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The Women’s 10 kilometre biathlon pursuit competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Italy was held on 18 February at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over five loops of a 2.0 kilometre skiing course shooting twenty times ten prone and ten standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.The starting order for the pursuit was based on the results of the sprint; the top 60 finishers in that race qualified for the pursuit.