# 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women

The 2009–10 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women will start at Saturday December 13, 2009 in Hochfilzen and will finish Saturday March 20, 2010 in Oslo. Defending titlist is Kati Wilhelm of Germany.

## 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. The contestants ski a distance of 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) over five laps. On four of the laps, the contestants shoot at targets; each miss requires the contestant to ski a penalty loop of 150 metres (490 ft). 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.

## 2008–09 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Kati Wilhelm | 272 |
| Silver: | Tora Berger | 246 |
| Bronze: | Martina Beck | 244 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Hochfilzen details | Helena Jonsson Sweden | 34:09.1 (0+1+0+0) | Svetlana Sleptsova Russia | 34:40.8 (0+0+1+1) | Olga Zaitseva Russia | 34:45.1 (1+1+0+0) |
| Pokljuka details | Svetlana Sleptsova Russia | 34:03.2 (0+1+0+1) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 34:39.5 (1+1+1+0) | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Russia | 34:46.4 (0+1+1+0) |
| Antholz details | Andrea Henkel Germany | 30:59.8 (1+0+0+0) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 31:23.1 (1+0+2+1) | Ann Kristin Flatland Norway | 31:44.7 (1+0+0+0) |
| 2010 Winter Olympics details | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 30:16.0 (0+0+1+1) | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 30:28.3 (0+1+1+0) | Marie-Laure Brunet France | 30:44.3 (0+0+0+0) |
| Kontiolahti details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 31:32.6 (0+0+1+0) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 31:44.7 (0+0+2+1) | Simone Hauswald Germany | 31:50.7 (0+0+0+1) |
| Oslo details | Simone Hauswald Germany | 32:05.5 (2+0+0+1) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 32:10.9 (0+0+0+1) | Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek Sweden | 32:45.3 (0+0+0+2) |

## Standings

| # | Name | HOC | POK | ANT | OLY | KON | OSL | Total |
| 1 | Magdalena Neuner (GER) | 13 | 54 | 54 | 60 | 54 | 34 | 256 |
| 2 | Simone Hauswald (GER) | 36 | 30 | 43 | 25 | 48 | 60 | 217 |
| 3 | Olga Zaitseva (RUS) | 48 | – | 40 | 36 | 40 | 43 | 207 |
| 4 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) | 21 | 38 | – | 26 | 60 | 54 | 199 |
| 5 | Andrea Henkel (GER) | 38 | 31 | 60 | 31 | 34 | 19 | 194 |
| 6 | Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek (SWE) | 34 | 34 | – | 43 | 28 | 48 | 187 |
| 7 | Helena Jonsson (SWE) | 60 | 36 | – | 27 | 32 | 27 | 182 |
| 8 | Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) | 54 | 60 | 12 | 23 | – | 31 | 180 |
| 9 | Teja Gregorin (SLO) | 25 | 40 | 32 | 32 | 15 | 30 | 159 |
| 10 | Marie-Laure Brunet (FRA) | 18 | – | 29 | 48 | 19 | 38 | 152 |
| 11 | Kati Wilhelm (GER) | 23 | 32 | 18 | 29 | 38 | 29 | 151 |
| 12 | Anna Boulygina (RUS) | 15 | 24 | 19 | 38 | 31 | 24 | 136 |
| 13 | Zina Kocher (CAN) | 20 | 43 | 27 | – | 29 | 12 | 131 |
| 14 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | – | 20 | 34 | 18 | 43 | 10 | 125 |
| 15 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | 40 | 3 | 24 | 54 | – | – | 121 |
| 16 | Tina Bachmann (GER) | 31 | 22 | 31 | – | 9 | 23 | 116 |
| 17 | Sylvie Becaert (FRA) | 22 | 21 | 38 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 111 |
| 18 | Vita Semerenko (UKR) | 16 | 28 | 15 | 0 | 30 | 22 | 111 |
| 19 | Marie Dorin (FRA) | 12 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 111 |
| 20 | Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR) | 10 | – | 48 | 34 | – | 15 | 107 |
| 21 | Sandrine Bailly (FRA) | 30 | 25 | 36 | 14 | – | – | 105 |
| 22 | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets (RUS) | – | 48 | – | – | 14 | 40 | 102 |
| 23 | Martina Beck (GER) | 43 | – | – | – | 22 | 36 | 101 |
| 24 | Tora Berger (NOR) | 32 | – | – | 40 | 26 | 3 | 101 |
| 25 | Liudmila Kalinchik (BLR) | 28 | – | – | 28 | 16 | 26 | 98 |
| 26 | Agnieszka Cyl (POL) | 11 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 95 |
| 27 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | 29 | 26 | – | 15 | – | 17 | 87 |
| 28 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 19 | 29 | – | 0 | 27 | 9 | 84 |
| 29 | Éva Tófalvi (ROU) | – | 16 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 77 |
| 30 | Iana Romanova (RUS) | 6 | – | 13 | – | 25 | 32 | 76 |
| 31 | Oksana Khvostenko (UKR) | – | – | 17 | 19 | 36 | – | 72 |
| 32 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | – | 1 | 10 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 72 |
| 33 | Olga Medvedtseva (RUS) | 24 | 23 | 3 | 21 | – | – | 71 |
| 34 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | – | – | 23 | 0 | – | 28 | 51 |
| 35 | Weronika Nowakowska (POL) | – | 0 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 50 |
| 36 | Juliane Doll (GER) | 9 | 17 | 21 | – | – | – | 47 |
| 37 | Katja Haller (ITA) | – | 0 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 44 |
| 38 | Lilia Vaygina-Efremova (UKR) | 17 | 15 | – | – | 12 | – | 44 |
| 39 | Kong Yingchao (CHN) | 27 | 13 | – | – | – | – | 40 |
| 40 | Julie Carraz-Collin (FRA) | 3 | 14 | 20 | – | 3 | – | 40 |
| 41 | Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL) | – | 18 | 11 | 10 | – | – | 39 |
| 42 | Wang Chunli (CHN) | 26 | – | – | 6 | – | – | 32 |
| 43 | Elena Khrustaleva (KAZ) | 0 | – | 1 | 30 | – | – | 31 |
| 44 | Karin Oberhofer (ITA) | – | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 30 |
| 45 | Anais Bescond (FRA) | – | – | 26 | – | 1 | – | 27 |
| 46 | Dijana Ravnikar (SLO) | 0 | – | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 27 |
| 47 | Song Chaoqing (CHN) | 7 | 19 | – | 0 | – | – | 26 |
| 48 | Anna Lebedeva (KAZ) | – | – | 22 | 0 | – | 0 | 22 |
| 49 | Kathrin Hitzer (GER) | – | – | – | – | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| 50 | Madara Līduma (LTU) | – | 0 | – | 3 | 17 | – | 20 |
| 51 | Zdenka Vejnarova (CZE) | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| 52 | Krystyna Pałka (POL) | – | – | 0 | 17 | – | – | 17 |
| 53 | Olga Kudrashova (BLR) | 2 | – | – | – | 8 | 7 | 17 |
| 54 | Tadeja Brankovič-Likozar (SLO) | – | – | 16 | – | – | – | 16 |
| 55 | Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS) | – | – | – | – | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 56 | Liu Xianying (CHN) | – | 4 | – | 11 | – | – | 15 |
| 57 | Natalia Levchenkova (MDA) | 0 | – | 14 | 0 | – | – | 14 |
| 58 | Natalya Burdyga (RUS) | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | 14 |
| 59 | Jana Gerekova (SVK) | – | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 13 | 14 |
| 60 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | 4 | 9 | – | – | 0 | – | 13 |
| 61 | Megan Tandy (CAN) | – | 6 | – | 5 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 62 | Sofia Domeij (SWE) | – | 12 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 63 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 11 |
| 64 | Kadri Lehtla (EST) | – | 5 | – | – | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 65 | Marina Lebedeva (KAZ) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 10 |
| 66 | Magda Rezlerova (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | – | – | 9 |
| 67 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | – | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | 9 |
| 68 | Andreja Mali (SLO) | 0 | – | – | 8 | 0 | – | 8 |
| 69 | Solveig Rogstad (NOR) | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| 70 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė (LTU) | – | – | – | 7 | – | 0 | 7 |
| 71 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | – | 2 | – | 4 | – | – | 6 |
| 72 | Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE) | 5 | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 5 |
| 73 | Laure Soulie (AND) | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| 74 | Michela Ponza (POL) | – | – | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 |
| 75 | Jenny Jonsson (SWE) | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| 76 | Paulina Bobak (POL) | – | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 |
| 77 | Liv Kjersti Eikeland (NOR) | 1 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 1 |