Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
Introduction The '''Women's 7.5 kilometre sprint biathlon''' competition at the '''2006 Winter Olympics''' 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.Uschi Disl was the defending World Champion at the sprint, while Kati Wilhelm 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.
Results  Rank  Name  Country  Time  Penalties  Deficit   Florence Baverel-Robert    22:31.4  0   —   Anna Carin Olofsson    22:33.8  1  +0:02.4    Lilia Efremova    22:38.0  0  +0:06.6  4  Albina Akhatova     22:40.2  0  +0:08.8  5  Olena Zubrilova    22:40.5  0  +0:09.1  6  Sandrine Bailly    22:43.0  2  +0:11.6  7  Kati Wilhelm    22:49.8  1  +0:18.4  8  Olga Nazarova    22:53.2  0  +0:21.8  9  Olga Zaytseva    23:05.8  0  +0:34.4  10  Svetlana Ishmouratova   23:10.3  1  +0:38.9  11  Liu Xianying    23:17.5  1  +0:46.1  12  Liv Grete Poirée    23:20.0  2  +0:48.6  13  Michela Ponza    23:27.2  1  +0:55.8  14  Delphyne Peretto    23:31.2  0  +0:59.8  14  Teja Gregorin    23:31.2  0  +0:59.8  16  Martina Halinarova    23:32.8  0  +1:01.4  17  Martina Glagow   23:35.9  1  +1:04.5  18  Diana Rasimovičiūtė    23:48.1  1  +1:16.7  19  Linda Tjorhom    23:48.5  1  +1:17.1  20  Magdalena Gwizdon    23:54.7  1  +1:23.3  21  Sun Ribo    23:57.6  2  +1:26.2 22  Katrin Apel    24:04.9  2  +1:33.5  23  Tora Berger    24:05.8  1  +1:34.4  24  Kong Yingchao    24:07.0  1  +1:35.6  25  Krystyna Pałka    24:07.3  1  +1:35.9  26  Nathalie Santer    24:09.5  2  +1:38.1  27  Sona Mihokova    24:09.9  1  +1:38.5  28  Madara Liduma   24:11.0  2  +1:39.6  29  Marcela Pavkovcekova    24:11.1  0  +1:39.7  30  Sylvie Becaert    24:12.9  0  +1:41.5  31  Tadeja Brankovič    24:14.1  2  +1:42.7 32  Lenka Faltusova    24:16.9  0  +1:45.5 33  Ekaterina Dafovska    24:23.2  2  +1:51.8 34  Uschi Disl    24:29.1  3  +1:57.7 35  Rachel Steer    24:29.6  1  +1:58.2 36  Irina Nikoultchina    24:30.0  4  +1:58.6 37  Ekaterina Ivanova    24:30.8  4  +1:59.4 38  Anna Murinova    24:32.1  1  +2:00.7 39  Katerina Holubcova    24:33.3  1  +2:01.9 40  Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen    24:34.0  1  +2:02.6 41  Natalia Levtchenkova    24:34.2  1  +2:02.8 42  Ludmilla Ananko    24:36.1  1  +2:04.7 43  Zdenka Vejnarova    24:46.4  2  +2:15.0  44  Olena Petrova    24:52.2  2  +2:20.8  45  Alexandra Rusu    24:52.5  0  +2:21.1  46  Pavlina Filipova    24:53.3  2  +2:21.9 47  Eveli Saue    24:55.4  1  +2:24.0 48  Dana Elena Plotogea    25:01.7  1  +2:30.3 49  Oksana Khvostenko    25:10.1  1  +2:38.7  50  Nina Lemesh    25:13.5  2  +2:42.1  51  Ikuyo Tsukidate    25:17.0  1  +2:45.6  52  Anna Lebedeva    25:21.8  2  +2:50.4  53  Katja Haller    25:22.6  1  +2:51.2  54  Hou Yuxia    25:25.8  5  +2:54.4   55  Dijana Grudiček    25:28.6  3  +2:57.2   56  Magdalena Nykiel    25:32.2  1  +3:00.8 57  Saskia Santer    25:42.6  3  +3:11.2 58  Radka Popova    26:01.1  2  +3:29.7 59  Andreja Mali    26:02.5  3  +3:31.1 60  Anzela Brice    26:03.1  3  +3:31.7 61  Magda Rezlerova    26:06.7  2  +3:35.3 62  Zina Kocher    26:11.1  4  +3:39.7 63  Katarzyna Ponikwia    26:17.3  1  +3:45.9 64  Kanae Meguro    26:19.9  4  +3:48.5 65  Tamami Tanaka    26:20.6  5  +3:49.2 66  Sandra Keith    26:20.7  3  +3:49.3 67  Emma Fowler    26:22.9  1  +3:51.5 68  Elena Gorohova    26:23.9  2  +3:52.5 69  Tomomi Otaka    26:28.7  3  +3:57.3 70  Éva Tófalvi    26:38.3  4  +4:06.9 71  Tracey Barnes    26:47.9  2  +4:16.5 72  Linda Savlaka    26:54.6  1  +4:23.2 73  Martine Albert    27:04.4  2  +4:33.0 74  Gerda Krumina    27:30.5  3  +4:59.1 75  Sarah Konrad    27:30.6  8  +4:59.2 76  Marie Pierre Parent    27:31.1  2  +4:59.7  77  Mihaela Purdea    27:32.7  4  +5:01.3  78  Aleksandra Vasiljević    28:10.9  1  +5:39.5  79  Petra Starčević    28:11.9  2  +5:40.5 80  Carolyn Treacy    28:18.7  4  +5:47.3 81  Valentina Ciurina    30:04.2  4  +7:32.8 82  Zsofia Gottschall    31:09.1  6  +8:37.7 83  Veronica Isbej    33:52.0  4  +11:20.6 —  Olga Pyleva   Did not start
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