	Elena Khrustaleva (KAZ)	–	–	14	–	–	14
43	Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE)	–	–	13	–	–	13
44	Natalia Levchenkova (MDA)	–	12	–	–	–	12

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