Biathlon World Cup 2014/2015

Biathlon World Cup 2014/2015
Biathlon World Cup 2014/2015
Winner
Overall standings	M. Fourcade; D. Domracheva
Individual races	S. Semenov; K. Mäkäräinen
Sprint Racing	M. Fourcade; D. Domracheva
Pursuit	M. Fourcade; K. Mäkäräinen; D. Domracheva
Mass starts	A. Shipulin; F. Preuss
Relay races	Russia (m); Czech Republic (W)
Mixed Relays	Norway
Nations Cup	Norway (m); Germany (W)

Biathlon World Cup 2014/2015 is a series of international biathlon competitions, consisting of 9 stages, which began on November 30, 2014 in Ostersund, Sweden and ended on March 22, 2015 in Russian Khanty-Mansiysk ^[1] . The biathlon world championship competitions were held in Kontiolahti, Finland from March 5 to 15, 2015.

Ostersund

Hochfilzen

Pokljuka

Oberhof

Ruhpolding

Anterselva

Nove Mesto

Holmenkollen

Kontiolahti

Khanty-Mansiysk

Venues for the World Cup

Content

National season quotas

The number of biathletes participating in the World Cup from a separate national team is determined in accordance with the place of the team in the Nations Cup in the previous season. In accordance with the results of the 2013/2014 season, the national teams will be represented by the following number of athletes:

Men

6 participants: Norway , Russia , Germany , Austria , France
5 participants: Sweden , Czech Republic , Ukraine , Slovenia ↑, Italy
4 participants: Canada ↑, Switzerland , USA ↓, Slovakia , Belarus
3 participants: Bulgaria ↓, Estonia , Finland , Latvia , Kazakhstan
2 participants: Romania , Lithuania , Great Britain , Poland , Serbia ↑
1 participant: Japan ↓ China , Republic of Korea ↑, Netherlands , Australia
0 participants: Moldova , Spain
Hungary will not put its athletes for the season

Women:

6 participants: Norway , Russia , Germany , Ukraine , France
5 participants: Belarus , Czech Republic , Poland , Italy , Canada ↑
4 participants: Finland , Slovakia ↓, Switzerland ↑, USA , Slovenia ↑
3 participants: Sweden ↓, Romania , Estonia , Bulgaria , Austria ↑
2 participants: Kazakhstan ↓, China , Lithuania , Japan , Andorra ↑
1 participant: Republic of Korea ↓, Spain , Latvia , the Netherlands ↑, Great Britain
0 participants: New Zealand , Hungary ↓, Brazil

Arrows indicate an increase or decrease in quota for the national team.

Start Calendar

The World Cup included the results of 9 stages, as well as the results of the competitions of the 2015 Biathlon World Championship in Kontiolahti .

A place	date	Spr	GP	MS	IG	Est	SE	OSE	Notes
Ostersund	November 30 - December 7	●	●		●		●		1st stage ↓ result briefly
Hochfilzen	December 12-14	●	●			●			2nd stage ↓ result briefly
Pokljuka	December 18 - 21	●	●	●					3rd stage ↓ result briefly
Oberhof	January 7 - 11	●		●		●			4th stage ↓ result briefly
Ruhpolding	January 14 - 18	●		●		●			5th stage ↓ result briefly
Antholz ( Anterselva )	January 22 - 25	●	●			●			6th stage ↓ result briefly
Nove Mesto	February 6 - 8	●	●				●	●	7th stage ↓ result briefly
Holmenkollen	February 12 - 15	●			●	●			8th stage ↓ result briefly
Kontiolahti	March 5 - 15	●	●	●	●	●	●		World Cup 2015 ↓ result briefly
Khanty-Mansiysk	March 19 - 22	●	●	●					9th stage ↓ result briefly
A total of 66 sets of awards		20	14	ten	6	12	3	one

Offsetting Prizes

The table below shows how many times representatives of different countries this season climbed the podium according to the results of the races.

A country	m / f
Germany	total 35	eleven	sixteen	eight
	men	6	9	3
	women	five	7	four
	mixed	0	0	one
France	total 29	eleven	eight	ten
	men	eight	four	6
	women	2	3	four
	mixed	one	one	0
Norway	total 27	ten	6	eleven
	men	7	four	7
	women	2	0	3
	mixed	one	2	one
Belarus	total 16	9	four	3
	men	0	0	0
	women	9	four	3
	mixed	0	0	0
Russia	total 23	7	ten	6
	men	five	eight	6
	women	one	2	0
	mixed	one	0	0

A country	m / f
Czech	total 21	6	eight	7
	men	0	2	3
	women	five	five	four
	mixed	one	one	0
Finland	total 13	6	four	3
	men	0	0	0
	women	6	four	3
	mixed	0	0	0
Slovenia	total 7	four	0	3
	men	four	0	3
	women	0	0	0
	mixed	0	0	0
Ukraine	total 11	one	2	eight
	men	0	one	one
	women	one	one	five
	mixed	0	0	2
Canada	total 2	one	one	0
	men	one	one	0
	women	0	0	0
	mixed	0	0	0

A country	m / f
Italy	total 8	four	four
	men	0	0
	women	four	four
	mixed	0	0
Austria	total 4	2	2
	men	2	2
	women	0	0
	mixed	0	0
Poland	total 2	one	one
	men	0	0
	women	one	one
	mixed	0	0

Overall medal standings
A place	A country	01!	02!	03!	Total
one	Germany	eleven	sixteen	eight	35
2	France	eleven	eight	ten	29th
3	Norway	ten	6	eleven	27
four	Belarus	9	four	3	sixteen
five	Russia	7	ten	6	23
6	Czech	6	eight	7	21
7	Finland	6	four	3	13
eight	Slovenia	four	0	3	7
9	Ukraine	one	2	eight	eleven
ten	Canada	one	one	0	2
eleven	Italy	0	four	four	eight
12	Austria	0	2	2	four
13	Poland	0	one	one	2
Total		66	66	66	198

Bold indicates the largest number of medals in its category.

Competition Results

1st stage - Ostersund (November 30 - December 7, 2014)

Race	Women	Men
Mixed Relay November 30, 2014 Women + Men: 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km	one. France 1: 15: 05.5 (0 + 11) ( A. Bescon , A. Chevalier , S. Fourcade , M. Fourcade ) 2. Norway +0.2 (1 + 11) ( S. Sulemdal , T. Eckhoff , W. Christiansen , L. Birkeland ) 3. Germany +0.2 (0 + 9) ( F. Hildebrand , F. Preuss , A. Peiffer , S. Shemp ) Finish protocol
Individual race December 4, 2014 Women: 15 km December 3, 2014 Men: 20 km	one. Daria Domracheva 46: 43.6 (2) 2. Kaisa Mäkäräinen +27.9 (2) 3. Valya Semerenko +38.1 (0) four. Nadezhda Skardino +2: 04.3 (1) five. Veronika Vitkova +2: 09.1 (3) 6. Francis Hildebrand +2: 25.7 (2) 7. Tiril Eckhoff +2: 28.6 (3) eight. Elizabeth Hogberg +2: 39.4 (1) 9. Sophie Boalle +3: 07.8 (1) ten. Olga Podchufarova +3: 12.3 (1) Finish protocol	one. Emil Hegle Svendsen 53: 25.6 (0) 2. Sergey Semenov +1: 17.6 (1) 3. Michal Schlesinger +2: 08.3 (1) four. Eric Lesser +2: 11.5 (1) five. Fredrick Lindstrom +2: 15.1 (2) 6. Ole Einar Björndalen +2: 16.1 (3) 7. Dominic Landertinger +2: 44.2 (2) eight. Johannes Tines Boe +2: 51.3 (4) 9. Simon Fourcade +2: 58.1 (1) ten. Kenten Fillon Maye +3: 22.9 (1) Finish protocol
Sprint December 6, 2014 Women: 7.5 km December 6, 2014 Men: 10 km	one. Tiril Eckhoff 21: 35.5 (1) 2. Veronika Vitkova +4.6 (0) 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen +7.6 (2) four. Dorothea Wierer +9.4 (0) five. Daria Domracheva +9.5 (1) 6. Valya Semerenko +25.8 (0) 7. Thea Gregorin +43.4 (0) eight. Karin Oberhofer +46.5 (2) 9. Francis Hildebrand +46.8 (1) ten. Enora Latuillier +48.5 (2) Finish protocol	one. Martin Fourcade 24: 46.6 (0) 2. Ondřej Moravec +28.3 (0) 3. Jacob Fak +28.7 (0) four. Michal Schlesinger +38.9 (0) five. Evgeny Garanichev +45.0 (0) 6. Anton Shipulin +48.1 (1) 7. Emil Hegle Svendsen +49.4 (1) eight. Ole Einar Björndalen +56.6 (2) 9. Nathan Smith +1: 00.3 (0) ten. Simon Eder +1: 02.4 (1) Finish protocol
Pursuit December 7, 2014 Women: 10 km December 7, 2014 Men: 12.5 km	one. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 35: 01.7 (3) 2. Valya Semerenko +47.9 (4) 3. Dorothea Wierer +48.3 (4) four. Daria Domracheva +1: 08.4 (5) five. Thea Gregorin +1: 14.3 (2) 6. Tiril Eckhoff 21: 35.5 (7) 7. Veronika Vitkova +1: 20.6 (5) eight. Marin Bollier +1: 25.7 (2) 9. Francis Hildebrand +1: 37.9 (3) ten. Karin Oberhofer +1: 40.8 (5) Finish protocol	one. Martin Fourcade 33: 54.9 (4) 2. Anton Shipulin +10.0 (1) 3. Emil Hegle Svendsen +26.3 (2) four. Jacob Fak +26.7 (3) five. Dominic Landertinger +26.8 (1) 6. Simon Schempp +28.1 (1) 7. Andreas Birnbacher +31.6 (1) eight. Alexander Us +43.0 (1) 9. Jean-Guillaume Beatrix +57.0 (2) ten. Ole Einar Björndalen +1: 03.2 (3) Finish protocol

The position of the athletes in the overall standings after the first stage:

one. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 162

2. Daria Domracheva 143

3. Valentina Semerenko 140

four. Tiril Eckhoff 134

five. Veronika Vitkova 130

Overall standings

one. Emil Hegle Svendsen 144

2. Martin Fourcade 120

3. Michal Schlesinger 113

four. Jacob Fak 108

five. Ondřej Moravec 104

Overall standings

2nd stage - Hochfilzen (December 12-14, 2014)

Race

Women

Men

Sprint

December 12, 2014
Women: 7.5 km
December 12, 2014
Men: 10 km

one. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 20: 55.6 (1)

2. Karin Oberhofer +10.4 (0)

3. Tiril Eckhoff +29.9 (1)

four. Olga Podchufarova +31.2 (1)

five. Francis Hildebrand +36.9 (1)

6. Vanessa Hinz +38.4 (0)

7. Fanny Velle-Strann Hurn +40.7 (0)

eight. Daria Domracheva +42.1 (2)

9. Anais Beskon +46.7 (0)

ten. Francis Preuss +51.3 (2)

Biathlon World Cup 2014/2015
Winner
Overall standings	M. Fourcade D. Domracheva
Individual races	S. Semenov K. Mäkäräinen
Sprint Racing	M. Fourcade D. Domracheva
Pursuit	M. Fourcade K. Mäkäräinen D. Domracheva
Mass starts	A. Shipulin F. Preuss
Relay races	Russia (m) Czech Republic (W)
Mixed Relays	Norway
Nations Cup	Norway (m) Germany (W)

Race	Women	Men
Single Mixed Relay February 6, 2015 Women + Men 6 + 7.5 km	one. Russia 35: 43.3 (0 + 5) ( Y. Romanova , A. Volkov ) 2. Norway +21.5 (0 + 3) ( M. Olsby , H. L'Abe-Lund ) 3. Ukraine +24.6 (0 + 8) ( Yu. Jim , A. Tishchenko ) Finish protocol
Mixed Relay February 6, 2015 Women + Men: 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km	one. Norway 1: 12: 49.2 (0 + 6) ( F. Hurn , T. Eckhoff , J. T. Boe , T. Boe ) 2. Czech Republic +4.1 (0 + 5) ( V. Vitkova , G. Soukalova , M. Schlesinger , O. Moravets ) 3. Ukraine +1: 21.3 (1 + 7) ( I. Varvynets , V. Semerenko , D. Pidruchny , S. Semenov ) Finish protocol
Sprint February 7, 2015 Women: 7.5 km February 7, 2015 Men: 10 km	one. Laura Dahlmeier 21: 33.4 (0) 2. Francis Hildebrand +1.0 (0) 3. Veronika Vitkova +13.9 (1) four. Daria Domracheva +23.0 (2) five. Marie Doren-Aber +26.9 (2) 6. Valya Semerenko +28.8 (1) 7. Kaisa Mäkäräinen +30.5 (3) eight. Colin Warsen +44.4 (0) 9. Susan Dunkley +46.3 (1) ten. Anais Beskon +46.5 (0) Finish protocol	one. Jacob Fak 24: 09.9 (0) 2. Simon Schempp +12.8 (0) 3. Jean-Guillaume Beatrix +26.0 (0) four. Martin Fourcade +26.3 (1) five. Michal Schlesinger +26.7 (0) 6. Anton Shipulin +29.5 (0) 7. Nathan Smith 37.7 (0) eight. Sergey Semenov 40.9 (0) 9. Arnd Peiffer +42.3 (1) ten. Johannes Tines Boe +43.5 (2) Finish protocol
Pursuit February 8, 2015 Women: 10 km February 8, 2015 Men: 12.5 km	one. Daria Domracheva 35: 22.3 (4) 2. Kaisa Mäkäräinen +6.8 (4) 3. Laura Dahlmeier +14.9 (3) four. Vanessa Hinz +24.0 (2) five. Gabriela Soukalova +33.2 (2) 6. Julia Jima +43.9 (2) 7. Eva Tofalvi +45.5 (2) eight. Valya Semerenko +48.2 (4) 9. Irina Krivko +49.1 (2) ten. Veronika Vitkova +49.2 (5) Finish protocol	one. Jacob Fak 37: 24.9 (1) 2. Simon Schempp +4.4 (1) 3. Martin Fourcade +13.3 (0) four. Sergey Semenov +20.3 (0) five. Nathan Smith +24.1 (0) 6. Evgeny Garanichev +45.6 (1) 7. Andreas Birnbacher +46.8 (0) eight. Eric Lesser +54.7 (1) 9. Arnd Peiffer +1: 01.9 (2) ten. Fredrick Lindstrom +1: 02.3 (0) Finish protocol

Race	Women	Men
Mixed Relay March 5, 2015 Women + Men: 2 × 6 + 2 × 7.5 km	one. Czech Republic 1: 20: 27.2 (0 + 8) ( V. Vitkova , G. Soukalova , M. Schlesinger , O. Moravets ) 2. France +20.2 (0 + 8) ( A. Beskon , M. Doren-Aber , J. G. Beatrix , M. Fourcade ) 3. Norway +27.7 (1 + 3) ( F. Hurn , T. Eckhoff , J. T. Boe , T. Boe ) Finish protocol
Sprint March 7, 2015 Women: 7.5 km March 7, 2015 Men: 10 km	one. Marie Doren-Aber 22: 16.8 (1) 2. Veronika Novakovska- Zhemniak +9.6 (0) 3. Valya Semerenko +19.7 (1) four. Laura Dahlmeier +29.1 (3) five. Christina Guzik +39.7 (1) 6. Ekaterina Shumilova +48.8 (2) 7. Magdalena Gvizdon +51.8 (2) eight. Andrea Mali +1: 01.9 (1) 9. Olga Abramova +1: 03.0 (2) ten. Francis Hildebrand +1: 09.8 (2) Finish protocol	one. Johannes Tines Boe 24: 12.8 (1) 2. Nathan Smith +12.1 (1) 3. Tarja Boe +25.3 (0) four. Simon Fourcade +29.5 (1) five. Eric Lesser +30.3 (1) 6. Evgeny Garanichev +35.6 (2) 7. Michal Schlesinger +36.1 (2) eight. Vladimir Iliev +40.2 (1) 9. Ondřej Moravec +43.9 (1) ten. Benedict Doll +46.5 (2) Finish protocol
Pursuit March 8, 2015 Women: 10 km March 8, 2015 Men: 12.5 km	one. Marie Doren-Aber 30: 07.7 (3) 2. Laura Dahlmeier +15.3 (2) 3. Veronika Novakovska- Zhemniak +31.6 (3) four. Ekaterina Shumilova +48.7 (0) five. Gabriela Soukalova +58.0 (1) 6. Francis Hildebrand +1: 00.0 (2) 7. Daria Domracheva +1: 04.5 (2) eight. Christina Guzik +1: 12.2 (2) 9. Dorothea Wierer +1: 16.1 (1) ten. Olga Abramova +1: 26.5 (2) Finish protocol	one. Eric Lesser 30: 47.9 (0) 2. Anton Shipulin +17.0 (1) 3. Tarja Boe +18.7 (1) four. Michal Schlesinger +20.4 (1) five. Ole Einar Björndalen +43.9 (2) 6. Vladimir Iliev +45.9 (2) 7. Martin Fourcade +1: 02.0 (3) eight. Jacob Fak +1: 04.5 (3) 9. Ondřej Moravec +1: 06.7 (2) ten. Simon Fourcade +1: 08.6 (3) Finish protocol
Individual race March 11, 2015 Women: 15 km March 12, 2015 Men: 20 km	one. Ekaterina Yurlova 41: 32.2 (0) 2. Gabriela Soukalova +23.2 (1) 3. Kaisa Mäkäräinen +24.4 (2) four. Dorothea Wierer +24.8 (1) five. Daria Virolainen +37.9 (1) 6. Laura Dahlmeier +40.5 (2) 7. Anais Bescon +1: 05.7 (1) eight. Veronika Vitkova +1: 21.2 (2) 9. Monica Choinisch +1: 22.0 (1) ten. Francis Hildebrand +2: 22.5 (2) Finish protocol	one. Martin Fourcade 47: 29.4 (1) 2. Emil Hegle Svendsen +20.9 (0) 3. Ondřej Moravec +40.5 (1) four. Simon Fourcade +45.7 (0) five. Sergey Semenov +56.0 (1) 6. Ole Einar Björndalen +1: 12.1 (1) 7. Johannes Tines Boe +1: 14.2 (1) eight. Simon Schempp +1: 14.9 (2) 9. Alexey Volkov +1: 42.9 (0) ten. Jacob Fak +1: 45.5 (2)
Relay race March 13, 2015 Women: 4x6 km March 14, 2015 Men: 4 x 7.5 km	one. Germany 1: 11: 54.6 (0 + 6) ( F. Hildebrand , F. Preuss , W. Hinz , L. Dahlmeier ) 2. France +1: 00.3 (1 + 9) ( A. Bescon , E. Latuillier , J. Breza , M. Doren-Aber ) 3. Italy +1: 06.1 (0 + 9) ( L. Wittozzi , C. Oberhofer , N. Gontier , D. Wierer ) Finish protocol	one. Germany 1: 13: 49.5 (0 + 3) ( E. Lesser , D. Boehm , A. Peiffer , S. Shempp ) 2. Norway +15.4 (0 + 6) ( W.E. Björndalen , T. Beau , J.T. Beu , E.H. Svendsen ) 3. France +33.6 (0 + 4) ( S. Fourcade , C. Fillon Maye , J. G. Beatrix , M. Fourcade ) Finish protocol
Mass start March 15, 2015 Women: 12.5 km March 15, 2015 Men: 15 km	one. Valya Semerenko 34: 32.9 (0) 2. Francis Preuss +6.2 (1) 3. Karin Oberhofer +12.6 (2) four. Daria Domracheva +14.7 (2) five. Gabriela Soukalova +26.2 (1) 6. Francis Hildebrand +31.7 (0) 7. Laura Dahlmeier +39.9 (2) eight. Marie Doren-Aber +41.0 (3) 9. Anais Beskon +41.5 (1) ten. Ekaterina Shumilova +41.8 (1) Finish protocol	one. Jacob Fak 36: 24.9 (1) 2. Ondřej Moravec +1.0 (1) 3. Tarja Boe +3.7 (1) four. Ole Einar Björndalen +10.2 (0) five. Michal Schlesinger +18.4 (3) 6. Johannes Tines Boe +18.7 (2) 7. Anton Shipulin +22.8 (3) eight. Simon Schempp +25.6 (2) 9. Simon Fourcade +27.9 (1) ten. Martin Fourcade +30.9 (4) Finish protocol

Biathlon World Cup 2014/2015

Content

National season quotas

Start Calendar

Offsetting Prizes

Competition Results

1st stage - Ostersund (November 30 - December 7, 2014)

2nd stage - Hochfilzen (December 12-14, 2014)

3rd stage - Pokljuka (December 18-21, 2014)

4th stage - Oberhof (January 7 - 11, 2015)

5th stage - Ruhpolding (January 14 - 18, 2015)

6th stage - Anterselva (January 22 - 25, 2015)

7th stage - Nove Mesto na Morave (February 6 - 8, 2015)

8th stage - Holmenkollen (February 12-15, 2015)

Biathlon World Championship 2015 - Kontiolahti (March , 2015)

9th stage - Khanty-Mansiysk (March 19-22, 2015)

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