We were at the 21st World Team Challenge (WTC) in the biathlon at Schalke on December 28, 2024 in the Veltins Arena (Schalke Arena) in Gelsenkirchen. The WTC Biathlon at Schalke is one of the most popular winter sports events in the world, attracting top biathletes to the football stadium in the Ruhr area every year.
Two competitions were held at the 21st edition:
Talent Team Challenge 2024: The winners were Team Norway with: 1st Guro Femsteinevik & Sivert Silsand Gerhardsen | 2nd Wilma Anhaus & Thomas Marchl | 3rd Charlotte Gallbronner & Linus Kesper
World Team Challenge 2024
Line-up: Anna Weidel and Justus Strelow (Germany), Franziska Preuß and Philipp Nawrath (Germany), Julia Simon and Fabien Claude (France), Anna Magnusson and Jesper Nelin (Sweden), Karoline Offigstadt Knotten and Sturla Holm Laegreid (Norway), Markéta David ová and Michal Krčmář (Czech Republic), Juliya Dzhyma and Dmytro Pidruchnyi (Ukraine), Anna Gandler and Simon Eder (Austria) as well as Lotte Lie and Florent Claude (Belgium), Baiba Bendika and Andrejs Rastorgujevs (Latvia)
Winner: Karoline Offigstadt Knotten and Sturla Holm Laegreid (Norway)2nd place: Anna Weidel and Justus Strelow (Germany)3rd place: Franziska Preuß and Philipp Nawrath (Germany)
