Each shot must be fed into the chamber from a magazine by a manual action. In contrast to the individual competition for each target they miss the competitors must cover a 150 m penalty loop taking approximately 25 seconds. In addition to the time required by an athletes for each penalty loop, he must, however, ski a further 150 m or more than competitors able to shoot without missing any of the targets. This race is very lively and exciting. The competitor's time is taken between crossing the starting and finishing lines.
Top athletes finish the competition in approx.
24 minutes without having to ski a penalty loop. In both cases they fire 5 rounds with their unsupported rifles. All other sprint conditions for women are the same as those for men. The best women sprinters take about 23 minutes to complete the 7.5 km race. The most exciting discipline is the Relay competition.