2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women

None 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.To be precise; the pursuit competition start intervals are determined by common rounding to the nearest whole second of the biathletes' time differences from the previous race – the amount of time each biathlete lagged after the winner to the finish line. The contestants ski a distance of 10 km 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 m 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 MedalAthletePointsGold:FIN Kaisa Mäkäräinen350Silver:NOR Tora Berger319Bronze:BLR Darya Domracheva296 Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Kaisa Mäkäräinen 35:01.7 (1+1+0+1) Valj Semerenko 35:49.6 (1+0+2+1) Dorothea Wierer 35:50.0 (1+1+0+2) Hochfilzendetails Kaisa Mäkäräinen 30:44.8 (0+0+1+0) Anaïs Bescond 31:31.3 (0+0+1+0) Olga Podchufarova 31:34.5 (1+0+1+0) Pokljukadetails Darya Domracheva 29:55.9 (0+0+0+1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen 30:05.9 (0+1+0+0) Valj Semerenko 30:32.7 (0+0+1+0) Antholzdetails Darya Domracheva 30:58.5 (1+0+0+0) Daria Virolaynen 32:19.5 (0+0+0+1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen 32:27.5 (2+0+1+2) Nové Městodetails Darya Domracheva 35:22.3 (2+0+1+1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen 35:29.1 (2+0+1+1) Laura Dahlmeier 35:37.2 (0+1+2+0)World Championshipsdetails Marie Dorin Habert 30:07.7 (0+0+2+1) Laura Dahlmeier 30:23.0 (1+0+0+1) Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak 30:39.3 (0+1+2+0) Khanty-Mansiyskdetails Darya Domracheva 28:14.4 (0+1+0+0) Laura Dahlmeier 28:30.1 (0+0+0+0) Franziska Preuß 28:30.3 (0+0+0+0) Standings # Name ÖST HOC POK ANT NOV KON KHA Total Women's Pursuit 1 Darya Domracheva BLR 43 29 60 60 60 36 60 348 1 Kaisa Mäkäräinen FIN 60 60 54 48 54 29 43 348 3 Valj Semerenko UKR 54 32 48 30 34 22 38 258 4 Laura Dahlmeier GER — — 40 28 48 54 54 224 5 Dorothea Wierer ITA 48 27 43 31 — 32 34 215 6 Franziska Hildebrand GER 32 36 28 43 0 38 30 207 7 Gabriela Koukalová CZE 21 24 21 21 40 40 31 198 8 Franziska Preuß GER 29 38 22 32 — 28 48 197 9 Veronika Vítková CZE 36 17 17 23 31 30 40 194 10 Rosanna Crawford CAN 28 43 36 16 — 17 28 168 11 Karin Oberhofer ITA 31 40 34 34 — 2 25 166 12 Anaïs Bescond FRA 30 54 10 4 29 DNS 32 159 13 Marie Dorin Habert FRA — — — 40 27 60 29 156 14 Daria Virolaynen RUS 11 7 32 54 DNS 25 20 149 15 Ekaterina Shumilova RUS 17 25 0 26 10 43 21 142 16 Susan Dunklee USA 23 15 13 38 24 8 18 139 17 Jana Gereková SVK 0 19 24 36 26 27 1 133 18 Vanessa Hinz GER 3 28 30 — 43 5 22 131 19 Yuliia Dzhima UKR — 34 8 22 38 — 27 129 20 Olga Podchufarova RUS 27 48 20 — 3 15 15 128 21 Elisa Gasparin SUI 0 22 15 24 25 26 14 126 22 Tiril Eckhoff NOR 38 DNS DNS 18 22 23 24 125 23 Teja Gregorin SLO 40 26 16 10 16 — 11 119 24 Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak POL 0 3 26 27 — 48 13 117 25 Nadezhda Skardino BLR — 30 38 14 23 — DNS 105 26 Lisa Theresa Hauser AUT 10 20 18 9 DNS 20 16 93 27 Eva Puskarčíková CZE 25 — 12 DNS 28 — 23 88 28 Enora Latuilliere FRA 7 16 23 29 DNF — 2 77 29 Marte Olsbu Røiseland NOR 6 0 25 25 14 0 7 77 30 Krystyna Guzik POL 0 — 19 — 20 34 — 73 # Name ÖST HOC POK ANT NOV KON KHA Total 31 Fanny Horn Birkeland NOR 14 23 4 17 6 — 8 72 32 Olga Abramova UKR DNF 1 6 7 15 31 9 69 33 Marine Bolliet FRA 34 11 — 19 DNS — — 64 34 Yana Romanova RUS 26 21 0 15 — — — 62 35 Luise Kummer GER — 0 DNS 5 30 — 26 61 36 Monika Hojnisz POL — 31 7 20 — — — 58 37 Éva Tófalvi ROU — 12 0 8 36 — 0 56 38 Natalya Burdyga UKR 22 5 9 DNS 19 — — 55 39 Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht RUS — — — — 18 — 36 54 40 Megan Tandy CAN — — 27 13 — 14 — 54 41 Jitka Landová CZE 24 — 3 DNS 8 — 17 52 42 Fuyuko Tachizaki JPN 0 0 29 2 0 18 — 49 43 Nadzeya Pisareva BLR 20 0 14 DNS 7 0 5 46 44 Andreja Mali SLO 18 0 — 0 — 21 DNS 39 45 Natassia Dubarezava BLR 8 10 0 11 DSQ 9 0 38 46 Elise Ringen NOR 19 0 — — 13 4 0 36 47 Iryna Petrenko UKR — — — DNF DNS 16 19 35 48 Iryna Kryuko BLR — — — DNS 32 — 0 32 49 Dunja Zdouc AUT 9 4 0 — — 19 — 32 50 Nicole Gontier ITA 0 — 31 0 — — 0 31 51 Magdalena Gwizdoń POL 0 6 — 0 — 24 — 30 52 Iana Bondar UKR — — — — 17 13 — 30 53 Mari Eder FIN 0 2 0 6 5 12 0 25 54 Coline Varcin FRA 2 0 — — 21 DNS — 23 55 Elisabeth Högberg SWE 0 18 — — — 0 — 18 56 Justine Braisaz FRA — DNS 11 DNS — 7 — 18 57 Sophie Boilley FRA 16 0 0 — — — — 16 58 Lisa Vittozzi ITA 15 DNS — — 0 1 — 16 59 Mona Brorsson SWE 13 0 0 — — 3 — 16 60 Katharina Innerhofer AUT 0 — 5 DNS — 10 0 15 # Name ÖST HOC POK ANT NOV KON KHA Total 61 Terézia Poliaková SVK 0 14 — 0 — 0 0 14 62 Aita Gasparin SUI — — 1 1 — — 12 14 63 Luminita Piscoran ROU 0 13 — — 0 0 0 13 64 Annelies Cook USA — 9 — — 4 — — 13 65 Barbora Tomesova CZE — — 0 — 12 — 0 12 66 Darya Usanova KAZ 12 0 — — — — — 12 67 Irina Uslugina RUS — — — 12 — — — 12 68 Miriam Gössner GER 0 — — 0 9 — 3 12 69 Tina Bachmann GER — — — — 11 — — 11 69 Kadri Lehtla EST — — — — — 11 — 11 71 Anna Kistanova KAZ — — — — — 0 10 10 72 Lena Häcki SUI — — 0 3 — 6 — 9 73 Paulína Fialková SVK — 8 — — 0 — — 8 74 Karolin Horchler GER DNS 0 — — — — 6 6 75 Desislava Stoyanova BUL 5 — 0 — DNS 0 0 5 76 Hannah Dreissigacker USA — — 0 0 1 — 4 5 77 Olga Iakushova RUS 4 0 — — — — 0 4 78 Federica Sanfilippo ITA — — — 0 2 — — 2 79 Evgenia Seledtsova RUS — — 2 — — — — 2 80 Galina Vishnevskaya KAZ 1 — 0 — — — — 1 References Pursuit Women