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The Women’s 7.5 kilometre sprint biathlon competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Italy was held on 16 February at Cesana San Sicario. Competitors raced over three loops of a 2.5 kilometre skiing course shooting ten times five prone and five standing. Each miss required a competitor to ski a 150-metre penalty loop.Uschi Disl was the defending World Champion at the sprint while Kati Wilhelm won the sprint at the trial event in 2005 despite shooting two penalty laps.

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