2014–15 Biathlon World Cup

Biathlon World Cup

2014–15

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Women

World Cup locations

World Championships

2011–12 World Cup in Östersund

The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup is a multi-race tournament over a season of biathlon, organised by the International Biathlon Union. The season started on 30 November 2014 in Östersund, Sweden, and ended on 22 March 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.^[1]

A new event, called the "Single mixed relay", made its World Cup debut on 6 February 2015 in Nové Město.^[1] This event involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot.^[2]

Calendar

Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2014–15 season.^[1]

Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed relay	Details
Östersund	30 November–7 December	●	●	●			●		details
Hochfilzen	12–14 December		●	●		●			details
Pokljuka	18–21 December		●	●	●				details
Oberhof	7–11 January		●		●	●			details
Ruhpolding	14–18 January		●		●	●			details
Antholz-Anterselva	22–25 January		●	●		●			details
Nové Město	6–8 February		●	●			●	●	details
Holmenkollen	12–15 February	●	●			●			details
Kontiolahti	5–15 March	●	●	●	●	●	●		World Championships
Khanty-Mansiysk	19–22 March		●	●	●				details
Total		3	10	7	5	6	3	1

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	1042
2.	Anton Shipulin	978
3.	Jakov Fak	883
4.	Simon Schempp	792
5.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	728

Final standings after 25 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Serhiy Semenov	142
2.	Martin Fourcade	120
3.	Emil Hegle Svendsen	114
4.	Michal Šlesingr	109
5.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	108

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	416
2.	Anton Shipulin	370
3.	Simon Schempp	354
4.	Jakov Fak	337
5.	Johannes Thingnes Bø	330

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Martin Fourcade	335
2.	Anton Shipulin	305
3.	Jakov Fak	282
4.	Simon Schempp	228
5.	Erik Lesser	207

Final standings after 7 races.

Mass start

Pos.		Points
1.	Anton Shipulin	242
2.	Jakov Fak	204
3.	Martin Fourcade	186
4.	Simon Eder	174
5.	Ondřej Moravec	167

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Russia	311
2.	Norway	308
3.	Germany	305
4.	France	279
5.	Austria	242

Final standings after 6 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
1.	Darya Domracheva	1092
2.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	1044
3.	Valj Semerenko	865
4.	Veronika Vítková	793
5.	Franziska Hildebrand	757

Final standings after 25 races.

Individual

Pos.		Points
1.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	162
2.	Darya Domracheva	139
3.	Veronika Vítková	122
4.	Franziska Hildebrand	103
5.	Nadezhda Skardino	89

Final standings after 3 races.

Sprint

Pos.		Points
1.	Darya Domracheva	416
2.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	364
3.	Veronika Vítková	347
4.	Dorothea Wierer	333
5.	Valj Semerenko	328

Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit

Pos.		Points
1.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	348
2.	Darya Domracheva	347
3.	Valj Semerenko	255
4.	Laura Dahlmeier	224
5.	Dorothea Wierer	214

Final standings after 7 races.

Mass start

Pos.		Points
1.	Franziska Preuß	218
2.	Valj Semerenko	210
3.	Darya Domracheva	206
4.	Gabriela Soukalová	200
5.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	193

Final standings after 5 races.

Relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Czech Republic	316
2.	Germany	302
3.	France	266
4.	Belarus	262
5.	Italy	253

Final standings after 6 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	216
2.	France	194
3.	Czech Republic	174
4.	Ukraine	169
5.	Germany	167

Final standings after 4 races.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	11	16	8	35
2	France	11	8	10	29
3	Norway*	10	6	11	27
4	Belarus	9	4	3	16
5	Russia	7	10	6	23
6	Czech Republic	6	8	7	21
7	Finland	6	4	3	13
8	Slovenia	4	0	3	7
9	Ukraine	1	2	8	11
10	Canada	1	1	0	2
11	Italy	0	4	4	8
12	Austria	0	2	2	4
13	Poland	0	1	1	2
Total		66	66	66	198

(*Champion 2015)

Achievements

First World Cup career victory

Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 24, in her 4th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand
Veronika Vítková (CZE), 26, in her 9th season — the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2012–13 Pursuit in Oberhof
Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR), 26, in her 6th season — the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was her first podium
Laura Dahlmeier (GER), 21, in her 3rd season — the WC 7 Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2014–15 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), 28, in her 8th season — the World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2008-09 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk
Erik Lesser (GER), 26, in his 6th season — the World Championships Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2012–13 Individual in Östersund
Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS), 30, in her 7th season — the World Championships Individual in Kontiolahti; it also was her first podium
Nathan Smith (CAN), 29, in his 7th season — the WC 9 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk; first podium was 2015 World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti

First World Cup podium

Karin Oberhofer (ITA), 29, in her 6th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen
Nicole Gontier (ITA), 23, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
Franziska Preuß (GER), 20, in her 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Mass Start in Ruhpolding
Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA), 22, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Mass Start in Ruhpolding
Laura Dahlmeier (GER), 21, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
Franziska Hildebrand (GER), 27, in her 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Sprint in Nové Město
Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL), 28, in her 8th season — no.2 in the World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti
Nathan Smith (CAN), 29, in his 7th season — no.2 in the World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti
Benedikt Doll (GER), 24, in his 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 9 Sprint in Khanty-Mansiysk

Victory in this World Cup (all-time number of victories in parentheses)

Darya Domracheva (BLR), 9 (25) first places
Martin Fourcade (FRA), 8 (37) first places
Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 6 (15) first places
Jakov Fak (SLO), 4 (8) first places
Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR), 3 (8) first places
Simon Schempp (GER), 3 (5) first places
Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR), 2 (37) first places
Anton Shipulin (RUS), 2 (7) first places
Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), 2 (2) first place
Laura Dahlmeier (GER), 2 (2) first place
Gabriela Soukalová (CZE), 1 (8) first places
Arnd Peiffer (GER), 1 (7) first place
Valj Semerenko (UKR), 1 (2) first place
Tiril Eckhoff (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Veronika Vítková (CZE), 1 (1) first place
Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR), 1 (1) first place
Erik Lesser (GER), 1 (1) first place
Nathan Smith (CAN), 1 (1) first place
Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2014–15 season:

Men

Women

Sophie Boilley (FRA)^[9]
Nerys Jones (GBR)^[4]
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (GER)^[10]
Roberta Fiandino (ITA)^[11]
Olga Zaitseva (RUS)^[12]
Natalya Burdyga (UKR)^[13] (comeback in 2015–16 season)

External links

IBU official site

References

1 2 3 "Event Schedule". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
↑ "SINGLE MIXED RELAY CONFIRMED FOR NMNM WC PROGRAMME". http://www.vysocina-arena.cz. 19 November 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014. External link in |website= (help)
↑ Paone, Francesco (13 December 2014). "Alexis Boeuf si ritira con effetto immediato" [Alexis Boeuf retires with immediate effect]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (Italian)
1 2 "ATHLETE RETIREMENTS". British biathlon. British Biathlon Union. n.d. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
↑ Paone, Francesco (19 April 2015). "Christoph Stephan annuncia il ritiro dall'attività agonistica" [Christoph Stephan announces retirement from racing]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (Italian)
↑ Tingve, Pål Marius (27 April 2015). "Lars Berger legger opp". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 April 2015.
↑ Paone, Francesco (3 October 2015). "Ufficiale il ritiro di Janez Maric, un capitolo di storia del biathlon sloveno" [Official retirement of Janez Maric, a chapter of the history of Slovenian biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (Italian)
↑ Paone, Francesco (3 October 2015). "Serguei Sednev si ritira con effetto immediato" [Serguei Sednev retires with immediate effect]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (Italian)
↑ Paone, Francesco (30 March 2015). "La francese Sophie Boilley appende gli sci al chiodo" [The French Sophie Boilley hangs skis to the nail]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (Italian)
↑ "Biathlete Sachenbacher-Stehle announces retirement following doping case". Deutsche Welle. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
↑ Paone, Francesco (31 March 2015). "Fine carriera per Roberta Fiandino" [End career for Roberta Fiandino]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (Italian)
↑ Paone, Francesco (24 January 2015). "Olga Zaitseva torna sui suoi passi e decide di ritirarsi" [Olga Zaitseva back on his feet and decides to retire]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (Italian)
↑ Osolodkina, Mariya (2 June 2015). "First Camp for Ukrainian Team; Focus on Shooting". Biathlonworld. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 28 September 2015.

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2014–15 World Cup seasons in winter sports

International Ski Federation	Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Freestyle skiing Nordic combined Ski jumping / Ski flying Snowboarding

International Skating Union	Figure skating Short track Speed skating

International Biathlon Union	Biathlon

International Luge Federation	Luge

World Curling Tour / Curling Canada / Others	Curling

International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation	Bobsleigh Skeleton

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