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2 × 6 kilometres and 2 × 7.5 kilometres Relay, Mixed

Date 5 February 2022 — 17:00
StatusOlympic
LocationZhangjiakou Nordic Centre and Biathlon Centre, Chongli District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province
Participants80 from 20 countries
FormatEight shots for each group of five targets. Penalty loop (150 metres) skied for each missed target, with three extra shots allowed to obtain 5 target hits.
DetailsCourse Length: 5,928 m / 7,569 m
Height Differential: 36 m / 36 m
Maximum Climb: 40 m / 40 m
Shooting 1: Prone at 1.864 km, 50 m range / Prone at 2.411 km, 50 m range
Shooting 2: Standing at 3.993 km, 50 m range / Standing at 5.087 km, 50 m range
Total Climbing: 312 m / 510 m

For the first time, the mixed relay was raced over 4 x 6 km legs. Previously it had been 2 x 6 km for the women and 2 x 7.5 km for the men. Gusty winds made the first event in biathlon at the 2022 Winter Games a turbulent affair. Nevertheless, the favourites eventually collected their medals with Norway winning gold ahead of France and the ROC in third.

The first team that fell victim to the conditions was Germany with rookie Vanessa Voigt. Although known as an excellent shooter, she started with two penalty rounds. Norway, with Marte Olsbu Røiseland, held the lead at the first exchange. Italy’s Dorothea Wierer was the best markswoman of the top teams on the second leg, finishing second in the second exchange behind France’s Julia Simon. This time, Norway’s Tiril Eckhoff went three penalty rounds and dropped back to fifth place.

The weather conditions improved when the men took over. Émilien Jacquelin had a brilliant start with a clean first round of shooting. At the standing shooting, however, it was his turn to suffer two extra penalty rounds. Aleksandr Loginov’s third leg brought the ROC from seventh to first at the last exchange, followed by Sweden, with France third. The United States were a surprise fourth, with Norway in fifth, but still only 21.9 seconds behind the leaders.

Eventually the skiing speed of Johannes Thingnes Bø and Quentin Fillon Maillet would decide the race. They closed in on ROC’s Eduard Latypov. A three-way battle ensued on the final lap, in which the Norwegians had the upper hand, with only 1.5 seconds separating the three top teams.

For Norway this was their third consecutive medal in the mixed relay, in what was the third edition of this event, having won gold in 2014, and silver in 2018. Tiril Eckhoff became the first biathlete to win three medals in the mixed relay, as she had been on each of those three teams.

PosCompetitorsNOCTimeMissesExtra ShotsShooting 1 MissesShooting 1 Extra ShotsShooting 1Shooting 2 MissesShooting 2 Extra ShotsShooting 2Exchange
1NorwayNOR1-06:45.6313– (–)– (–)– (–)Gold
Marte Olsbu Røiseland 17:18.601006:34.1 (10)0112:24.7 (2)17:18.6 (1)
Tiril Eckhoff 19:12.6132324:07.2 (2)3631:38.4 (5)36:31.2 (5)
Tarjei Bø 15:31.1000341:57.1 (4)0347:58.3 (6)52:02.3 (5)
Johannes Thingnes Bø 14:43.3020157:31.8 (3)031-02:41.4 (3)1-06:45.6 (1)
2FranceFRA1-06:46.5311– (–)– (–)– (–)Silver
Anaïs Chevalier-Bouchet 18:43.702136:27.6 (8)1513:27.6 (8)18:43.7 (8)
Julia Simon 17:17.7020025:06.7 (8)0231:08.0 (2)36:01.4 (1)
Émilien Jacquelin 15:56.3002341:11.0 (1)2347:40.1 (4)51:57.7 (3)
Quentin Fillon Maillet 14:48.8010057:29.7 (2)011-02:34.0 (2)1-06:46.5 (2)
3ROCROC1-06:47.1113– (–)– (–)– (–)Bronze
Ulyana Kaysheva-Nigmatullina 18:16.002036:26.1 (7)0513:17.8 (6)18:16.0 (5)
Kristina Reztsova 18:46.1011324:28.0 (4)1431:55.7 (7)37:02.1 (7)
Aleksandr Loginov 14:38.3000242:09.0 (6)0247:34.2 (1)51:40.4 (1)
Eduard Latypov 15:06.7010157:07.2 (1)021-02:32.1 (1)1-06:47.1 (3)
4SwedenSWE1-07:26.6013– (–)– (–)– (–)
Hanna Öberg 18:02.602016:18.6 (5)0312:32.0 (3)18:02.6 (4)
Elvira Öberg 18:13.8030224:28.9 (5)0531:23.4 (4)36:16.4 (3)
Martin Ponsiluoma 15:41.1000341:35.6 (3)0347:38.8 (3)51:57.5 (2)
Sebastian Samuelsson 15:29.1020057:36.8 (4)021-02:46.5 (4)1-07:26.6 (4)
5GermanyGER1-07:51.1218– (–)– (–)– (–)
Vanessa Voigt 19:37.113137:07.3 (17)2614:28.6 (18)19:37.1 (15)
Denise Herrmann 18:00.0030326:17.7 (12)0632:36.0 (10)37:37.1 (10)
Benedikt Doll 15:23.0030143:23.3 (10)0448:46.7 (10)53:00.1 (10)
Philipp Nawrath 14:51.0010158:12.0 (8)021-03:33.9 (5)1-07:51.1 (5)
6BelarusBLR1-08:00.2214– (–)– (–)– (–)
Dzinara Alimbekava 17:49.801016:17.4 (4)0212:36.2 (4)17:49.8 (3)
Hanna Sola 19:05.0032324:14.3 (3)2631:45.3 (6)36:54.8 (6)
Mikita Labastau 15:32.8000242:09.6 (7)0247:58.5 (7)52:27.6 (6)
Anton Smolski 15:32.6020258:09.5 (6)041-03:35.9 (6)1-08:00.2 (6)
7United StatesUSA1-08:58.3112– (–)– (–)– (–)
Susan Dunklee 18:52.303026:36.5 (11)0513:20.8 (7)18:52.3 (10)
Clare Egan 17:38.8010025:04.4 (7)0131:19.6 (3)36:31.1 (4)
Sean Doherty 15:27.8010042:05.7 (5)0147:34.9 (2)51:58.9 (4)
Paul Schommer 16:59.4130258:10.9 (7)151-04:06.3 (8)1-08:58.3 (7)
8SwitzerlandSUI1-09:06.0211– (–)– (–)– (–)
Amy Baserga 18:39.913017:09.4 (18)1413:35.5 (12)18:39.9 (6)
Lena Häcki 18:44.0130125:42.0 (10)1432:04.4 (9)37:23.9 (8)
Benjamin Weger 15:23.8000142:44.2 (8)0148:21.0 (8)52:47.7 (8)
Sebastian Stalder 16:18.3000258:05.7 (5)021-04:02.3 (7)1-09:06.0 (8)
9ItalyITA1-09:25.3214– (–)– (–)– (–)
Lisa Vittozzi 17:35.300016:09.7 (1)0112:24.2 (1)17:35.3 (2)
Dorothea Wierer 18:30.2010323:53.6 (1)0430:54.1 (1)36:05.5 (2)
Thomas Bormolini 16:23.0001341:33.7 (2)1347:50.7 (5)52:28.5 (7)
Lukas Hofer 16:56.8031358:17.2 (9)161-04:29.4 (9)1-09:25.3 (9)
10AustriaAUT1-09:44.2213– (–)– (–)– (–)
Julia Schwaiger 19:25.702136:33.5 (9)1514:02.2 (15)19:25.7 (14)
Lisa Theresa Hauser 18:41.6130026:29.7 (15)1332:48.5 (13)38:07.3 (12)
Simon Eder 15:49.8010343:35.2 (11)0449:33.0 (11)53:57.1 (11)
Felix Leitner 15:47.1000159:21.7 (11)011-04:55.5 (10)1-09:44.2 (10)
11FinlandFIN1-10:06.7112– (–)– (–)– (–)
Suvi Minkkinen 19:24.100006:10.2 (2)0013:09.8 (5)19:24.1 (13)
Mari Laukkanen-Eder 18:14.2020326:00.1 (11)0532:41.8 (11)37:38.3 (11)
Tero Seppälä 15:12.5010043:04.2 (9)0148:26.5 (9)52:50.8 (9)
Olli Hiidensalo 17:15.9130359:18.8 (10)161-05:21.5 (11)1-10:06.7 (11)
12Czech RepublicCZE1-10:20.2317– (–)– (–)– (–)
Jessica Jislová 18:40.203026:46.6 (15)0513:31.2 (10)18:40.2 (7)
Markéta Davidová 18:44.1000325:00.9 (6)0331:59.6 (8)37:24.3 (9)
Mikuláš Karlík 17:11.7231343:57.4 (13)3650:15.5 (14)54:36.0 (14)
Michal Krčmář 15:44.201021-00:15.2 (12)031-05:52.2 (13)1-10:20.2 (12)
13UkraineUKR1-10:21.7415– (–)– (–)– (–)
Valj Semerenko 20:46.423137:30.3 (19)3615:04.2 (20)20:46.4 (20)
Yuliya Dzhima 17:50.2000226:54.9 (18)0233:20.2 (15)38:36.6 (14)
Artem Pryma 15:45.1030144:26.0 (15)0449:58.1 (13)54:21.7 (12)
Dmytro Pidruchnyi 16:00.013001-00:32.0 (13)131-05:51.5 (12)1-10:21.7 (13)
14CanadaCAN1-11:12.4317– (–)– (–)– (–)
Sarah Beaudry 19:48.901036:24.1 (6)0413:49.9 (13)19:48.9 (17)
Emma Lunder 18:48.1010326:24.1 (14)0433:13.8 (14)38:37.0 (15)
Christian Gow 16:30.5032344:12.4 (14)2650:32.1 (15)55:07.5 (15)
Scott Gow 16:04.900131-00:35.1 (14)131-06:38.7 (15)1-11:12.4 (14)
15People's Republic of ChinaCHN1-11:28.1012– (–)– (–)– (–)
Meng Fanqi 19:15.900036:11.1 (3)0313:34.1 (11)19:15.9 (12)
Chu Yuanmeng 19:46.1030226:23.6 (13)0533:32.3 (16)39:02.0 (16)
Yan Xingyuan 16:20.4000244:35.5 (16)0250:38.8 (16)55:22.4 (16)
Cheng Fangming 16:05.700021-00:56.9 (16)021-06:35.6 (14)1-11:28.1 (15)
16EstoniaEST1-11:56.5114– (–)– (–)– (–)
Regina Oja 18:50.603016:45.3 (14)0413:30.6 (9)18:50.6 (9)
Tuuli Tomingas 19:19.0001325:16.1 (9)1332:45.1 (12)38:09.6 (13)
Rene Zahkna 16:13.1020043:53.2 (12)0249:40.8 (12)54:22.7 (13)
Kristo Siimer 17:33.803021-00:37.1 (15)051-06:39.7 (16)1-11:56.5 (16)
17SlovakiaSVK– (–)– (–)– (–)DNFlapped
Ivona Fialková 33037:59.9 (20)3614:52.4 (19)19:59.3 (19)
Paulína Fialková 130127:35.1 (19)1434:18.6 (17)39:44.5 (17)
Michal Šíma 5– (–)– (–)– (–)
Tomáš Sklenárik – (–)– (–)– (–)
18JapanJPN– (–)– (–)– (–)DNFlapped
Fuyuko Suzuki-Tachizaki 03036:51.5 (16)0614:17.8 (16)19:53.9 (18)
Sari Furuya-Maeda 023326:41.8 (17)3534:53.0 (18)– (–)
Tsukasa Kobonoki – (–)– (–)– (–)
Kosuke Ozaki – (–)– (–)– (–)
19BulgariaBUL– (–)– (–)– (–)DNFlapped
Milena Todorova 02136:45.0 (13)1514:19.5 (17)19:38.6 (16)
Maria Zdravkova 012326:33.9 (16)2435:21.3 (19)– (–)
Vladimir Iliev – (–)– (–)– (–)
Dimitar Gerdzhikov – (–)– (–)– (–)
20SloveniaSLO– (–)– (–)– (–)DNFlapped
Polona Klemenčič 01036:43.6 (12)0413:51.6 (14)19:15.0 (11)
Živa Klemenčič 331328:09.1 (20)4636:07.7 (20)– (–)
Jakov Fak – (–)– (–)– (–)
Miha Dovžan – (–)– (–)– (–)