# 2010–11 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women

The 2010–11 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women will start at Sunday December 5, 2009 in Östersund and will finish Saturday March 19, 2011 in Oslo. Defending titlist is Magdalena Neuner 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.

## 2009–10 Top 3 Standings

| Medal | Athlete | Points |
| Gold: | Magdalena Neuner | 256 |
| Silver: | Simone Hauswald | 217 |
| Bronze: | Olga Zaitseva | 207 |

## Medal winners

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| Östersund details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 31:57.1 (0+0+0+0) | Miriam Gössner Germany | 33:22.4 (0+1+1+1) | Helena Ekholm Sweden | 33:38.6 (0+1+0+1) |
| Hochfilzen details | Helena Ekholm Sweden | 35:17.8 (0+1+0+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 35:49.8 (0+0+0+2) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 36:04.1 (0+0+1+2) |
| Ruhpolding details | Tora Berger Norway | 28:50.9 (0+0+0+1) | Andrea Henkel Germany | 29:28.6 (0+0+1+1) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 29:50.2 (2+0+0+0) |
| Presque Isle details | Tora Berger Norway | 35:12.1 (0+1+2+1) | Marie Dorin France | 35:42.8 (0+0+1+2) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 36:23.3 (0+0+3+2) |
| Fort Kent details | Andrea Henkel Germany | 31:09.1 (0+0+1+0) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 31:33.9 (2+0+0+1) | Marie Dorin France | 32:02.7 (0+0+0+0) |
| World Championships 2011 details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:00.1 (0+0+0+0) | Magdalena Neuner Germany | 30:21.7 (0+0+0+2) | Helena Ekholm Sweden | 31:43.7 (0+0+0+0) |
| Oslo details | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 33:42.5 (0+2+1+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 34:05.6 (2+0+1+2) | Andrea Henkel Germany | 34:10.1 (0+0+1+2) |

## Standings

| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | RUH | PRI | FRK | WCH | OSL | Total |
| 1 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 60 | 54 | 48 | 38 | 40 | 60 | 43 | 343 |
| 2 | Andrea Henkel (GER) | 28 | 30 | 54 | 40 | 60 | 43 | 48 | 303 |
| 3 | Helena Ekholm (SWE) | 48 | 60 | 38 | 31 | 29 | 48 | 25 | 279 |
| 4 | Tora Berger (NOR) | — | 31 | 60 | 60 | 43 | 40 | 34 | 268 |
| 5 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) | 34 | 48 | 28 | 48 | 34 | 6 | 54 | 252 |
| 6 | Magdalena Neuner (GER) | — | 36 | 34 | 43 | 54 | 54 | — | 221 |
| 7 | Marie Dorin (FRA) | 23 | 15 | 23 | 54 | 48 | 26 | 22 | 211 |
| 8 | Anna Carin Zidek (SWE) | 43 | 40 | 43 | 17 | 30 | 28 | 7 | 208 |
| 9 | Miriam Gössner (GER) | 54 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 36 | 38 | 206 |
| 10 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | 27 | 34 | 36 | — | — | 38 | 60 | 195 |
| 11 | Teja Gregorin (SLO) | 32 | 32 | 25 | 1 | 36 | 23 | 18 | 167 |
| 12 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | 40 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 161 |
| 13 | Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS) | 29 | 28 | 32 | — | — | 31 | 40 | 160 |
| 14 | Kathrin Hitzer (GER) | 24 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 38 | 15 | 27 | 156 |
| 15 | Ann Kristin Flatland (NOR) | 25 | 29 | 27 | 18 | 20 | — | 28 | 147 |
| 16 | Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS) | 36 | 21 | 31 | 26 | — | — | 32 | 146 |
| 17 | Olga Zaitseva (RUS) | 38 | 22 | 40 | — | — | 29 | 2 | 131 |
| 18 | Tina Bachmann (GER) | 31 | 11 | 10 | 29 | 18 | — | 30 | 129 |
| 19 | Vita Semerenko (UKR) | 19 | 26 | 29 | — | — | 24 | 31 | 129 |
| 20 | Anna Bogaliy-Titovets (RUS) | 26 | 38 | 20 | — | — | 30 | 11 | 125 |
| 21 | Michela Ponza (ITA) | — | 14 | 14 | 32 | 11 | 27 | 23 | 121 |
| 22 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | 7 | 13 | 0 | 21 | 28 | 25 | 12 | 106 |
| 23 | Marie Laure Brunet (FRA) | 18 | 43 | 26 | 16 | — | — | — | 103 |
| 24 | Andreja Mali (SLO) | 16 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 99 |
| 25 | Agnieszka Cyl (POL) | 12 | 7 | — | 30 | 27 | 14 | — | 90 |
| 26 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 30 | 1 | 11 | — | — | 22 | 24 | 88 |
| 27 | Anais Bescond (FRA) | 15 | 8 | 8 | — | 25 | 20 | 10 | 86 |
| 28 | Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS) | — | — | — | 27 | 32 | — | 19 | 78 |
| 29 | Inna Suprun (UKR) | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 24 | 21 | 26 | 74 |
| 30 | Yana Romanova (RUS) | 0 | 27 | 22 | 6 | 13 | — | — | 68 |
| 31 | Jana Gereková (SVK) | 5 | 20 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 4 | 63 |
| 32 | Eveli Saue (EST) | 22 | 2 | — | 4 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 63 |
| 33 | Natalya Burdyga (UKR) | — | — | 16 | 24 | 21 | — | — | 61 |
| 34 | Éva Tófalvi (ROU) | 0 | 9 | 24 | — | 15 | 13 | — | 61 |
| 35 | Sabrina Buchholz (GER) | 0 | 18 | 9 | 14 | 12 | — | 5 | 58 |
| 36 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | 4 | 0 | 13 | 22 | — | 0 | 17 | 56 |
| 37 | Sophie Boilley (FRA) | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| 38 | Sara Studebaker (USA) | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 21 | 51 |
| 39 | Katja Haller (ITA) | 20 | — | — | 11 | 0 | 18 | — | 49 |
| 40 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | — | 36 | 48 |
| 41 | Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE) | 6 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 47 |
| 42 | Natalia Guseva (RUS) | — | — | 0 | 23 | 8 | — | 15 | 46 |
| 43 | Uliana Denisova (RUS) | — | — | — | 25 | 19 | — | — | 44 |
| 44 | Liudmila Kalinchik (BLR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 23 | 0 | — | 42 |
| 45 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | 0 | — | 1 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 37 |
| 46 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | — | — | 4 | — | — | 32 | 0 | 36 |
| 47 | Madara Līduma (LAT) | 9 | 0 | 17 | — | — | — | 8 | 34 |
| 48 | Pauline Macabies (FRA) | 0 | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 |
| 49 | Evgeniya Sedova (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 29 |
| 50 | Tadeja Brankovič-Likozar (SLO) | 0 | 5 | 12 | — | — | 12 | — | 29 |
| 51 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | — | — | — | 7 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 28 |
| 52 | Marina Lebedeva (KAZ) | — | 25 | — | — | — | 0 | — | 25 |
| 53 | Haley Johnson (USA) | — | — | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 20 | 23 |
| 54 | Anna Karin Strömstedt (SWE) | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
| 55 | Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 22 |
| 56 | Oksana Khvostenko (UKR) | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| 57 | Ekaterina Iourieva (RUS) | — | — | — | 19 | 1 | — | — | 20 |
| 58 | Olga Poltoranina (KAZ) | 17 | 3 | — | — | — | 0 | — | 20 |
| 59 | Karin Oberhofer (ITA) | 0 | — | 7 | — | — | — | 13 | 20 |
| 60 | Gabriela Soukalová (CZE) | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 61 | Olga Vilukhina (RUS) | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | 17 |
| 62 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL) | 13 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 17 |
| 63 | Kadri Lehtla (EST) | 11 | — | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 17 |
| 64 | Juliane Doll (GER) | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 14 |
| 65 | Nadine Horchler (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | 0 | — | — | 9 | 2 | — | 1 | 12 |
| 67 | Ramona Dueringer (AUT) | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | 11 |
| 68 | Laure Soulie (AND) | — | — | 0 | 10 | — | 0 | — | 10 |
| 69 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė (LTU) | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 70 | Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL) | 0 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 9 |
| 71 | Wang Chunli (CHN) | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 9 |
| 72 | Tang Jialin (CHN) | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 6 |
| 73 | Jenny Jonsson (SWE) | — | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 5 |
| 74 | Ekaterina Vinogradova (ARM) | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 75 | Nina Klenovska (BUL) | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| 76 | Fuyuko Suzuki (JPN) | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | — | 1 |