The Women's 7.5 kilometre sprint
biathlon competition at the
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...
in
Turin,
Italy was held on 16 February, at
Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over three loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course, shooting ten times, five prone and five standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.
was the defending World Champion at the sprint, while
Kati Wilhelm
Kati Wilhelm (; born 2 August 1976 in Schmalkalden) is a German former professional biathlete. Like most German biathletes she is also a member of the German Armed Forces ('' Bundeswehr'') with the rank of master sergeant ('' Hauptfeldwebel''). ...
won the sprint at the trial event in 2005, despite shooting two penalty laps. Wilhelm is also defending Olympic champion, and entered the games leading the sprint World Cup ahead of Disl and Russian
Svetlana Ishmouratova
Svetlana Irekovna Ishmouratova ( ba, Светлана Ирек ҡыҙы Ишморатова, russian: Светлана Ирековна Ишмуратова) (born 20 April 1972) is a Russian biathlete. She lives in Chelyabinsk a ...
.
Results
References
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Women's biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics