The female biathletes will finish sprint, hunt start and normal distance in four days.
The men run the same distances - but in six days.
That is, with two days of extra rest.
- We have discussed it during the championship, that it is strange that we get the least rest, says the gold medalist at the start of the hunt Tiril Eckoff to NRK.
"The program has been approved"
According to Felix Bittelring, head of the International Biathlon Federation, it is the skiers themselves who have suggested who rides first of the ladies and women.
The change takes place halfway through the championship.
- The program is approved by all nations, but with a large group of people, there will always be some who prefer one over the other, says Felix Bitterlring.
NRK's expert, Liv Grete Skjelbreid is surprised by the scheduling.
- It is surprising that the nations have approved a program that puts women in a worse starting position, especially when previous experience shows that women in general need more recovery than men, she says.