PROGRAM

THURSDAY 14 MARCH

SPRINT:
Individual competition is like the "Biathlon Classic", a competition with high prestige amongst athletes. Competitors stop twice and must hit five targets with five bullets each time. For each target missed, athletes take a lap around the penalty loop.

FRIDAY 15 MARCH

PURSUIT START:
In the pursuit, the competitors start at intervals based on their finishing time in the sprint competition. Women race 10km and men race 12.5km. Competitors stop four times and then must hit all five targets with five bullets. For each target missed, athletes take a lap around the 150m penalty loop.

SATURDAY 16 MARCH

MIXED RELAY M+W
The relay is a fast-paced team event in which four-person teams tackle four 7.5km legs totalling 30km for the men, and four 6km legs totalling 24km for the women. In the mixed relay, both men and women tackle two 6km legs totalling 24km per team. The event begins with a mass start by the first skiers of the respective teams. Each team member has two firing sequences and is allowed three extra bullets (a total of eight) to hit five targets at each shooting stage yet must load the three extra bullets one by one. For each target left standing, competitors ski a lap around the 150m penalty loop.

SUNDAY 17 MARCH