2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women

The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women started on Sunday December 7, 2014 in Östersund and finished on Saturday March 21, 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland successfully defended her title.

Competition format

This is a pursuit competition. The biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, most commonly a sprint race.^[1] The contestants ski a distance of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of 150 metres (490 ft). There are two prone shooting bouts and two standing bouts, in that order. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner.

To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. The biathletes shoot (on a first-come, first-served basis) at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.

Points are awarded for each event, according to each contestant's finish. When all events are completed. the contestant with the highest number of points is declared the season winner.

2013-14 Top 3 Standings

Medal	Athlete	Points
Gold:	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	350
Silver:	Tora Berger	319
Bronze:	Darya Domracheva	296

Medal winners

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Östersund details	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	35:01.7 (1+1+0+1)	Valj Semerenko  Ukraine	35:49.6 (1+0+2+1)	Dorothea Wierer  Italy	35:50.0 (1+1+0+2)
Hochfilzen details	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	30:44.8 (0+0+1+0)	Ekaterina Glazyrina  Russia	31:19.2 (1+0+0+0)	Anaïs Bescond  France	31:31.3 (0+0+1+0)
Pokljuka details	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	29:55.9 (0+0+0+1)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	30:05.9 (0+1+0+0)	Valj Semerenko  Ukraine	30:32.7 (0+0+1+0)
Antholz details	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	30:58.5 (1+0+0+0)	Daria Virolaynen  Russia	32:19.5 (0+0+0+1)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	32:27.5 (2+0+1+2)
Nové Město details	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	35:22.3 (2+0+1+1)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	35:29.1 (2+0+1+1)	Laura Dahlmeier  Germany	35:37.2 (0+1+2+0)
World Championships details	Marie Dorin Habert  France	30:07.7 (0+0+2+1)	Laura Dahlmeier  Germany	30:23.0 (1+0+0+1)	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak  Poland	30:39.3 (0+1+2+0)
Khanty-Mansiysk details	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	28:14.4 (0+1+0+0)	Laura Dahlmeier  Germany	28:30.1 (0+0+0+0)	Franziska Preuß  Germany	28:30.3 (0+0+0+0)

Standings

#	Name	ÖST	HOC	POK	ANT	NOV	WCH	KHA	Total[2]
	Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)	60	60	54	48	54	29	43	348
2	Darya Domracheva (BLR)	43	28	60	60	60	36	60	347
3	Valj Semerenko (UKR)	54	31	48	30	32	22	38	255
4	Laura Dahlmeier (GER)	—	—	40	28	48	54	54	224
5	Dorothea Wierer (ITA)	48	26	43	31	—	32	34	214
6	Franziska Hildebrand (GER)	31	34	28	43	0	38	30	204
7	Gabriela Soukalová (CZE)	20	23	21	20	40	40	31	195
8	Franziska Preuß (GER)	28	36	22	32	—	28	48	194
9	Veronika Vítková (CZE)	36	16	17	22	30	30	40	191
10	Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS)	32	54	10	26	38	20	10	190
11	Rosanna Crawford (CAN)	27	40	36	15	—	16	28	162
11	Karin Oberhofer (ITA)	30	38	34	34	—	1	25	162
13	Marie Dorin-Habert (FRA)	—	—	—	40	26	60	29	155
14	Anaïs Bescond (FRA)	29	48	9	3	28	DNS	32	149
15	Daria Virolaynen (RUS)	10	6	32	54	DNS	25	20	147
16	Ekaterina Shumilova (RUS)	16	24	0	25	9	43	21	'138
17	Susan Dunklee (USA)	22	14	13	38	23	7	18	135
18	Jana Gereková (SVK)	0	18	24	36	25	27	0	130
19	Vanessa Hinz (GER)	2	27	30	—	43	4	22	128
20	Tiril Eckhoff (NOR)	38	DNS	DNS	17	21	23	24	123
20	Juliya Dzhyma (UKR)	—	32	7	21	36	—	27	123
20	Elisa Gasparin (SUI)	0	21	15	23	24	26	14	123
23	Olga Podchufarova (RUS)	26	43	20	—	2	14	15	120
24	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL)	0	2	26	27	—	48	13	116
24	Teja Gregorin (SLO)	40	25	16	9	15	—	11	116
26	Nadezhda Skardino (BLR)	—	29	38	13	22	—	DNS	102
27	Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT)	9	19	18	8	DNS	19	16	89
28	Eva Puskarčíková (CZE)	24	—	12	DNS	27	—	23	86
29	Enora Latuillière (FRA)	6	15	23	29	DNF	—	1	74
30	Marte Olsbu (NOR)	5	0	25	24	13	0	6	73
31	Krystyna Guzik (POL)	0	—	19	—	19	34	—	72
32	Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR)	13	22	3	16	5	—	7	66
33	Olga Abramova (UKR)	0	0	5	6	14	31	8	64
34	Marine Bolliet (FRA)	34	10	—	18	DNS	—	—	62
35	Luise Kummer (GER)	—	0	DNS	4	29	—	26	59
35	Yana Romanova (RUS)	25	20	0	14	—	—	—	59
37	Monika Hojnisz (POL)	—	30	6	19	—	—	—	55
38	Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS)	—	—	—	—	17	—	36	53
39	Eva Tofalvi (ROU)	—	11	0	7	34	—	0	52
39	Megan Heinicke (CAN)	—	—	27	12	—	13	—	52
41	Natalya Burdyga (UKR)	21	4	8	DNS	18	—	—	51
42	Jitka Landová (CZE)	23	—	2	DNS	7	—	17	49
43	Fuyuko Suzuki (JPN)	0	0	29	1	0	17	—	47
44	Nadzeya Pisareva (BLR)	19	0	14	DNS	6	0	4	43
45	Andreja Mali (SLO)	17	0	—	0	—	21	DNS	38
46	Iryna Varvynets (UKR)	—	—	—	DNF	DNS	15	19	34
46	Nastassia Dubarezava (BLR)	7	9	0	10	DSQ	8	0	34
48	Elise Ringen (NOR)	18	0	—	—	12	3	0	33
49	Nicole Gontier (ITA)	0	—	31	0	—	—	0	31
49	Iryna Kryuko (BLR)	—	—	—	DNS	31	—	0	31
51	Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL)	0	5	—	0	—	24	—	29
51	Dunja Zdouc (AUT)	8	3	0	—	—	18	—	29
53	Iana Bondar (UKR)	—	—	—	—	16	12	—	28
54	Coline Varcin (FRA)	1	0	—	—	20	DNS	—	21
54	Mari Laukkanen (FIN)	0	1	0	5	4	11	0	21
56	Elisabeth Högberg (SWE)	0	17	—	—	—	0	—	17
56	Justine Braisaz (FRA)	—	DNS	11	DNS	—	6	—	17
58	Sophie Boilley (FRA)	15	0	0	—	—	—	—	15
59	Lisa Vittozzi (ITA)	14	DNS	—	—	0	0	—	14
59	Mona Brorsson (SWE)	12	0	0	—	—	2	—	14
61	Terézia Poliaková (SVK)	0	13	—	0	—	0	0	13
61	Katharina Innerhofer (AUT)	0	—	4	DNS	—	9	0	13
63	Aita Gasparin (SUI)	—	—	0	0	—	—	12	12
63	Luminita Piscoran (ROU)	0	12	—	—	0	0	0	12
65	Barbora Tomesova (CZE)	—	—	—	—	11	—	0	11
65	Darya Usanova (KAZ)	11	0	—	—	—	—	—	11
65	Irina Trusova (RUS)	—	—	—	11	—	—	—	11
65	Annelies Cook (USA)	—	8	—	—	3	—	—	11
69	Kadri Lehtla (EST)	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	10
69	Tina Bachman (GER)	—	—	—	—	10	—	—	10
69	Miriam Gössner (GER)	—	—	—	—	8	—	2	10
72	Anna Kistanova (KAZ)	—	—	—	—	—	0	9	9
73	Paulina Fialkova (SVK)	—	7	—	—	0	—	—	7
73	Lena Häcki (SUI)	—	—	—	2	—	5	—	7
75	Karolin Horchler (GER)	DNS	0	—	—	—	—	5	5
76	Desislava Stoyanova (BUL)	4	—	0	—	DNS	0	0	4
77	Hannah Dreissigacker  (USA)	—	—	0	0	0	—	3	3
77	Olga Iakushova (RUS)	3	0	—	—	—	—	0	3
79	Federica Sanfilippo (ITA)	—	—	—	0	1	—	—	1
79	Evgenia Seledtsova (RUS)	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1

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