2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women

None April 2015 The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women started on Sunday December 21, 2014 in Pokljuka and finished on Sunday March 22, 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist Darya Domracheva of Belarus finished in 3rd place. Franziska Preuß of Germany won the title. Competition format World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line. All biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. The distance of 12.5 km is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (If a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5). As in sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop for each miss. 2013-14 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold:BLR Darya Domracheva 151Silver:SVK Anastasiya Kuzmina 139Bronze:FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen 130 Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time PokljukadetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 34:18.8(0+0+2+0)Anaïs Bescond 34:26.4(0+0+0+0)Nadezhda Skardino 34:34.6(0+0+0+0) OberhofdetailsDarya Domracheva 42:36.6 (2+1+0+1)Veronika Vítková 42:51.5 (1+0+0+1)Tiril Eckhoff 42:58.3 (1+1+0+0) RuhpoldingdetailsDarya Domracheva 35:17.5 (1+0+2+0)Franziska Preuß 35:34.0 (0+1+1+0)Veronika Vítková 35:40.4 (1+1+1+0) KontiolahtidetailsValj Semerenko 34:32.9 (0+0+0+0)Franziska Preuß 34:39.1 (0+0+0+1)Karin Oberhofer 34:45.5 (1+1+0+0) Khanty-MansiyskdetailsLaura Dahlmeier 35:08.2 (0+0+0+0)Gabriela Soukalová 35:15.3 (0+0+0+0)Marie Dorin Habert 35:28.1 (0+0+1+1) Standings # Name POK OBE RUH WCH KHA TotalMass start Women 1 Franziska Preuß GER 34 38 54 54 38 218 2 Valj Semerenko UKR 40 36 43 60 31 210 3 Darya Domracheva BLR DNF 60 60 43 43 206 4 Gabriela Soukalová CZE 43 31 32 40 54 200 5 Kaisa Mäkäräinen FIN 60 43 36 26 28 193 6 Karin Oberhofer ITA 28 32 24 48 40 172 7 Anaïs Bescond FRA 54 16 40 32 24 166 8 Franziska Hildebrand GER 36 30 27 38 32 163 9 Daria Virolaynen RUS 26 34 34 18 29 141 10 Veronika Vítková CZE 31 54 48 4 DNF 137 11 Ekaterina Glazyrina RUS 22 27 26 28 30 133 12 Laura Dahlmeier GER 32 — — 36 60 128 13 Dorothea Wierer ITA 38 29 28 8 25 128 14 Tiril Eckhoff NOR — 48 18 25 36 127 15 Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak POL 27 28 38 16 14 123 16 Marie Dorin Habert FRA — — 30 34 48 112 17 Lisa Theresa Hauser AUT 12 22 20 27 18 99 18 Susan Dunklee USA 18 8 25 21 22 94 19 Vanessa Hinz GER 30 25 21 — 16 92 20 Jana Gerekova SVK — 40 6 29 12 87 21 Nadezhda Skardino BLR 48 14 22 — — 84 22 Teja Gregorin SLO 8 18 29 — 26 81 23 Marine Bolliet FRA 25 24 23 — — 72 24 Nicole Gontier ITA 24 12 31 — — 67 25 Ekaterina Yurlova RUS — — — 30 34 64 26 Ekaterina Shumilova RUS — 20 — 31 — 51 27 Rosanna Crawford CAN 29 21 — — DNF 50 28 Fuyuko Suzuki JPN 23 — — 23 — 46 29 Elisa Gasparin SUI — — — 12 27 39 30 Fanny Welle-Strand Horn NOR 20 4 14 — — 38 31 Juliya Dzhyma UKR 14 — — — 23 37 32 Elise Ringen NOR — 23 12 — — 35 33 Megan Heinicke CAN — — 16 14 — 30 34 Natalya Burdyga UKR — 26 — — — 26 35 Krystyna Guzik POL — — — 24 — 24 36 Magdalena Gwizdon POL — — — 22 — 22 37 Olga Podchufarova RUS 21 — — — — 21 37 Eva Puskarčíková CZE — — — — 21 21 39 Andreja Mali SLO — — — 20 — 20 39 Aita Gasparin SUI — — — — 20 20 41 Yana Romanova RUS 16 — — — — 16 42 Mari Laukkanen FIN — 6 8 — — 14 43 Nastassia Dubarezava BLR — — — 10 — 10 43 Monika Hojnisz POL — 10 — — — 10 43 Jitka Landová CZE — — 10 — — 10 43 Sophie Boilley FRA 10 — — — — 10 43 Hannah Dreissigacker USA — — — — 10 10 48 Enora Latuillière FRA 6 2 2 — DNF 10 49 Luise Kummer GER — — — — 8 8 50 Olga Abramova UKR — — — 6 — 6 51 Justine Braisaz FRA 4 — — — — 4 51 Katharina Innerhofer AUT — — 4 — — 4 53 Dunja Zdouc AUT — — — 2 — 2 References Mass start Women