Short Individual Women

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Date19 January 2024

Timeat 14:20

Day two of the 2024 World Cup is devoted wholly to the women’s individual, also for them in a shortened form. Five rounds, four shooting ranges: because a 45-second penalty is added on for a missed shot, the biathlete concentrate hard and shoot very carefully along the 12,5 km-long route.

The individual has the longest tradition as a biathlon discipline and has now been given a revised form: The short individual.
Unlike the traditional competition, a shorter course is run and the penalty time for each missed target is also shorter.
Nevertheless, the biathletes have respect for this competition because they get a 45 seconds of penalty time for each mistake at the shooting range - comparatively a lot. Unconcentrated shots thus cost more than twice as much time as in other competitions in which the athletes run a 150m penalty loop - because a good runner can do this in about 23 seconds. So it is essential to avoid mistakes at the shooting range. Who will keep their nerves and still be cool at the shooting range?

COMPETITION INFORMATION

ALL ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL

This competition is a relatively new format, introduced for the first time in the 2018-19 season. The rules are the same as for the classic individual race, but the distances and time penalties are shortened. Women ski 12.5km instead of 15km, men 15km instead of 20km. Each shooting error is punished with a penalty time, which is added to the athlete's final time. In contrast to the conventional individual race, however, there is no whole penalty minute, but a shortened penalty of 45 seconds for each missed target. The athletes shoot 4 times: first prone, then standing, then prone again and finally standing once more.
The start interval is generally 30 seconds, but particular conditions allow the jury to opt for shorter or longer intervals.
The winner is determined by the best time including the added penalty time.