The Women's 12.5 kilometre biathlon

Biathlon

Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting...

 mass start competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

in Turin

Turin

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, Italy

Italy

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 was held on 25 February, at Cesana San Sicario

Cesana San Sicario

Cesana San Sicario, located in Cesana, Italy is a location of a venue for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The biathlon facility is built for 6,500 spectators....

. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting twenty times, ten prone and ten standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.

Germany's Martina Glagow

Martina Glagow

Martina "Molly" Beck , is a German biathlete. She now lives in Mittenwald in Bavaria. She was most successful in the 2002–03 season, when she was the first German to win the women's overall Biathlon World Cup...

 led the World Cup standings before the Olympics, while Norway's Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen

Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen

Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen is a Norwegian biathlete from Voss. She has been on the Norwegian elite team since 1998. In 1998 she became junior world champion in the sprint event, and she won her first triumph as a senior at the 2005 World Championships where she won the 12.5 km mass...

 was the reigning World Champion at the event.

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Penalties	Deficit
	Anna Carin Olofsson Anna Carin Olofsson Anna Carin Zidek is a Swedish former biathlete who won a silver medal in the 7.5 km sprint and a gold medal in the 12.5 km mass start event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...		1	—
	Kati Wilhelm Kati Wilhelm Kati Wilhelm is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces with the rank of master sergeant...		1	+0:18.8
	Uschi Disl Uschi Disl Ursula Disl is a former German biathlete. , . She resides with her Swedish boyfriend Tomas Söderberg in Austria, and like most German Nordic skiers, is in the military as a border patrol guard...		3	+0:41.9
4	Martina Glagow Martina Glagow Martina "Molly" Beck , is a German biathlete. She now lives in Mittenwald in Bavaria. She was most successful in the 2002–03 season, when she was the first German to win the women's overall Biathlon World Cup...		2	+0:57.1
5	Florence Baverel-Robert Florence Baverel-Robert Florence Baverel-Robert , is a retired French biathlete who competed in the biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Baverel-Robert won the gold medal in the women's 7.5 km sprint...		2	+1:04.0
6	Olga Nazarova		1	+1:14.0
7	Liu Xianying Liu Xianying Liu Xianying is a Chinese biathlete who competed in the 1998, 2002, and 2006 Winter Olympics. She competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...		2	+1:20.7
8	Ekaterina Dafovska Ekaterina Dafovska Ekaterina Dafovska is a Bulgarian biathlete. At the age of 15 years she signed up in the sports club of her hometown, where she went in for biathlon. She won a gold Olympic medal at the 15 km Individual event during the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano...		3	+1:32.9
9	Albina Akhatova Albina Akhatova Albina Khamitovna Akhatova is a Russian biathlete.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, she won bronze medals in the 10 km pursuit and 15 km individual; she originally finished fourth in the individual but was promoted when her teammate Olga Pyleva was disqualified after failing a doping...		2	+1:43.0
10	Sandrine Bailly Sandrine Bailly Sandrine Bailly is a former French biathlete. She was most successful in the 2004–05 season, when she could win the overall World Cup, and in the 2007–08 season, when she finished second...		4	+1:45.0
11	Michela Ponza Michela Ponza Michela Ponza is an Italian professional biathlete, who has been competing on the World Cup circuit since the final meeting of the 1997–98 season. She has had four second place and three third place finishes in world cup races...		1	+1:45.1
12	Svetlana Ishmouratova Svetlana Ishmouratova Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova is a Russian biathlete. She lives in Chelyabinsk and is a soldier by profession.Ishmouratova won the gold in the women's 15 km individual contest at the 2006 Winter Olympics.- Biography :...		4	+1:57.0
13	Andrea Henkel Andrea Henkel Andrea Henkel is a German biathlete and the younger sister of Manuela Henkel, a successful cross-country skier. She trains at SV Großbreitenbach...		3	+2:05.0
14	Linda Tjorhom		3	+2:10.0
15	Olga Zaitseva Olga Zaitseva Olga Alekseyevna Zaitseva is a Russian biathlete. She began her career in 1994.-Career:*Winter Olympics*2010 - gold medal in the relay, silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start*2006 - gold medal in the relay...		1	+2:21.8
16	Olena Zubrilova Olena Zubrilova Olena Zubrilova is a Ukrainian born biathlete who has been competing for Belarus since 2002. Prior to that, she had competed for the Ukraine from 1991 until she changed her citizenship to Belarus in 2002....		4	+2:35.8
17	Lilia Efremova Lilia Efremova Lilia Vaygina-Efremova is a Ukrainian biathlete.On February 16, 2006, she won the Winter Olympics bronze medal for the 7.5 km biathlon competition, becoming the first Ukrainian athlete to win a medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.-References:*...		6	+2:44.5
18	Liv Grete Poirée		4	+3:07.3
19	Teja Gregorin Teja Gregorin Teja Gregorin is a Slovenian biathlete. She has been a member of the Slovenian biathlon team since 2002, having been a cross-country skier before that...		4	+3:14.9
20	Madara Liduma Madara Līduma Madara Līduma is a World Cup level Latvian biathlete.Her career best achievement is the 10th place at the 2006 Torino Olympics 15 kilometre individual race.-World Cup totals:-External links:...		5	+3:16.2
21	Natalia Levtchenkova		2	+3:45.3
22	Sun Ribo		7	+3:52.8
23	Kong Yingchao Kong Yingchao Kong Yingchao is a Chinese biathlete who competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is set to compete for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :...		3	+4:08.5
24	Natalia Guseva Natalia Guseva Natalia Vladimirovna Guseva née Sorokina is a Russian female biathlete who lives in Saint Petersburg. Besides her biathlon career, she is a professional soldier, and as such represents the Russian Army sports club...		5	+4:18.6
25	Tora Berger Tora Berger Tora Berger is a World Cup level biathlete and Olympic Champion. She has been a member of the Norwegian women's biathlon team since 1999. She has 5 individual victories in the World Cup. She is the sister of biathlete and cross-country skier Lars Berger...		3	+4:46.7
26	Sylvie Becaert Sylvie Becaert Sylvie Becaert is a French biathlete. Becaert's best year so far was 2003 when she came third in the overall world cup standings and won gold in the sprint event at the World Championships 2003 in Khanty-Mansiysk. At the 2006 Olympics in Turin, she won a bronze medal with the French relay team...		6	+5:01.9
27	Delphyne Peretto Delphyne Peretto Delphyne Peretto is a former French biathlete. She was on the bronze-winning relay team in the 2006 Winter Olympics.Peretto retired at the end of the 2007-08 season.- External links :*...		5	+5:03.4
28	Hou Yuxia		10	+5:03.6
29	Magdalena Gwizdon		5	+5:23.0
30	Krystyna Palka		3	+5:55.0