On Wednesday, December 28, 2022she thinks World Team Challenge 2022 in the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen instead of. Due to the corona pandemic, this took place in Ruhpolding for the past few years. Now the return to the Veltins Arena is imminent. A total of ten mixed teams from nine nations will be at the start. Host Germany will have two teams, Denise Herrmann-Wick will compete with Benedikt Doll and Vanessa Voigt will compete with Philipp Nawrath. The World Team Challenge is not part of the World Cup in Biathlon.
You can find them all in this article information around the schedule and broadcast of the World Team Challenge 2022.
World Team Challenge 2022 at Schalke: schedule & dates
The World Team Challenge 2022 will take place again this year in the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen. The program is on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 mass start and a tracking.
Of the Time schedule for World Team Challenge at Schalke at a glance:
Wednesday 28 December 2022
- 12:00 o’clock: Opening of the event area
- 5:45 p.m.: Presentation of the teams
- 6:15 p.m: Start mass start
- 19:30 o’clock: Start tracking
- 8:15 p.m.: award ceremony
Benedikt Doll and Denise Herrmann (picture) are once again a team at the World Team Challenge this year. The other team from Germany is formed by Vanessa Voigt and Philipp Nawrath.
© Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa
Rules of the World Team Challenge 2022
Apply at the World Team Challenge other rules than at the usual World Cups. The first difference is that in two halves is run. To start, find a Mass Start Race instead, the women start this and after shooting the change to the men takes place. The women run four laps in total, and the men run five laps. A round is approx. 1291 meters long. After the mass start, the race continues with a 20-minute break. After that, it begins pursuit race. The ladies also start this. All teams that are 45 seconds or more behind the leading team will start the race at the same time. The pursuit also has a length of nine laps, again four for the women and five for the men. Whoever finishes first in the pursuit is the winner of the World Team Challenge.
World Team Challenge 2022: These are the teams
A total of ten mixed teams from nine different nations will start at the World Team Challenge 2022. A team consists of two biathletes. As the host, Germany can field two teams. Last year’s winners Lisa Theresa Hauser and Felix Leitner want to defend their title this year.
The teams and their participants at a glance:
- Germany: Denise Herrmann-Wick, Benedikt Doll
- Germany: Vanessa Voigt, Philipp Nawrath
- Italy: Dorothea Wierer, Tommaso Giacomel
- Czech Republic: Marketa Davidova, Michal Krcmar
- Austria: Lisa Theresa Hauser, Felix Leitner
- France: Fabien Claude, Julia Simon
- Finland: Mari Eder, Tero Seppälä
- Ukraine: Yuliya Dzhima, Anton Dudchenko
- Switzerland: Lena Häcki-Groß, Joscha Burkhalter
- Norway: Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold, Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen
Free TV and live stream: Who is broadcasting the World Team Challenge 2022 on Schalke?
There is good news for all winter sports fans. The World Team Challenge 2022 will live on free TV transfer. The transmitter ZDF starts broadcasting at around 6:00 p.m. and will broadcast both races live and in full. There will also be a free live stream on ZDF.de for all fans.
The broadcast of the World Team Challenge 2022 at a glance:
Free TV: ZDF
Pay TV: –
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