The calm weather ensured that the athletes didn't have any big problems during shooting, and a lot of them today were able to make four zeros. All the strongest were in the first group, so the fight for victory ended very early.
Julia Simon moved like a drain, and even a miss at the last shooting didn't bother her, on the contrary, she got even more excited and ran to win back 24 seconds from Lisa Vittozzi. It was the Italian who was the leader of the race at that time. But no, she no longer had any strength left, on the contrary, she lost another 5 seconds.
Italian Lisa Vittozzi was perfect today, she did 20/20, and have a 3rd ski time, Lisa take a gold medal!
Lou Jeanmonnot made the same unnecessary mistake, her opponent in the last lap was the result of Vanessa Voigt. The German ran the race flawlessly and was able to maintain the much-needed gap, but she still didn’t see the bronze.
Suddenly, another gold contender appeared. Janina Hettich-Waltz didn't make any mistake, and lost only 6 seconds at the cutoff of the last lap. She was unable to beat Vittozzi's pace, but retained second place. And you won’t believe it, but this is the first medal in Janina Hettich’s career.
Another German, Selina Grotian, who started the season at the IBU Cup, was very close to a medal, but alas, even perfect shooting did not help, she was only 4th, which is very disappointing.
The Norwegians are completely unprepared for the World Championships. Yes, Ingrid Tandrevold missed three times on the first standing and passed the rest of the shootings at 0, but her pace cannot be compared with other top athletes. For example, she lost a minute and a half to Vittozzi, and lost as much as 2:36 to the result of Justine Braisaz, who was the fastest on the track. We hope she can get back her physical form by March when the World Cup resumes. The Frenchwoman, by the way, made 3 mistakes and was the best in speed.
As for other Norwegians, Maren Skogan risks going back to work as a sports equipment seller, she has 6 misses and 68th place, Ida Lien went even further - 77th place, Juni Arnekleive next to Tandrevold, 29th.
The Ukrainian Dmytrenko had a good result, 4 zeros and 8th place.
Estonian Tuoli Tomingas also performed strongly, but she was disqualified with an incomprehensible reason: “possibly put poles under ski during shooting”
| Name | Shooting | - | Time | ||
| 1 |  |
Lisa Vittozzi | 0+0+0+0 | 0 | 40:02.9 |
| 2 |  |
Janina Hettich-Walz | 0+0+0+0 | 0 | +20.5 |
| 3 |  |
Julia Simon | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | +29.6 |
| 4 | |
Selina Grotian | 0+0+0+0 | 0 | +1:01.1 |
| 5 | |
Vanessa Voigt | 0+0+0+0 | 0 | +1:06.2 |
| 6 | |
Lou Jeanmonnot | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | +1:10.6 |
| 7 | |
Justine Braisaz-Bouchet | 0+2+0+1 | 3 | +1:25.8 |
| 8 |  |
Kristina Dmytrenko | 0+0+0+0 | 0 | +2:10.1 |
| 9 |  |
Mona Brorsson | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | +2:10.7 |
| 10 | |
Linn Persson | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | +2:16.7 |
| 11 |  |
Deedra Irwin | 1+0+0+0 | 1 | +2:54.4 |
| 12 |  |
Jessica Jislova | 0+1+0+0 | 1 | +3:01.0 |
| 13 |  |
Regina Ermits | 1+1+0+0 | 2 | +3:05.7 |
| 14 | |
Dorothea Wierer | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | +3:08.5 |
| 15 | |
Franziska Preuss | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | +3:08.6 |
| 16 | |
Hanna Oeberg | 1+2+0+0 | 3 | +3:12.8 |
| 17 |  |
Gross Haecki | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | +3:23.4 |
| 18 |  |
Lotte Lie | 0+1+0+1 | 2 | +3:27.0 |
| 19 |  |
Anna Gandler | 0+1+0+1 | 2 | +3:33.4 |
| 20 | |
Marketa Davidova | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | +3:34.2 |
| 21 | |
Samuela Comola | 0+1+0+0 | 1 | +3:35.1 |
| 22 | |
Lisa Hauser | 0+1+0+1 | 2 | +3:36.4 |
| 23 |  |
Suvi Minkkinen | 0+0+1+1 | 2 | +4:02.7 |
| 24 |  |
Galina Vishnevskaya-sheporenko | 0+0+0+0 | 0 | +4:07.1 |
| 25 | |
Anna Magnusson | 1+1+1+1 | 4 | +4:24.2 |
| 26 | |
Anna Kryvonos | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | +4:24.4 |
| 27 |  |
Ingrid Tandrevold | 0+3+0+0 | 3 | +4:29.3 |
| 28 | |
Anastasiya Merkushyna | 0+0+1+2 | 3 | +4:35.3 |
| 29 | |
Juni Arnekleiv | 1+1+1+0 | 3 | +4:37.0 |
| 30 | |
Elvira Oeberg | 0+1+1+2 | 4 | +4:40.2 |
| 31 |  |
Ekaterina Avvakumova | 0+0+2+0 | 2 | +4:40.8 |
| 32 | |
Gilonne Guigonnat | 0+2+0+1 | 3 | +4:41.5 |
| 33 | |
Maya Cloetens | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | +4:50.1 |
| 34 |  |
Valentina Dimitrova | 2+0+0+0 | 2 | +4:54.2 |
| 35 | |
Eve Bouvard | 0+2+1+0 | 3 | +5:03.6 |
| 36 |  |
Anna Maka | 1+2+0+0 | 3 | +5:04.6 |
| 37 | |
Lea Rothschopf | 0+1+0+2 | 3 | +5:09.2 |
| 38 |  |
Anastasia Tolmacheva | 0+1+0+2 | 3 | +5:15.8 |
| 39 | |
Yuliia Dzhima | 0+0+0+3 | 3 | +5:22.1 |
| 40 | |
Joanna Jakiela | 0+1+1+2 | 4 | +5:24.7 |
| 41 |  |
Emma Lunder | 1+1+1+0 | 3 | +5:27.3 |
| 42 | |
Chloe Levins | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | +5:29.6 |
| 43 |  |
Lidiia Zhurauskaite | 0+3+0+0 | 3 | +5:33.0 |
| 44 | |
Lora Hristova | 0+2+0+2 | 4 | +5:34.9 |
| 45 |  |
Polona Klemencic | 0+2+1+1 | 4 | +5:46.4 |
| 46 | |
Aita Gasparin | 1+0+2+0 | 3 | +5:47.9 |
| 47 | |
Natalia Sidorowicz | 0+1+2+1 | 4 | +5:51.7 |
| 48 | |
Venla Lehtonen | 0+2+1+0 | 3 | +6:03.9 |
| 49 | |
Tamara Steiner | 0+0+1+2 | 3 | +6:20.5 |
| 50 | |
Elisa Gasparin | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | +6:28.1 |
| 51 | |
Amy Baserga | 0+3+0+1 | 4 | +6:28.3 |
| 52 | |
Tereza Vobornikova | 1+1+1+2 | 5 | +6:30.6 |
| 53 |  |
Julia Machyniakova | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | +6:35.4 |
| 54 | |
Noora Keranen | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | +6:47.5 |
| 55 | |
Natalija Kocergina | 0+2+1+1 | 4 | +6:51.2 |
| 56 | |
Benita Peiffer | 0+2+0+1 | 3 | +6:57.1 |
| 57 | |
Emily Dickson | 0+0+2+1 | 3 | +7:03.0 |
| 58 | |
Anamarija Lampic | 2+2+3+1 | 8 | +7:04.3 |
| 59 | |
Daria Virolaynen | 1+1+0+2 | 4 | +7:05.9 |
| 60 |  |
Anika Kozica | 0+1+1+2 | 4 | +7:09.8 |
| 61 | |
Nadia Moser | 0+1+2+1 | 4 | +7:11.3 |
| 62 | |
Susan Kuelm | 0+2+2+2 | 6 | +7:18.0 |
| 63 |  |
Aliona Ivanova | 1+2+1+0 | 4 | +7:34.1 |
| 64 | |
Judita Traubaite | 1+1+0+3 | 5 | +7:35.1 |
| 65 |  |
Ukaleq Slettemark | 0+1+0+1 | 2 | +7:35.4 |
| 66 | |
Olga Poltoranina | 0+1+1+0 | 2 | +7:38.3 |
| 67 |  |
Baiba Bendika | 1+4+2+1 | 8 | +7:46.2 |
| 68 | |
Marit Skogan | 1+4+0+1 | 6 | +7:47.0 |
| 69 | |
Sandra Bulina | 2+2+0+0 | 4 | +7:51.9 |
| 70 | |
Maria Zdravkova | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | +7:52.4 |
| 71 | |
Lucie Charvatova | 2+2+2+1 | 7 | +7:54.0 |
| 72 |  |
Darcie Morton | 2+0+1+2 | 5 | +8:01.5 |
| 73 | |
Annija Sabule | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | +8:20.2 |
| 74 | |
Elena Chirkova | 2+0+1+1 | 4 | +8:25.0 |
| 75 | |
Rebecca Passler | 0+1+2+2 | 5 | +8:25.8 |
| 76 | |
Jumi Jung | 0+1+1+2 | 4 | +8:46.0 |
| 77 | |
Ida Lien | 0+3+1+4 | 8 | +8:47.4 |
| 78 | |
Lena Repinc | 2+1+0+3 | 6 | +8:49.9 |
| 79 | |
Eunjung Ko | 1+0+2+1 | 4 | +9:03.5 |
| 80 | |
Zuzana Remenova | 1+1+2+1 | 5 | +9:06.8 |
| 81 | |
Andreea Mezdrea | 0+1+3+1 | 5 | +9:16.3 |
| 82 | |
Polina Yegorova | 1+1+1+2 | 5 | +9:40.6 |
| 83 | |
Daria Gembicka | 2+1+0+3 | 6 | +10:35.5 |
| 84 | |
Jaquelyn Garso | 1+2+2+0 | 5 | +11:48.1 |
| 85 | |
Maria Remenova | 3+1+3+2 | 9 | +12:02.3 |
| 86 |  |
Hikaru Fukuda | 0+2+1+3 | 6 | +12:06.5 |
| 87 |  |
Konstantina Charalampidou | 1+2+1+1 | 5 | +13:10.6 |
| 88 | |
Alla Gylenko | 0+4+1+4 | 9 | +13:15.9 |
| 89 | |
Hanna-brita Kaasik | 2+2+2+4 | 10 | +14:10.7 |
| 90 | |
Aoi Sato | 3+3+4+1 | 11 | +14:18.7 |
| 91 | |
Tara Geraghty-moats | 3+2+3+3 | 11 | +14:36.7 |
| DSQ | |
Tuuli Tomingas | 0+2+0+0 | 2 |
