The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women started on Saturday December 6, 2014 in Östersund and finished on Friday March 20, 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland finished on the 2nd place. Darya Domracheva of Belarus won the title.
Competition format The sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
2013–14 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Kaisa Mäkäräinen367Silver: Tora Berger 361Bronze: Darya Domracheva254
Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: TimeÖstersunddetailsTiril Eckhoff 21:35.5(0+1)Veronika Vítková 21:40.1(0+0)Kaisa Mäkäräinen 21:43.1(1+1)HochfilzendetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 20:55.6(1+0)Karin Oberhofer 21:06.0(0+0)Tiril Eckhoff 21:25.5(0+1)PokljukadetailsGabriela Soukalová 20:17.3 (0+0)Dorothea Wierer 20:35.7(0+1)Valj Semerenko 20:42.0(0+0) OberhofdetailsVeronika Vítková 22:40.0 (1+1)Dorothea Wierer 22:48.8(1+0)Nicole Gontier 22:59.1(0+0)RuhpoldingdetailsFanny Welle-Strand Horn21:07.4(0+0)Darya Domracheva21:10.8(0+0)Tiril Eckhoff21:16.7(1+0)AntholzdetailsDarya Domracheva19:57.8(0+0)Kaisa Mäkäräinen20:24.7(0+1)Laura Dahlmeier20:48.2(0+0)Nové MěstodetailsLaura Dahlmeier 21:33.4(0+0)Franziska Hildebrand 21:34.4(0+0)Veronika Vítková 21:47.3(1+0)HolmenkollendetailsDarya Domracheva20:35.7(0+0)Laura Dahlmeier20:50.5(0+0)Marie Dorin Habert21:05.6(0+1)World ChampionshipsdetailsMarie Dorin Habert22:16.8(0+1)Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak22:26.4(0+0)Valj Semerenko22:36.5(0+1)Khanty-MansiyskdetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 19:49.1(0+1)Laura Dahlmeier 20:03.3(0+1)Darya Domracheva 20:04.6(1+1)
Standings # Name ÖST HOC POK OBE RUH ANT NOV HOL WCH KHA TotalSprint Women 1 40 34 38 23 54 60 43 60 16 48 416 2 48 60 26 21 36 54 36 17 6 60 364 3 54 11 26 60 34 25 48 20 26 43 347 4 43 28 54 54 32 23 — 38 21 40 333 5 38 21 48 2 43 27 38 31 48 32 328 6 60 48 18 28 48 20 11 34 22 18 307 7 32 40 20 15 38 38 54 15 31 19 302 8 — — 32 — 1 48 60 54 43 54 292 9 12 10 60 38 28 18 21 40 23 31 281 10 34 54 31 34 0 40 — 26 11 38 268 11 — — — 16 26 22 40 48 60 21 233 12 13 29 36 30 0 32 — 21 54 2 217 13 19 31 2 43 0 32 — 2 27 36 192 14 0 38 28 36 20 — 29 14 0 25 190 15 0 19 30 40 40 0 21 — 25 3 178 16 0 5 19 32 0 36 25 24 0 26 167 17 31 21 21 27 19 24 5 18 — 0 166 18 2 6 13 22 0 43 9 31 29 10 165 19 23 32 5 0 0 0 31 43 0 29 163 20 20 31 15 26 — 26 30 0 15 0 163 21 0 0 6 24 22 30 8 31 20 16 157 22 28 43 40 — — — 0 32 0 9 152 23 0 12 22 20 15 34 32 0 0 15 150 24 17 36 1 9 60 10 0 8 0 1 142 25 29 7 43 0 DNS 12 DNF 28 9 13 141 26 36 27 7 7 29 0 0 12 — 12 130 27 16 0 16 12 0 21 3 0 28 30 126 28 0 3 14 26 24 8 — 36 0 — 111 29 0 18 0 18 0 28 12 — — 34 110 30 21 0 0 14 14 15 19 0 0 23 106 31 15 0 3 0 17 0 29 0 32 11 104 32 28 14 24 1 4 14 0 0 17 0 102 33 24 0 8 0 23 0 18 0 0 28 101 34 0 23 0 — — 11 23 22 — 22 101 35 0 8 0 19 12 16 1 0 38 5 99 36 5 0 17 17 25 0 — — 14 17 95 37 4 0 34 48 0 0 — 0 0 0 86 38 — 24 27 0 21 0 0 6 7 — 85 39 0 0 29 6 18 0 6 7 19 — 85 40 0 0 24 4 0 0 2 25 0 27 82 41 30 22 0 10 0 19 — 0 — — 81 42 7 16 0 31 0 0 24 DNS — — 78 43 25 15 0 0 0 0 — — 36 — 76 44 — — — 0 8 13 28 19 4 0 72 45 0 25 0 — 2 4 17 23 0 0 71 46 0 0 — 29 27 0 14 0 0 0 70 47 0 17 11 0 11 5 16 0 10 0 70 48 9 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 40 — 67 49 0 9 0 0 5 0 0 16 30 7 67 50 22 0 0 — — — 34 0 0 — 56 51 — 0 0 11 0 29 — — 13 — 53 52 18 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 49 53 0 0 0 0 30 1 DNS 0 18 — 49 54 6 26 0 DNS 6 0 — 11 — DNS 49 55 — 0 0 13 DNS 0 27 0 — 7 47 56 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 44 57 26 3 9 — — — — — — — 38 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 — 24 38 59 0 0 0 DNS 16 2 — — 0 20 38 60 3 0 — 0 7 — 22 — 0 — 32 61 — 0 0 — — — 0 27 5 0 32 62 0 0 4 0 0 0 DNS — 24 — 28 63 0 3 0 8 14 0 — 0 0 — 25 64 0 0 0 — — 17 0 3 — 0 20 65 — — — 0 — 9 7 4 — — 20 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 0 — 19 67 14 4 0 0 0 — — 0 0 0 18 68 0 — 10 0 DNS — — 0 — 8 18 69 — — — — 9 7 0 — — — 16 70 — — 0 0 — DNS 0 1 — 14 15 71 0 0 0 0 —- 0 — 13 0 — 13 71 0 13 0 0 0 — 0 DNS 0 0 13 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 — 13 74 — — 12 DNS — — — — — 0 12 74 — — 0 0 — 0 0 0 12 0 12 76 11 0 0 — 0 — — — — — 11 77 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 78 — — 0 0 10 0 — — — — 10 79 — — 0 0 — 0 0 0 8 0 8 80 — — — — — 6 — — — 0 6 81 — — — 5 0 — — — — — 5 81 0 0 — — 0 0 0 5 0 — 5 83 — — — — — 0 — 0 0 4 4 84 — — — 0 0 3 0 0 0 — 3 84 0 — 0 0 3 — 0 0 0 0 3 86 — — 0 0 — 0 0 0 2 — 2 87 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 87 — — 0 0 — 0 0 0 1 — 1
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