2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8
# 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8

The 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 8 was held in Kontiolahti, Finland, from March 13 until March 16, 2014. A planned mixed relay event was cancelled and replaced with second sprint events for both men and women. The IBU requested the change to keep the number of individual events unchanged after pursuit events were stopped and cancelled due to weather in World Cup 1 in Östersund.

## Schedule of events

| Date | Time | Events |
| - | - | - |
| 13 March | 15:10 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| 13 March | 17:45 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| 15 March | 12:15 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| 15 March | 14:45 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| 16 March | 10:45 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |
| 16 March | 12:15 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit |

## Medal winners

### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 km Sprint details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 23:33.2 (0+0) | Martin Fourcade France | 23:40.3 (0+0) | Arnd Peiffer Germany | 23:40.4 (1+0) |
| 10 km Sprint details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:03.5 (0+0) | Lowell Bailey United States | 24:22.9 (0+0) | Ondrej Moravec Czech Republic | 24:23.2 (0+0) |
| 12.5 km Pursuit details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 33:37.1 (0+0+1+4) | Martin Fourcade France | 33:53.4 (0+0+2+1) | Björn Ferry Sweden | 33:57.5 (0+0+1+2) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 20:36.3 (0+1) | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 20:42.4 (0+0) | Mari Laukkanen Finland | 20:59.0 (0+0) |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 20:53.6 (1+0) | Tora Berger Norway | 20:59.8 (0+0) | Gabriela Soukalová Czech Republic | 21:06.5 (0+0) |
| 10 km Pursuit details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:52:0 (1+0+1+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 31:52.0 (0+0+0+1) | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 32:46.3 (4+0+0+1) |

## Achievements

### Best performance for all time

* Mari Laukkanen (FIN), 3rd place in Sprint
