2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women

None The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women started on Thursday December 4, 2014 in Östersund and finished on Wednesday March 11, 2015 at the World Championships in Kontiolahti. The defending titlist Gabriela Soukalová of Czech Republic finished on the 6th place. Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland won the title. Competition format The 15 km individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds. 2013–14 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold:CZE Gabriela Soukalová120Silver:BLR Darya Domracheva 92Bronze:SVK Anastasiya Kuzmina 84 Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsDarya Domracheva 46:43.6(0+0+1+1)Kaisa Mäkäräinen 47:11.5(0+1+1+0)Valj Semerenko 47:21.7(0+0+0+0)HolmenkollendetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 43:54.8(0+0+0+0)Darya Domracheva 45:13.1(1+0+0+0)Veronika Vítková 45:15.7(0+0+0+0)World Championshipsdetails Ekaterina Yurlova 41:32.2(0+0+0+0) Gabriela Soukalová 41:55.4(0+0+0+1) Kaisa Mäkäräinen 41:56.6(0+1+1+0) Standings # Name ÖST HOL WCH TotalIndividual Women 1 Kaisa Mäkäräinen FIN 54 60 48 162 2 Darya Domracheva BLR 60 54 25 139 3 Veronika Vítková CZE 40 48 34 122 4 Franziska Hildebrand GER 38 34 31 103 5 Nadezhda Skardino BLR 43 25 21 89 6 Gabriela Soukalová CZE 0 32 54 86 7 Ekaterina Yurlova RUS — 22 60 82 8 Laura Dahlmeier GER — 43 38 81 9 Susan Dunklee USA 20 30 29 79 10 Megan Heinicke CAN 29 29 20 78 11 Valj Semerenko UKR 48 DNF 26 74 12 Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak POL 27 18 28 73 13 Monika Hojnisz POL 0 40 32 72 14 Dorothea Wierer ITA DNS 27 43 70 15 Juliya Dzhyma UKR 26 38 3 67 16 Anaïs Bescond FRA — 31 36 67 17 Ekaterina Glazyrina RUS 34 24 — 58 18 Daria Virolaynen RUS 14 DNS 40 54 19 Jana Gereková SVK 18 28 0 46 20 Franziska Preuß GER 24 21 — 45 21 Elisa Gasparin SUI 6 20 19 45 22 Karin Oberhofer ITA 13 6 24 43 23 Krystyna Guzik POL 15 0 27 42 24 Tiril Eckhoff NOR 36 5 0 41 25 Iryna Varvynets UKR — 36 5 41 26 Luise Kummer GER 23 — 16 39 27 Rosanna Crawford CAN 25 13 0 38 28 Elisabeth Högberg SWE 32 0 0 32 30 Teja Gregorin SLO 16 16 — 32 31 Lisa Theresa Hauser AUT 3 14 15 32 32 Sophie Boilley FRA 31 — — 31 33 Federica Sanfilippo ITA — 0 30 30 34 Olga Podchufarova RUS 30 0 0 30 35 Nicole Gontier ITA 12 12 6 30 36 Yana Romanova RUS 19 — 10 29 37 Enora Latuillière FRA 28 0 0 28 38 Elise Ringen NOR 0 19 9 28 39 Mona Brorsson SWE 10 0 18 28 40 Marie Dorin Habert FRA — 26 — 26 41 Eva Puskarčíková CZE 0 7 17 24 42 Nadzeya Pisareva BLR 0 DNS 23 23 43 Kadri Lehta EST 0 23 0 23 44 Iryna Kryuko BLR — 0 22 22 45 Marine Bolliet FRA 22 0 — 22 46 Jitka Landová CZE 21 0 — 21 47 Karolin Horchler GER 17 — — 17 Darya Usanova KAZ 0 17 0 17 49 Tang Jialin CHN — 15 0 15 50 Fuyuko Suzuki JPN 7 0 8 15 51 Yurie Tanaka JPN 0 0 14 14 52 Yuliya Zhuravok UKR 0 — 13 13 53 Emilia Yordanova BUL 0 0 12 12 54 Dunja Zdouc AUT 0 — 11 11 55 Nastassia Dubarezava BLR 11 0 0 11 Audrey Vaillancourt CAN 0 11 0 11 57 Barbora Tomešová CZE 0 10 — 10 58 Natalya Burdyga UKR 1 9 — 10 59 Magdalena Gwizdoń POL 9 — 0 9 60 Ekaterina Shumilova RUS 8 — — 8 Hannah Dreissigacker USA 0 8 0 8 62 Justine Braisaz FRA — 1 7 8 63 Éva Tófalvi ROU 5 — 0 5 64 Terézia Poliaková SVK 0 0 4 4 65 Olga Abramova UKR 4 0 — 4 Irina Trusova RUS — 4 — 4 67 Natalija Kočergina LTU DNS 3 0 3 68 Gabriele Lescinskaite LTU — — 2 2 69 Paulína Fialková SVK 0 2 0 2 Vanessa Hinz GER 2 0 0 2 71 Alina Raikova KAZ — 0 1 1 References Individual Women