The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – Sprint Women started on Saturday December 6, 2014 in Östersund and finished on Friday March 20, 2015 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland finished on the 2nd place. Darya Domracheva of Belarus won the title.
Competition format edit
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. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
2013–14 Top 3 Standings edit
| Medal | Athlete | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Gold: |  Kaisa Mäkäräinen |
367 |
| Silver: |  Tora Berger |
361 |
| Bronze: |  Darya Domracheva |
254 |
Medal winners edit
Standings edit
| # | Name | ÖST | HOC | POK | OBE | RUH | ANT | NOV | HOL | WCH | KHA | Total[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) |
40 | 34 | 38 | 23 | 54 | 60 | 43 | 60 | 16 | 48 | 416 |
| 2 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) |
48 | 60 | 26 | 21 | 36 | 54 | 36 | 17 | 6 | 60 | 364 |
| 3 |  Veronika Vítková (CZE) |
54 | 11 | 26 | 60 | 34 | 25 | 48 | 20 | 26 | 43 | 347 |
| 4 |  Dorothea Wierer (ITA) |
43 | 28 | 54 | 54 | 32 | 23 | — | 38 | 21 | 40 | 333 |
| 5 |  Valj Semerenko (UKR) |
38 | 21 | 48 | 2 | 43 | 27 | 38 | 31 | 48 | 32 | 328 |
| 6 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) |
60 | 48 | 18 | 28 | 48 | 20 | 11 | 34 | 22 | 18 | 307 |
| 7 |  Franziska Hildebrand (GER) |
32 | 40 | 20 | 15 | 38 | 38 | 54 | 15 | 31 | 19 | 302 |
| 8 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) |
— | — | 32 | — | 1 | 48 | 60 | 54 | 43 | 54 | 292 |
| 9 | Gabriela Soukalová (CZE) |
12 | 10 | 60 | 38 | 28 | 18 | 21 | 40 | 23 | 31 | 281 |
| 10 | Karin Oberhofer (ITA) |
34 | 54 | 31 | 34 | 0 | 40 | — | 26 | 11 | 38 | 268 |
| 11 |  Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) |
— | — | — | 16 | 26 | 22 | 40 | 48 | 60 | 21 | 233 |
| 12 |  Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL) |
13 | 29 | 36 | 30 | 0 | 32 | — | 21 | 54 | 2 | 217 |
| 13 | Franziska Preuß (GER) |
19 | 31 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 32 | — | 2 | 27 | 36 | 192 |
| 14 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) |
0 | 38 | 28 | 36 | 20 | — | 29 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 190 |
| 15 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) |
0 | 19 | 30 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 21 | — | 25 | 3 | 178 |
| 16 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) |
0 | 5 | 19 | 32 | 0 | 36 | 25 | 24 | 0 | 26 | 167 |
| 17 | Enora Latuillière (FRA) |
31 | 21 | 21 | 27 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 18 | — | 0 | 166 |
| 18 |  Jana Gereková (SVK) |
2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 0 | 43 | 9 | 31 | 29 | 10 | 165 |
| 19 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) |
23 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 43 | 0 | 29 | 163 |
| 20 |  Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS) |
20 | 31 | 15 | 26 | — | 26 | 30 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 163 |
| 21 | Daria Virolaynen (RUS) |
0 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 22 | 30 | 8 | 31 | 20 | 16 | 157 |
| 22 | Olga Podchufarova (RUS) |
28 | 43 | 40 | — | — | — | 0 | 32 | 0 | 9 | 152 |
| 23 |  Susan Dunklee (USA) |
0 | 12 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 34 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 150 |
| 24 | Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR) |
17 | 36 | 1 | 9 | 60 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 142 |
| 25 |  Rosanna Crawford (CAN) |
29 | 7 | 43 | 0 | DNS | 12 | DNF | 28 | 9 | 13 | 141 |
| 26 |  Teja Gregorin (SLO) |
36 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | 12 | 130 |
| 27 |  Elisa Gasparin (SUI) |
16 | 0 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 30 | 126 |
| 28 | Monika Hojnisz (POL) |
0 | 3 | 14 | 26 | 24 | 8 | — | 36 | 0 | — | 111 |
| 29 | Luise Kummer (GER) |
0 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 28 | 12 | — | — | 34 | 110 |
| 30 | Nadzeya Pisareva (BLR) |
21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 106 |
| 31 | Olga Abramova (UKR) |
15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 32 | 11 | 104 |
| 32 |  Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) |
28 | 14 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 102 |
| 33 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) |
24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 101 |
| 34 | Juliya Dzhyma (UKR) |
0 | 23 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 23 | 22 | — | 22 | 101 |
| 35 | Ekaterina Shumilova (RUS) |
0 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 5 | 99 |
| 36 | Katharina Innerhofer (AUT) |
5 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 25 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 17 | 95 |
| 37 | Nicole Gontier (ITA) |
4 | 0 | 34 | 48 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 |
| 38 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) |
— | 24 | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | — | 85 |
| 39 |  Fuyuko Suzuki (JPN) |
0 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 19 | — | 85 |
| 40 | Hannah Dreissigacker (USA) |
0 | 0 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 82 |
| 41 | Marine Bolliet (FRA) |
30 | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 19 | — | 0 | — | — | 81 |
| 42 | Natalya Burdyga (UKR) |
7 | 16 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 24 | DNS | — | — | 78 |
| 43 | Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL) |
25 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 36 | — | 76 |
| 44 | Iryna Varvynets (UKR) |
— | — | — | 0 | 8 | 13 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 72 |
| 45 |  Éva Tófalvi (ROU) |
0 | 25 | 0 | — | 2 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| 46 | Elise Ringen (NOR) |
0 | 0 | — | 29 | 27 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 70 |
| 47 | Marte Olsbu (NOR) |
0 | 17 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 70 |
| 48 | Krystyna Guzik (POL) |
9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 40 | — | 67 |
| 49 | Nastassia Dubarezava (BLR) |
0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 67 |
| 50 | Coline Varcin (FRA) |
22 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 0 | 0 | — | 56 |
| 51 | Lena Haecki (SUI) |
— | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 29 | — | — | 13 | — | 53 |
| 52 | Jitka Landová (CZE) |
18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| 53 | Megan Heinicke (CAN) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | DNS | 0 | 18 | — | 49 |
| 54 | Yana Romanova (RUS) |
6 | 26 | 0 | DNS | 6 | 0 | — | 11 | — | DNS | 49 |
| 55 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) |
— | 0 | 0 | 13 | DNS | 0 | 27 | 0 | — | 7 | 47 |
| 56 | Andreja Mali (SLO) |
10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 44 |
| 57 | Sophie Boilley (FRA) |
26 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 38 |
| 58 | Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | — | 24 | 38 |
| 59 | Aita Gasparin (SUI) |
0 | 0 | 0 | DNS | 16 | 2 | — | — | 0 | 20 | 38 |
| 60 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) |
3 | 0 | — | 0 | 7 | — | 22 | — | 0 | — | 32 |
| 61 | Iana Bondar (UKR) |
— | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 32 |
| 62 | Dunja Zdouc (AUT) |
0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | DNS | — | 24 | — | 28 |
| 63 |  Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) |
0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 25 |
| 64 | Miriam Gössner (GER) |
0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | 3 | — | 0 | 20 |
| 65 | Federica Sanfilippo (ITA) |
— | — | — | 0 | — | 9 | 7 | 4 | — | — | 20 |
| 66 |  Tang Jialin (CHN) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | — | 19 |
| 67 |  Darya Usanova (KAZ) |
14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 68 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) |
0 | — | 10 | 0 | DNS | — | — | 0 | — | 8 | 18 |
| 69 | Irina Trusova (RUS) |
— | — | — | — | 9 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 |
| 70 | Barbora Tomešová (CZE) |
— | — | 0 | 0 | — | DNS | 0 | 1 | — | 14 | 15 |
| 71 |  Kadri Lehtla (EST) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —- | 0 | — | 13 | 0 | — | 13 |
| 71 | Paulina Fialkova (SVK) |
0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | DNS | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 71 | Annelies Cook (USA) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | — | 13 |
| 74 | Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen (NOR) |
— | — | 12 | DNS | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 12 |
| 74 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) |
— | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 76 | Nadija Bjelkina (UKR) |
11 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| 77 |  Desislava Stoyanova (BUL) |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 78 | Evgeniya Seledtsova (RUS) |
— | — | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 79 | Emilia Yordanova (BUL) |
— | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 80 | Annika Knoll (GER) |
— | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | 0 | 6 |
| 81 | Galina Nechkasova (RUS) |
— | — | — | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 81 | Audrey Vaillancourt (CAN) |
0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 5 |
| 83 | Anna Kistanova (KAZ) |
— | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 84 | Martina Chrapánová (SVK) |
— | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 |
| 84 | Emma Nilsson (SWE) |
0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 86 | Johanna Talihaerm (EST) |
— | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | 2 |
| 87 | Luminita Piscoran (ROU) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 87 | Clare Egan (USA) |
— | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | — | 1 |