2008 World Team Challenge
# 2008 World Team Challenge

The 7th World Team Challenge 2008 (officially: VELTINS-Biathlon-WTC 08) was a commercial biathlon competition, that was held at the 27th of December, 2008, at the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The winners were Andriy Deryzemlya and Oksana Khvostenko from Ukraine.

## Participants

20 sportsmen (10 male, 10 female) participated as mixed teams. Host country was represented by 3 teams. Beside that, one German athlete competed in a mixed pair with a partner from Austria. There were representatives from 7 countries, including one outside Europe.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Country | Time (min) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Andriy Deryzemlya / Oksana Khvostenko | Ukraine | 32:21,6 |
| 2 | Christoph Sumann / Martina Beck | Austria / Germany | +0:14,6 |
| 3 | Dmitri Yaroshenko / Ekaterina Iourieva | Russia | +0:32,8 |
| 4 | Michael Rösch / Kati Wilhelm | Germany | +0:57,0 |
| 5 | Rune Brattsveen / Tora Berger | Norway | +1:44,0 |
| 6 | Alexander Wolf / Andrea Henkel | Germany | +1:58,8 |
| 7 | Michael Greis / Kathrin Hitzer | Germany | +2:10,9 |
| 8 | Vincent Defrasne / Sylvie Becaert | France | +2:40,2 |
| 9 | Jay Hakkinen / Lanny Barnes | United States | LAP |
| 10 | Emil Hegle Svendsen / Solveig Rogstad | Norway | LAP |
