The women's 10 kilometre pursuit
biathlon
The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not ti ...
competition of the
Vancouver 2010 Olympics was held at
Whistler Olympic Park
The Whistler Olympic Park is the location of the Nordic and Biathlon events facilities for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is located in the Madeley Creek basin in the Callaghan Valley, west of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The facility hosted ...
in
Whistler, British Columbia
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on 16 February 2010.
Observers and participants reported that the race start was confused and disorganized. U.S. coach Per Nilsson stated that he had never seen an Olympic biathlon as poorly managed as the 16 February women's race.
Results
Teja Gregorin
Teja Gregorin (born 29 June 1980 in Ljubljana, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Slovenian biathlete.
Career
She was a member of the Slovenian biathlon team from 2002 to 2017, having been a cross-country skier before that. Her best result in the Bia ...
was the only competitor who failed the 2017 doping retests from the
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Vancouver 2010 (), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with ...
. In October 2017, the
International Biathlon Union
The International Biathlon Union (IBU; ) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the city. It was rocked by a corruption ...
said that her two samples tested positive for
GHRP-2, a banned substance which stimulates the body to produce more
growth hormone
Growth hormone (GH) or somatotropin, also known as human growth hormone (hGH or HGH) in its human form, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration in humans and other animals. It is thus important in ...
, in samples taken the week before competition started. She was disqualified in December 2017.
See also
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Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's pursuit
The Women's Pursuit racing, Pursuit competition of the Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Paralympics, Vancouver 2010 Paralympics is held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition is scheduled for Saturday, March 13.
2 x ...
References
External links
2010 Winter Olympics results: Women's 10 km Pursuit from https://web.archive.org/web/20091025194336/http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-15.
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Pursuit