2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8

The 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 was held in Kontiolahti, Finland, from March 13 until March 16, 2014. A planned mixed relay event was cancelled and replaced with second sprint events for both men and women. The IBU requested the change to keep the number of individual events unchanged after pursuit events were stopped and cancelled due to weather in World Cup 1 in Östersund.

Schedule of events

Date	Time	Events
13 March	15:10 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
	17:45 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
15 March	12:15 CET	Men's 10 km Sprint
	14:45 CET	Women's 7.5 km Sprint
16 March	10:45 CET	Men's 12.5 km Pursuit
	12:15 CET	Women's 10 km Pursuit

Medal winners

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
10 km Sprint details	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	23:33.2 (0+0)	Martin Fourcade  France	23:40.3 (0+0)	Arnd Peiffer  Germany	23:40.4 (1+0)
10 km Sprint details	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	24:03.5 (0+0)	Lowell Bailey  United States	24:22.9 (0+0)	Ondrej Moravec  Czech Republic	24:23.2 (0+0)
12.5 km Pursuit details	Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway	33:37.1 (0+0+1+4)	Martin Fourcade  France	33:53.4 (0+0+2+1)	Björn Ferry  Sweden	33:57.5 (0+0+1+2)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
7.5 km Sprint details	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	20:36.3 (0+1)	Olga Zaitseva  Russia	20:42.4 (0+0)	Mari Laukkanen  Finland	20:59.0 (0+0)
7.5 km Sprint details	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	20:53.6 (1+0)	Tora Berger  Norway	20:59.8 (0+0)	Gabriela Soukalová  Czech Republic	21:06.5 (0+0)
10 km Pursuit details	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	30:52:0 (1+0+1+0)	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	31:52.0 (0+0+0+1)	Olga Zaitseva  Russia	32:46.3 (4+0+0+1)

Achievements

Best performance for all time

•  Mari Laukkanen (FIN), 3rd place in Sprint

First World Cup race

References