# 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women

The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women started on Friday 1 December 2017 in Östersund and will finish on Friday 23 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.

## Competition format

The 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) sprint race is the third oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over three laps. The biathlete shoots two times at any shooting lane, first prone, then standing, totalling 10 targets. For each missed target the biathlete has to complete a penalty lap of around 150 metres (490 ft). Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

## 2016–17 Top 3 standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Gabriela Koukalová | 377 |
| Silver: | Laura Dahlmeier | 372 |
| Bronze: | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 337 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Östersund details | Denise Herrmann Germany | 19:54.8 (0+1) | Justine Braisaz France | 20:10.0 (0+0) | Yuliia Dzhima Ukraine | 20:14.4 (0+0) |
| Hochfilzen details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 22:40.2 (0+0) | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 23:02.3 (1+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 23:10.8 (1+0) |
| Annecy details | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 20:59.6 (0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 21:33.5 (0+0) | Vita Semerenko Ukraine | 21:41.0 (0+0) |
| Oberhof details | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 22:23.7 (1+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 22:59.1 (0+1) | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic | 23:03.8 (1+0) |
| Antholz-Anterselva details | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 21:05.3 (0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 21:17.3 (0+0) | Veronika Vítková Czech Republic | 21:25.9 (0+0) |
| Kontiolahti details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 20:56.8 (0+1) | Franziska Hildebrand Germany | 20:57.3 (0+0) | Lisa Vittozzi Italy | 21:02.3 (0+1) |
| Oslo Holmenkollen details | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 21:31.8 (1+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 21:40.7 (0+0) | Yuliia Dzhima Ukraine | 22:01.0 (0+0) |
| Tyumen details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 21:42.8 (0+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 21:44.0 (0+0) | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 22:16.1 (1+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | KON | OSL | TYU | Total |
| 1 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | 26 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 23 | 11 | 60 | 29 | 323 |
| 2 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) | DNF | 60 | — | 36 | 43 | 60 | 54 | 60 | 313 |
| 3 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 38 | 38 | 27 | 54 | 15 | 31 | 1 | 54 | 258 |
| 4 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | — | 25 | 54 | 28 | 54 | 40 | 13 | 38 | 252 |
| 5 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | 34 | 22 | 25 | 48 | 48 | 38 | 30 | — | 245 |
| 6 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 31 | 34 | 0 | 43 | 32 | 54 | 38 | 12 | 244 |
| 7 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 40 | 27 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 31 | 40 | 230 |
| 8 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 32 | 48 | 26 | 25 | 36 | 23 | 2 | 36 | 228 |
| 9 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 24 | 36 | 13 | 20 | 40 | 14 | 29 | 43 | 219 |
| 10 | Vita Semerenko (UKR) | 20 | 43 | 48 | 19 | 19 | 36 | 0 | — | 185 |
| 11 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht (RUS) | 14 | 30 | 21 | 26 | 38 | 0 | 36 | 20 | 185 |
| 12 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | 48 | 21 | 14 | 0 | DNS | 43 | 48 | — | 174 |
| 13 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | 54 | 18 | 34 | 40 | 17 | 0 | — | — | 163 |
| 14 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | 60 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 31 | — | 0 | 5 | 149 |
| 15 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 25 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 30 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 141 |
| 16 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNS | 60 | 22 | 0 | 48 | 130 |
| 17 | Anna Frolina (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 22 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 122 |
| 18 | Maren Hammerschmidt (GER) | 27 | 8 | 32 | 17 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 119 |
| 19 | Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 24 | 34 | 24 | — | 118 |
| 20 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL) | 21 | 19 | 30 | 38 | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | 116 |
| 21 | Marte Olsbu (NOR) | 36 | 28 | 0 | — | 0 | 20 | 0 | 31 | 115 |
| 22 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | 29 | 15 | DNS | 6 | 13 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 110 |
| 23 | Celia Aymonier (FRA) | 0 | 31 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 103 |
| 24 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 99 |
| 25 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 0 | — | 0 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 17 | 99 |
| 26 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | 0 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 26 | — | 14 | 98 |
| 27 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) | 9 | 0 | 15 | 31 | 18 | 0 | 23 | — | 96 |
| 28 | Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ) | 28 | 0 | — | 0 | 27 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 96 |
| 29 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 93 |
| 30 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 17 | 12 | — | 14 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 28 | 91 |
| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | KON | OSL | TYU | Total |
| 31 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 43 | — | 85 |
| 32 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | 5 | 20 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | — | 85 |
| 33 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | 19 | 24 | 36 | DNS | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | 85 |
| 34 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | 43 | 26 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 82 |
| 35 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | 15 | 1 | 29 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 82 |
| 36 | Anaïs Chevalier (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 81 |
| 37 | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR) | — | 40 | — | 8 | — | 0 | 18 | 11 | 77 |
| 38 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | — | DNS | 20 | — | — | 26 | 28 | 0 | 74 |
| 39 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 18 | — | 28 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 72 |
| 40 | Daria Virolaynen (RUS) | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 72 |
| 41 | Krystyna Guzik (POL) | 22 | 16 | 12 | 21 | — | — | — | — | 71 |
| 42 | Elisa Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 68 |
| 43 | Uliana Kaisheva (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 0 | 16 | 34 | 16 | 66 |
| 44 | Ivona Fialková (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 27 | 32 | 0 | 63 |
| 45 | Jessica Jislová (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 0 | — | 62 |
| 46 | Tatiana Akimova (RUS) | 3 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | 58 |
| 47 | Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL) | 10 | 6 | 0 | 22 | — | 18 | 0 | — | 56 |
| 48 | Svetlana Mironova (RUS) | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 55 |
| 49 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23 | — | 0 | 27 | 0 | 54 |
| 50 | Hilde Fenne (NOR) | 23 | 29 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| 51 | Federica Sanfilippo (ITA) | 0 | 11 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 5 | — | 50 |
| 52 | Julia Ransom (CAN) | 12 | 0 | 2 | 32 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 46 |
| 53 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | 11 | — | — | 10 | — | 0 | 25 | — | 46 |
| 54 | Emma Nilsson (SWE) | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 40 |
| 55 | Linn Persson (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 |
| 56 | Clare Egan (USA) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | — | 34 |
| 57 | Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR) | 7 | 17 | 0 | 9 | DNS | 0 | 0 | — | 33 |
| 58 | Rosanna Crawford (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 29 | 3 | — | 32 |
| 59 | Karolin Horchler (GER) | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | 30 |
| 60 | Julia Simon (FRA) | — | — | — | DNF | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | KON | OSL | TYU | Total |
| 61 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | — | — | — | — | 29 |
| 62 | Sari Furuya (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| 63 | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| 64 | Nicole Gontier (ITA) | — | — | — | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 |
| 65 | Irina Uslugina (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 19 | 19 |
| 66 | Iryna Varvynets (UKR) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 19 |
| 67 | Katharina Innerhofer (AUT) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| 68 | Sarah Beaudry (CAN) | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 18 |
| 69 | Nadzeya Pisareva (BLR) | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 70 | Dzinara Alimbekava (BLR) | — | — | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNS | 9 | 17 |
| 71 | Alexia Runggaldier (ITA) | 2 | DNS | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 14 |
| 72 | Anja Eržen (SLO) | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 |
| 73 | Ekaterina Avvakumova (KOR) | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | DNS | — | 7 | — | 12 |
| 74 | Mun Ji-hee (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 11 |
| 75 | Alina Raikova (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 76 | Victoria Slivko (RUS) | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 77 | Olga Podchufarova (RUS) | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
| 78 | Irene Cadurisch (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 79 | Laura Toivanen (FIN) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | — | 8 |
| 80 | Julia Schwaiger (AUT) | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 |
| 81 | Emma Lunder (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 7 | DNS | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7 |
| 82 | Monika Hojnisz (POL) | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 7 |
| 83 | Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen (NOR) | 0 | — | 0 | — | 8 | — | — | — | 7 |
| 84 | Markéta Davidová (CZE) | — | 0 | 6 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 6 |
| 85 | Kamila Żuk (POL) | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 86 | Darya Klimina (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 87 | Natalija Kočergina (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 88 | Thekla Brun-Lie (NOR) | — | — | 3 | — | — | 0 | — | — | 3 |
| 89 | Nadine Horchler (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| 90 | Meril Beilmann (EST) | — | — | — | — | 0 | DNS | 0 | 1 | 1 |