2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women

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 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.

2013-14 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Kaisa Mäkäräinen350Silver: Tora Berger319Bronze: Darya Domracheva296

Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Östersunddetails Kaisa Mäkäräinen 35:01.7 Valj Semerenko 35:49.6 Dorothea Wierer 35:50.0 Hochfilzendetails Kaisa Mäkäräinen 30:44.8 Anaïs Bescond 31:31.3 Olga Podchufarova 31:34.5 Pokljukadetails Darya Domracheva 29:55.9 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 30:05.9 Valj Semerenko 30:32.7 Antholzdetails Darya Domracheva 30:58.5 Daria Virolaynen 32:19.5 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 32:27.5 Nové Městodetails Darya Domracheva 35:22.3 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 35:29.1 Laura Dahlmeier 35:37.2 World Championshipsdetails Marie Dorin Habert 30:07.7 Laura Dahlmeier 30:23.0 Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak 30:39.3 Khanty-Mansiyskdetails Darya Domracheva 28:14.4 Laura Dahlmeier 28:30.1 Franziska Preuß 28:30.3

Standings # Name ÖST HOC POK ANT NOV KON KHA Total Women's Pursuit 1 43 29 60 60 60 36 60 348 1 60 60 54 48 54 29 43 348 3 54 32 48 30 34 22 38 258 4 — — 40 28 48 54 54 224 5 48 27 43 31 — 32 34 215 6 32 36 28 43 0 38 30 207 7 21 24 21 21 40 40 31 198 8 29 38 22 32 — 28 48 197 9 36 17 17 23 31 30 40 194 10 28 43 36 16 — 17 28 168 11 31 40 34 34 — 2 25 166 12 30 54 10 4 29 DNS 32 159 13 — — — 40 27 60 29 156 14 11 7 32 54 DNS 25 20 149 15 17 25 0 26 10 43 21 142 16 23 15 13 38 24 8 18 139 17 0 19 24 36 26 27 1 133 18 3 28 30 — 43 5 22 131 19 — 34 8 22 38 — 27 129 20 27 48 20 — 3 15 15 128 21 0 22 15 24 25 26 14 126 22 38 DNS DNS 18 22 23 24 125 23 40 26 16 10 16 — 11 119 24 0 3 26 27 — 48 13 117 25 — 30 38 14 23 — DNS 105 26 10 20 18 9 DNS 20 16 93 27 25 — 12 DNS 28 — 23 88 28 7 16 23 29 DNF — 2 77 29 6 0 25 25 14 0 7 77 30 0 — 19 — 20 34 — 73 # Name ÖST HOC POK ANT NOV KON KHA Total 31 14 23 4 17 6 — 8 72 32 DNF 1 6 7 15 31 9 69 33 34 11 — 19 DNS — — 64 34 26 21 0 15 — — — 62 35 — 0 DNS 5 30 — 26 61 36 — 31 7 20 — — — 58 37 — 12 0 8 36 — 0 56 38 22 5 9 DNS 19 — — 55 39 — — — — 18 — 36 54 40 — — 27 13 — 14 — 54 41 24 — 3 DNS 8 — 17 52 42 0 0 29 2 0 18 — 49 43 20 0 14 DNS 7 0 5 46 44 18 0 — 0 — 21 DNS 39 45 8 10 0 11 DSQ 9 0 38 46 19 0 — — 13 4 0 36 47 — — — DNF DNS 16 19 35 48 — — — DNS 32 — 0 32 49 9 4 0 — — 19 — 32 50 0 — 31 0 — — 0 31 51 0 6 — 0 — 24 — 30 52 — — — — 17 13 — 30 53 0 2 0 6 5 12 0 25 54 2 0 — — 21 DNS — 23 55 0 18 — — — 0 — 18 56 — DNS 11 DNS — 7 — 18 57 16 0 0 — — — — 16 58 15 DNS — — 0 1 — 16 59 13 0 0 — — 3 — 16 60 0 — 5 DNS — 10 0 15 # Name ÖST HOC POK ANT NOV KON KHA Total 61 0 14 — 0 — 0 0 14 62 — — 1 1 — — 12 14 63 0 13 — — 0 0 0 13 64 — 9 — — 4 — — 13 65 — — 0 — 12 — 0 12 66 12 0 — — — — — 12 67 — — — 12 — — — 12 68 0 — — 0 9 — 3 12 69 — — — — 11 — — 11 69 — — — — — 11 — 11 71 — — — — — 0 10 10 72 — — 0 3 — 6 — 9 73 — 8 — — 0 — — 8 74 DNS 0 — — — — 6 6 75 5 — 0 — DNS 0 0 5 76 — — 0 0 1 — 4 5 77 4 0 — — — — 0 4 78 — — — 0 2 — — 2 79 — — 2 — — — — 2 80 1 — 0 — — — — 1

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