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 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: Gabriela Soukalová120Silver: Darya Domracheva 92Bronze: 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 54 60 48 162 2 60 54 25 139 3 40 48 34 122 4 38 34 31 103 5 43 25 21 89 6 0 32 54 86 7 — 22 60 82 8 — 43 38 81 9 20 30 29 79 10 29 29 20 78 11 48 DNF 26 74 12 27 18 28 73 13 0 40 32 72 14 DNS 27 43 70 15 26 38 3 67 16 — 31 36 67 17 34 24 — 58 18 14 DNS 40 54 19 18 28 0 46 20 24 21 — 45 21 6 20 19 45 22 13 6 24 43 23 15 0 27 42 24 36 5 0 41 25 — 36 5 41 26 23 — 16 39 27 25 13 0 38 28 32 0 0 32 30 16 16 — 32 31 3 14 15 32 32 31 — — 31 33 — 0 30 30 34 30 0 0 30 35 12 12 6 30 36 19 — 10 29 37 28 0 0 28 38 0 19 9 28 39 10 0 18 28 40 — 26 — 26 41 0 7 17 24 42 0 DNS 23 23 43 0 23 0 23 44 — 0 22 22 45 22 0 — 22 46 21 0 — 21 47 17 — — 17 0 17 0 17 49 — 15 0 15 50 7 0 8 15 51 0 0 14 14 52 0 — 13 13 53 0 0 12 12 54 0 — 11 11 55 11 0 0 11 0 11 0 11 57 0 10 — 10 58 1 9 — 10 59 9 — 0 9 60 8 — — 8 0 8 0 8 62 — 1 7 8 63 5 — 0 5 64 0 0 4 4 65 4 0 — 4 — 4 — 4 67 DNS 3 0 3 68 — — 2 2 69 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 71 — 0 1 1
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