2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women

The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women started on Sunday December 21, 2014 in Pokljuka and finished on Sunday March 22, 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist Darya Domracheva of Belarus finished in 3rd place. Franziska Preuß of Germany won the title.

Competition format World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line. All biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. The distance of is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (If a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5). As in sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop for each miss.

2013-14 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Darya Domracheva 151Silver: Anastasiya Kuzmina 139Bronze: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 130

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time PokljukadetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 34:18.8(0+0+2+0)Anaïs Bescond 34:26.4(0+0+0+0)Nadezhda Skardino 34:34.6(0+0+0+0) OberhofdetailsDarya Domracheva 42:36.6 (2+1+0+1)Veronika Vítková 42:51.5 (1+0+0+1)Tiril Eckhoff 42:58.3 (1+1+0+0) RuhpoldingdetailsDarya Domracheva 35:17.5 (1+0+2+0)Franziska Preuß 35:34.0 (0+1+1+0)Veronika Vítková 35:40.4 (1+1+1+0) KontiolahtidetailsValj Semerenko 34:32.9 (0+0+0+0)Franziska Preuß 34:39.1 (0+0+0+1)Karin Oberhofer 34:45.5 (1+1+0+0) Khanty-MansiyskdetailsLaura Dahlmeier 35:08.2 (0+0+0+0)Gabriela Soukalová 35:15.3 (0+0+0+0)Marie Dorin Habert 35:28.1 (0+0+1+1)

Standings # Name POK OBE RUH WCH KHA TotalMass start Women 1 34 38 54 54 38 218 2 40 36 43 60 31 210 3 DNF 60 60 43 43 206 4 43 31 32 40 54 200 5 60 43 36 26 28 193 6 28 32 24 48 40 172 7 54 16 40 32 24 166 8 36 30 27 38 32 163 9 26 34 34 18 29 141 10 31 54 48 4 DNF 137 11 22 27 26 28 30 133 12 32 — — 36 60 128 13 38 29 28 8 25 128 14 — 48 18 25 36 127 15 27 28 38 16 14 123 16 — — 30 34 48 112 17 12 22 20 27 18 99 18 18 8 25 21 22 94 19 30 25 21 — 16 92 20 — 40 6 29 12 87 21 48 14 22 — — 84 22 8 18 29 — 26 81 23 25 24 23 — — 72 24 24 12 31 — — 67 25 — — — 30 34 64 26 — 20 — 31 — 51 27 29 21 — — DNF 50 28 23 — — 23 — 46 29 — — — 12 27 39 30 20 4 14 — — 38 31 14 — — — 23 37 32 — 23 12 — — 35 33 — — 16 14 — 30 34 — 26 — — — 26 35 — — — 24 — 24 36 — — — 22 — 22 37 21 — — — — 21 37 — — — — 21 21 39 — — — 20 — 20 39 — — — — 20 20 41 16 — — — — 16 42 — 6 8 — — 14 43 — — — 10 — 10 43 — 10 — — — 10 43 — — 10 — — 10 43 10 — — — — 10 43 — — — — 10 10 48 6 2 2 — DNF 10 49 — — — — 8 8 50 — — — 6 — 6 51 4 — — — — 4 51 — — 4 — — 4 53 — — — 2 — 2

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