2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women

The 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup – Relay Women is scheduled to start on Sunday December 11, 2016 in Pokljuka and will finish on Sunday March 5, 2017 in Pyeongchang.

Competition format

The relay teams consist of four biathletes. Every athlete leg skied over three laps of 2 km, with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually one at a time from spare round holders or bullets deposited by the competitor into trays or onto the mat at the firing line. If after eight bullets there are still misses, one 150 m penalty loop must be taken for each missed target remaining. The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover. On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.), then for the remainder of the relay, the relay team shoots at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the range in 5th place, you shoot at lane five.).

2015–16 Top 3 Standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Germany	235
Silver:	Ukraine	234
Bronze:	France	228

Medal winners

Standings

#	Name	POK	RUH	ANT	WCH	PYE	Total
1	Germany						'
2	Ukraine						'
3	France						'
4	Czech Republic						'
5	Italy						'
6	Poland						'
7	Russia						'
8	Norway						'
9	Sweden						'
10	Kazakhstan						'
11	Belarus						'
12	Canada						'
13	Switzerland						'
14	Austria						'
15	United States						'
16	Bulgaria						'
17	Romania						'
18	Lithuania						'
19	Slovakia						'
20	Slovenia						'
21	Estonia						'
22	Finland						'
23	China						'
24	Japan						'
25	South Korea						'

References

External links

• IBU Website
• IBU Datacenter