The 2012–13 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women will start at Sunday December 2, 2012 in Östersund and will finish Saturday March 16, 2013 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Darya Domracheva of Belarus.
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 over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of . 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.
2011-12 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Darya Domracheva392Silver: Magdalena Neuner 372Bronze: Tora Berger 361
Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsTora Berger 31:01.9(0+0+0+1)Darya Domracheva 31:31.7(0+0+1+0)Andrea Henkel 31:53.4(0+0+0+0)HochfilzendetailsSynnøve Solemdal 31:13.4(1+0+0+0)Tora Berger 31:43.6(0+1+1+0)Kaisa Mäkäräinen 31:46.7(0+0+2+2)PokljukadetailsMiriam Gössner 31:47.8(2+1+1+1)Gabriela Soukalová 31:48.5(0+0+0+0)Marie Dorin Habert 32:14.3(0+1+0+0)OberhofdetailsOlga Zaitseva 32:01.9(0+2+1+0)Veronika Vítková 32:27.8(1+0+0+0)Valj Semerenko 32:30.3(0+1+0+0)AntholzdetailsTora Berger 31:21.8(0+1+1+0)Olena Pidhrushna 31:40.7(0+0+0+1)Kaisa Mäkäräinen 31:47.2(0+0+2+2)Biathlon World Championships 2013detailsTora Berger 28:48.4(0+1+2+0)Krystyna Pałka 29:06.9(0+0+1+1)Olena Pidhrushna 29:09.9(0+0+2+0)HolmenkollendetailsTora Berger 32:12.2(0+1+2+1)Marie Dorin Habert 32:43.4(0+0+1+1)Anastasiya Kuzmina 32:57.3(1+0+2+1)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsGabriela Soukalová 30:58.8(0+1+0+1)Olga Vilukhina 31:05.8(0+1+2+0)Tora Berger 31:13.6(1+0+0+1)
Standings # Name ÖST HOC POK OBE ANT WCH HOL KHA TotalPursuit Women 1 60 54 32 43 60 60 60 48 417 2 48 24 36 36 29 38 32 36 279 3 24 36 48 32 15 25 54 43 277 4 40 29 43 27 54 48 0 24 265 5 14 48 22 34 48 31 24 34 255 6 54 40 — 40 31 16 40 30 251 7 43 25 31 26 43 19 — 54 241 8 28 30 54 — 28 21 6 60 227 9 19 20 30 60 26 43 — 28 226 10 30 22 24 14 19 54 43 16 222 11 34 28 10 22 27 27 48 26 222 12 20 43 27 16 34 9 36 25 210 13 18 38 60 31 — 20 — 40 207 14 16 32 34 29 — 32 29 31 203 15 36 0 40 54 18 34 — 14 196 16 23 26 29 0 30 29 25 20 182 17 29 60 16 18 32 22 — — 177 18 17 27 28 21 — 18 27 32 170 19 27 23 38 2 23 26 23 1 163 20 32 19 17 17 — 40 — 21 146 21 1 14 23 28 24 15 17 11 133 22 10 31 13 20 40 — 10 4 128 23 38 18 — 38 — 30 — — 124 24 0 — 0 12 22 24 26 27 111 25 9 — — 48 11 0 34 5 107 26 — 34 26 30 — 12 — 2 104 27 31 6 18 — 21 23 — 0 99 28 0 0 19 — 12 — 38 29 98 29 — 11 — 23 20 11 — 22 87 30 21 10 0 — 13 — 30 10 84 31 0 0 21 0 36 13 11 0 81 32 22 15 25 9 0 — — 9 80 33 0 7 20 4 25 1 9 12 78 34 25 21 0 — 16 14 0 0 76 35 — — — — 38 36 — — 74 36 — — — — — — 31 38 69 37 12 5 1 15 — 4 16 — 53 38 11 — 11 11 — — — 18 51 39 — — 9 13 0 28 — — 50 40 0 — 0 24 8 — 5 8 45 41 — 0 0 25 0 17 — — 42 42 0 — — — 10 6 21 0 37 43 — — — — — — 28 7 35 44 — — 0 — — — 12 23 35 45 6 3 — — — 7 19 0 35 46 — 0 — 19 0 — 15 — 34 47 0 0 2 0 17 0 0 13 32 48 0 16 14 — — — — — 30 49 8 1 — — — 3 — 17 29 50 — 0 0 6 14 8 — — 28 51 — 0 0 8 6 — 14 — 28 52 26 — — 0 — — — — 26 53 — — — 5 0 0 — 19 24 54 4 — 0 7 0 — 13 — 24 55 13 — — 10 — — — — 23 56 — — — — — — 22 — 22 57 15 4 — 3 — 0 — 0 22 58 — — 8 — 4 0 3 6 21 59 — — — — — — 20 — 20 60 0 17 — 0 — — 2 — 19 61 — — — — — — 18 — 18 62 3 0 15 — — — — — 18 63 — — 4 0 — 5 8 0 17 64 0 13 — 0 1 2 — — 16 65 — — — — — — — 15 15 66 — 2 12 — — — — — 14 67 0 9 — 1 — 0 4 — 14 68 5 8 0 — 0 — — 0 13 69 — 12 0 0 — 0 0 — 12 70 — — — 0 — 10 — — 10 71 — — — — 9 — — — 9 72 — 0 6 — 2 — — — 8 73 7 — — — — 0 — — 7 74 — 0 7 — — — 0 — 7 75 0 — — — 7 — — — 7 76 — — — — — — 7 — 7 77 0 — — — 5 — 0 0 5 78 — — 5 — — 0 — — 5 79 2 0 3 — 0 0 — 0 5 80 — — — — 3 — — — 3 80 — — — — — — — 3 3 82 — — — — — — 1 — 1
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