The 2018–19 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women started on 6 December 2018 in Pokljuka and finished on 12 March 2019 in Östersund. It was won by Lisa Vittozzi of Italy.
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. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds. The distance skied is usually 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) with a fixed penalty time of one minute per missed target that is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. In the "Short Individual" the distance is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) with a penalty time of 45 seconds per missed target.
2017–18 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Nadezhda Skardino 96Silver: Yuliia Dzhima 91Bronze: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 84
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Pokljukadetails Yuliia Dzhima 43:06.6 Monika Hojnisz 43:12.5 Markéta Davidová 43:23.1 Canmore (Short Individual)details Tiril Eckhoff 36:32.9 Markéta Davidová 36:42.7 Lisa Vittozzi 36:53.8 World Championshipsdetails Hanna Öberg 43:10.4 Lisa Vittozzi 43:34.0 Justine Braisaz 43:42.9
Standings # Name POK CAN ÖST Total Women's individual 1 38 48 54 140 2 43 28 40 111 3 48 54 0 102 4 34 — 60 94 5 32 26 36 94 6 36 20 34 90 7 60 0 29 89 8 13 40 23 76 9 — 32 43 75 10 19 43 10 72 11 9 38 22 69 12 54 11 2 67 13 20 29 18 67 14 — 60 4 64 15 0 14 48 62 16 31 24 3 58 17 25 — 31 56 18 16 34 0 50 19 0 30 20 50 20 17 31 0 48 21 21 0 27 48 22 22 — 26 48 23 8 23 17 48 24 40 3 0 43 25 23 — 19 42 26 0 12 30 42 27 24 18 0 42 28 30 — 11 41 29 12 27 — 39 30 0 — 38 38 # Name POK CAN ÖST Total31 0 17 21 3832 0 36 — 3633 — — 32 3234 26 6 — 3235 7 25 0 3236 3 0 28 3137 1 22 7 3038 29 — — 2939 28 0 — 2840 27 — 0 2741 — DNS 25 2542 0 — 24 2443 2 10 12 2444 0 21 — 2145 0 4 16 2046 0 19 0 1947 18 — — 1848 0 16 0 1649 15 0 0 1550 — 0 15 1551 — 15 — 1552 0 0 14 1453 14 — 0 1454 — 0 13 1355 0 13 0 1356 11 0 0 1157 10 — — 1058 — 0 9 959 0 9 — 960 — 8 0 8 # Name POK CAN ÖST Total61 — — 8 862 — 7 — 763 — 0 6 664 6 0 0 665 0 5 — 566 5 — 0 567 — — 5 568 4 0 — 469 — 2 — 270 0 0 1 171 — 1 — 1
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