SCHEDULE
Friday 13 September 2024
from 07h30 School sports day
Youth and talent scouting at the Heinz Steyer Stadium
Sports programme with over 300 primary school pupils from Dresden and the surrounding area
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supported by
Saturday, 14 September 2024
from 14h30 4initia Saxony championship
for various age groups in the Heinz Steyer Stadium
supported by
from 20h00 Athletes presentation
Stage on the Neumarkt, directly in front of the Frauenkirche
incl. award ceremony of the ‘Saxony Championship’
Sunday, 15 September 2024
10h30 Stadium opening / Spectator admission
11h15 Official start of the event
11h30 Shooting 1
12h00 Shooting 2
12h00 Opening of the VIP area
12h50 Qualifying - Women
13h30 Qualifying - Men
14h10 Sparkassen Youngster Team Challenge
15h00 Para Biathlon Race
16h25 Final – Women (Live on ZDF)
17h15 Final – Men (Live on ZDF)
18h00 Award ceremony
18h15 End of the event
Short-term changes in the programme sequence are possible.
COMPETITION MODE
Both men and women complete a qualifying race as well as a final. The races are held as a mass start, and in the finals with minor advantages for the best placed from qualifying races. The starting fields each consist of ten world class biathletes. The athletes complete the tournaments on ski rollers on an approx. 2.3 km long circuit course through the city of Dresden and along the Elbe. The start/finish and the shooting range are located in the Heinz Steyer Stadium. The athletes are provided with three reload cartridges per shooting event. If one or more targets are missed despite the eight available cartridges, the athlete must spend a penalty time of ten seconds per shooting error in the so-called “penalty box”.
SHOOTING RANGE
The shooting range that was specially set up for this unique event in the neww Heinz-Steyer-Stadium, is an original 50 m small-calibre shooting range. It therefore corresponds in quality to the constructions used in the official winter competitions of the International Biathlon Union and differs from these only in the number of shooting ranges (ten in total). The atmosphere in the shooting range area is unique due to the grandstand placed directly behind it and is sure to set hearts racing. The grandstand has a capacity for over 3,500 people. There are other spectator areas beside it.
