Biathlon: the World Team Challenge takes place this Saturday
Between the end-of-year festivities, some of the world’s best biathletes traditionally get together for an evening at the football stadium in Gelsenkirchen (Germany) to take part in the World Team Challenge.
This year is no exception, with the biathlon exhibition competition taking place on Saturday 28 December. For France, Julia Simon and Fabien Claude , winners of the last two editions, will be attempting an incredible three-peat.
To do so, they will have to beat off competition from nine other duos in a mass-start (scheduled for 18:10) followed by a pursuit (start at 19:27) at the end of which the final rankings will be known.
It should be noted that the Talent Team Challenge (3.50pm), scheduled for mid-afternoon and reserved for juniors, will not see any French riders battling for victory on the German track.
The full programme of the World Team Challenge 2024
Saturday 28 December
- 12.00: opening of the village
- 2.30pm: Opening of the grandstands and VIP areas of the Veltins Arena
- 2.50pm: presentation of the Talent Team Challenge teams
- 15:00: Talent Team Challenge shooting trials
- 3.20pm: Talent Team Challenge shooting competition qualifiers
- 3.30pm: Talent Team Challenge shooting competition final
- 3.50pm: mass-start of the Talent Team Challenge
- 4.35pm: Talent Team Challenge prize-giving ceremony
- 4.45pm: World Team Challenge shooting trials
- 5.10pm: Opening ceremony and presentation of the World Team Challenge teams
- 5.35pm: World Team Challenge shooting competition qualifiers
- 5.45pm: World Team Challenge shooting competition final
- 6.10pm: Mass start of the World Team Challenge
- 7.27pm: World Team Challenge continues
- 8.10pm: World Team Challenge prize-giving ceremony
- 8.20pm: Closing ceremony
- 8.30pm: Après-Ski-Party
- World Team Challenge 2024: all Julia Simon and Fabien Claude’s opponents
- World Team Challenge: Julia Simon and Fabien Claude make history by retaining their title
- The photo album of Fabien Claude and Julia Simon’s second consecutive success at the World Team Challenge in Gelsenkirchen
- Fabien Claude talks to Nordic Magazine about his brilliant success with Julia Simon in the World Team Challenge: “We dominated the whole race”.
