2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8

None 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 Events13 March 15:10 CETMen's 10 km Sprint 17:45 CETWomen's 7.5 km Sprint15 March 12:15 CETMen's 10 km Sprint 14:45 CETWomen's 7.5 km Sprint16 March 10:45 CETMen's 12.5 km Pursuit 12:15 CETWomen's 10 km Pursuit Medal winners Men Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time10 km SprintdetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø23:33.2(0+0)Martin Fourcade23:40.3(0+0)Arnd Peiffer23:40.4(1+0) 10 km SprintdetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø24:03.5(0+0)Lowell Bailey24:22.9(0+0)Ondrej Moravec24:23.2(0+0) 12.5 km PursuitdetailsJohannes Thingnes Bø33:37.1(0+0+1+4)Martin Fourcade33:53.4(0+0+2+1)Björn Ferry33:57.5(0+0+1+2) Women Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time 7.5 km SprintdetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 20:36.3(0+1)Olga Zaitseva 20:42.4(0+0)Mari Laukkanen 20:59.0(0+0) 7.5 km SprintdetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen20:53.6(1+0)Tora Berger20:59.8(0+0)Gabriela Soukalová21:06.5(0+0) 10 km PursuitdetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen30:52:0(1+0+1+0)Darya Domracheva 31:52.0(0+0+0+1)Olga Zaitseva 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 Category:2013–14 Biathlon World Cup Category:2014 in Finnish sport Category:Kontiolahti Category:Sport in North Karelia 2013-14 Biathlon World Cup Category:March 2014 sports events in Europe