# 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. 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.

## 2013-14 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 350 |
| Silver: | Tora Berger | 319 |
| Bronze: | Darya Domracheva | 296 |

## Medal winners

| Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
| Östersund details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 35:01.7 (1+1+0+1) | Valj Semerenko Ukraine | 35:49.6 (1+0+2+1) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 35:50.0 (1+1+0+2) |
| Hochfilzen details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:44.8 (0+0+1+0) | Anaïs Bescond France | 31:31.3 (0+0+1+0) | Olga Podchufarova Russia | 31:34.5 (1+0+1+0) |
| Pokljuka details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 29:55.9 (0+0+0+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:05.9 (0+1+0+0) | Valj Semerenko Ukraine | 30:32.7 (0+0+1+0) |
| Antholz details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 30:58.5 (1+0+0+0) | Daria Virolaynen Russia | 32:19.5 (0+0+0+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 32:27.5 (2+0+1+2) |
| Nové Město details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 35:22.3 (2+0+1+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 35:29.1 (2+0+1+1) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 35:37.2 (0+1+2+0) |
| World Championships details | Marie Dorin Habert France | 30:07.7 (0+0+2+1) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 30:23.0 (1+0+0+1) | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Poland | 30:39.3 (0+1+2+0) |
| Khanty-Mansiysk details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 28:14.4 (0+1+0+0) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 28:30.1 (0+0+0+0) | Franziska Preuß Germany | 28:30.3 (0+0+0+0) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | POK | ANT | NOV | KON | KHA | Total |
| 1 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) | 43 | 29 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 36 | 60 | 348 |
| 1 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 60 | 60 | 54 | 48 | 54 | 29 | 43 | 348 |
| 3 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | 54 | 32 | 48 | 30 | 34 | 22 | 38 | 258 |
| 4 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | — | — | 40 | 28 | 48 | 54 | 54 | 224 |
| 5 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 48 | 27 | 43 | 31 | — | 32 | 34 | 215 |
| 6 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 32 | 36 | 28 | 43 | 0 | 38 | 30 | 207 |
| 7 | Gabriela Koukalová (CZE) | 21 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 40 | 40 | 31 | 198 |
| 8 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 29 | 38 | 22 | 32 | — | 28 | 48 | 197 |
| 9 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | 36 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 31 | 30 | 40 | 194 |
| 10 | Rosanna Crawford (CAN) | 28 | 43 | 36 | 16 | — | 17 | 28 | 168 |
| 11 | Karin Oberhofer (ITA) | 31 | 40 | 34 | 34 | — | 2 | 25 | 166 |
| 12 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 30 | 54 | 10 | 4 | 29 | DNS | 32 | 159 |
| 13 | Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) | — | — | — | 40 | 27 | 60 | 29 | 156 |
| 14 | Daria Virolaynen (RUS) | 11 | 7 | 32 | 54 | DNS | 25 | 20 | 149 |
| 15 | Ekaterina Shumilova (RUS) | 17 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 43 | 21 | 142 |
| 16 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | 23 | 15 | 13 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 18 | 139 |
| 17 | Jana Gereková (SVK) | 0 | 19 | 24 | 36 | 26 | 27 | 1 | 133 |
| 18 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 3 | 28 | 30 | — | 43 | 5 | 22 | 131 |
| 19 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | — | 34 | 8 | 22 | 38 | — | 27 | 129 |
| 20 | Olga Podchufarova (RUS) | 27 | 48 | 20 | — | 3 | 15 | 15 | 128 |
| 21 | Elisa Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | 22 | 15 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 126 |
| 22 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 38 | DNS | DNS | 18 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 125 |
| 23 | Teja Gregorin (SLO) | 40 | 26 | 16 | 10 | 16 | — | 11 | 119 |
| 24 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL) | 0 | 3 | 26 | 27 | — | 48 | 13 | 117 |
| 25 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | — | 30 | 38 | 14 | 23 | — | DNS | 105 |
| 26 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 10 | 20 | 18 | 9 | DNS | 20 | 16 | 93 |
| 27 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) | 25 | — | 12 | DNS | 28 | — | 23 | 88 |
| 28 | Enora Latuilliere (FRA) | 7 | 16 | 23 | 29 | DNF | — | 2 | 77 |
| 29 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) | 6 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 77 |
| 30 | Krystyna Guzik (POL) | 0 | — | 19 | — | 20 | 34 | — | 73 |
| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | POK | ANT | NOV | KON | KHA | Total |
| 31 | Fanny Horn Birkeland (NOR) | 14 | 23 | 4 | 17 | 6 | — | 8 | 72 |
| 32 | Olga Abramova (UKR) | DNF | 1 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 9 | 69 |
| 33 | Marine Bolliet (FRA) | 34 | 11 | — | 19 | DNS | — | — | 64 |
| 34 | Yana Romanova (RUS) | 26 | 21 | 0 | 15 | — | — | — | 62 |
| 35 | Luise Kummer (GER) | — | 0 | DNS | 5 | 30 | — | 26 | 61 |
| 36 | Monika Hojnisz (POL) | — | 31 | 7 | 20 | — | — | — | 58 |
| 37 | Éva Tófalvi (ROU) | — | 12 | 0 | 8 | 36 | — | 0 | 56 |
| 38 | Natalya Burdyga (UKR) | 22 | 5 | 9 | DNS | 19 | — | — | 55 |
| 39 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht (RUS) | — | — | — | — | 18 | — | 36 | 54 |
| 40 | Megan Tandy (CAN) | — | — | 27 | 13 | — | 14 | — | 54 |
| 41 | Jitka Landová (CZE) | 24 | — | 3 | DNS | 8 | — | 17 | 52 |
| 42 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 18 | — | 49 |
| 43 | Nadzeya Pisareva (BLR) | 20 | 0 | 14 | DNS | 7 | 0 | 5 | 46 |
| 44 | Andreja Mali (SLO) | 18 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 21 | DNS | 39 |
| 45 | Natassia Dubarezava (BLR) | 8 | 10 | 0 | 11 | DSQ | 9 | 0 | 38 |
| 46 | Elise Ringen (NOR) | 19 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 4 | 0 | 36 |
| 47 | Iryna Petrenko (UKR) | — | — | — | DNF | DNS | 16 | 19 | 35 |
| 48 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | — | — | — | DNS | 32 | — | 0 | 32 |
| 49 | Dunja Zdouc (AUT) | 9 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 19 | — | 32 |
| 50 | Nicole Gontier (ITA) | 0 | — | 31 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 31 |
| 51 | Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL) | 0 | 6 | — | 0 | — | 24 | — | 30 |
| 52 | Iana Bondar (UKR) | — | — | — | — | 17 | 13 | — | 30 |
| 53 | Mari Eder (FIN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 54 | Coline Varcin (FRA) | 2 | 0 | — | — | 21 | DNS | — | 23 |
| 55 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | 0 | 18 | — | — | — | 0 | — | 18 |
| 56 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | — | DNS | 11 | DNS | — | 7 | — | 18 |
| 57 | Sophie Boilley (FRA) | 16 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| 58 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 15 | DNS | — | — | 0 | 1 | — | 16 |
| 59 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | — | 16 |
| 60 | Katharina Innerhofer (AUT) | 0 | — | 5 | DNS | — | 10 | 0 | 15 |
| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | POK | ANT | NOV | KON | KHA | Total |
| 61 | Terézia Poliaková (SVK) | 0 | 14 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 62 | Aita Gasparin (SUI) | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 12 | 14 |
| 63 | Luminita Piscoran (ROU) | 0 | 13 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 64 | Annelies Cook (USA) | — | 9 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 13 |
| 65 | Barbora Tomesova (CZE) | — | — | 0 | — | 12 | — | 0 | 12 |
| 66 | Darya Usanova (KAZ) | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 12 |
| 67 | Irina Uslugina (RUS) | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | 12 |
| 68 | Miriam Gössner (GER) | 0 | — | — | 0 | 9 | — | 3 | 12 |
| 69 | Tina Bachmann (GER) | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | 11 |
| 69 | Kadri Lehtla (EST) | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | 11 |
| 71 | Anna Kistanova (KAZ) | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 72 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | — | — | 0 | 3 | — | 6 | — | 9 |
| 73 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | — | 8 | — | — | 0 | — | — | 8 |
| 74 | Karolin Horchler (GER) | DNS | 0 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 |
| 75 | Desislava Stoyanova (BUL) | 5 | — | 0 | — | DNS | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 76 | Hannah Dreissigacker (USA) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 4 | 5 |
| 77 | Olga Iakushova (RUS) | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 4 |
| 78 | Federica Sanfilippo (ITA) | — | — | — | 0 | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| 79 | Evgenia Seledtsova (RUS) | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 80 | Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ) | 1 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 |