Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's pursuit

The women's 10 km pursuit biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 11 February 2014.[1]

Women's pursuit
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for biathlon
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Date11 February
Competitors57 from 23 nations
Winning time29:30.7
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Darya Domracheva  Belarus
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tora Berger  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Teja Gregorin  Slovenia
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In the pursuit competition, the competitors start times were determined according to the results of the Women's sprint held two days earlier, with the sprint champion Anastasiya Kuzmina starting first. None of the sprint medalists won a medal in the pursuit. Instead, Darya Domracheva of Belarus became the champion, with Tora Berger of Norway winning the silver medal, and Teja Gregorin of Slovenian winning the bronze. Gregorin's medal became the first ever medal of Slovenia in biathlon.[2]

Qualification edit

Countries were assigned quotas using a combination of the Nation Cup scores of their top 3 athletes in the individual, sprint, and relay competitions at the 2012 World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, and the 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic. The top 20 nations would be able to start four athletes in the sprint, while nations 21 through 28 could start one each. Nations below 28 could only start if any nation decided to vacate a quota spot.

During the 2012–13 or 2013–14 Biathlon World Cup season the athlete must have two results at IBU Cup, Open European Championships, World Championships or World Cup in the Sprint or Individual that at a maximum 20% behind the average time of the top three athletes. Or, two placings in the top half at the Junior World Championships. They also can have a combination of both criteria (one of each).[3]

For the pursuit race the top 60 athletes in the sprint race qualified to compete.

Schedule edit

All dates and times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Round
11 February 2014 19:00 Final

Results edit

The race was started at 19:00.[4]

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Penalties (P+P+S+S) Deficit
  9 Darya Domracheva   Belarus 0:32 29:30.7 1 (0+0+0+1)
  10 Tora Berger   Norway 0:34 30:08.3 1 (0+0+0+1) +37.6
  15 Teja Gregorin   Slovenia 0:42 30:12.7 1 (0+0+1+0) +42.0
4 29 Gabriela Soukalová   Czech Republic 1:11 30:18.3 1 (0+0+0+1) +47.6
5 12 Valj Semerenko   Ukraine 0:38 30:23.6 1 (1+0+0+0) +52.9
6 1 Anastasiya Kuzmina   Slovakia 0:00 30:29.1 2 (0+1+0+1) +58.4
7 2 Olga Vilukhina   Russia 0:20 30:32.9 1 (0+1+0+0) +1:02.2
8 4 Karin Oberhofer   Italy 0:28 30:37.8 1 (0+0+1+0) +1:07.1
9 24 Ann Kristin Flatland   Norway 1:04 30:40.2 0 (0+0+0+0) +1:09.5
10 3 Vita Semerenko   Ukraine 0:22 30:40.3 2 (0+1+1+0) +1:09.6
DSQ 28 Olga Zaytseva   Russia 1:10 30:43.0 0 (0+0+0+0) +1:12.3
12 5 Anaïs Bescond   France 0:30 30:43.7 2 (0+0+1+1) +1:13.0
13 17 Nadezhda Skardino   Belarus 0:44 30:43.7 1 (0+0+0+1) +1:13.0
14 20 Marie Dorin Habert   France 0:48 30:53.6 1 (0+0+1+0) +1:22.9
15 13 Selina Gasparin   Switzerland 0:40 30:59.1 2 (0+0+1+1) +1:28.4
16 30 Kaisa Mäkäräinen   Finland 1:12 31:02.3 3 (0+0+2+1) +1:31.6
17 6 Dorothea Wierer   Italy 0:31 31:03.2 2 (0+0+2+0) +1:32.5
18 14 Susan Dunklee   United States 0:42 31:11.6 4 (0+1+0+3) +1:40.9
19 21 Monika Hojnisz   Poland 0:48 31:14.0 2 (0+0+0+2) +1:43.3
20 7 Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak   Poland 0:31 31:25.4 2 (1+0+1+0) +1:54.7
21 16 Veronika Vítková   Czech Republic 0:44 31:42.9 2 (1+0+0+1) +2:12.2
22 26 Olena Pidhrushna   Ukraine 1:06 31:54.2 1 (0+0+0+1) +2:23.5
23 19 Yana Romanova   Russia 0:47 31:55.1 2 (0+1+1+0) +2:24.4
24 18 Tiril Eckhoff   Norway 0:45 32:12.3 6 (0+1+2+3) +2:41.6
25 32 Zina Kocher   Canada 1:19 32:15.1 4 (0+2+0+2) +2:44.4
26 23 Éva Tófalvi   Romania 0:55 32:15.3 3 (1+2+0+0) +2:44.6
27 11 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle   Germany 0:34 32:16.6 6 (2+1+1+2) +2:45.9
28 31 Megan Imrie   Canada 1:13 32:22.7 2 (1+0+1+0) +2:52.0
29 22 Andrea Henkel   Germany 0:55 32:30.4 3 (0+1+1+1) +2:59.7
30 46 Laura Dahlmeier   Germany 1:56 32:38.8 1 (0+0+0+1) +3:08.1
31 8 Elisa Gasparin   Switzerland 0:31 32:42.8 5 (2+1+1+1) +3:12.1
32 39 Fuyuko Suzuki   Japan 1:41 32:49.0 1 (0+0+0+1) +3:18.3
33 37 Liudmila Kalinchik   Belarus 1:31 32:54.9 2 (0+0+0+2) +3:24.2
34 33 Krystyna Pałka   Poland 1:21 32:56.3 3 (1+0+1+1) +3:25.6
35 43 Jana Gereková   Slovakia 1:51 32:57.7 4 (2+0+0+2) +3:27.0
36 35 Synnøve Solemdal   Norway 1:25 33:04.3 3 (1+0+0+2) +3:33.6
37 57 Elena Khrustaleva   Kazakhstan 2:23 33:06.5 0 (0+0+0+0) +3:35.8
38 40 Magdalena Gwizdoń   Poland 1:44 33:14.3 2 (1+0+1+0) +3:43.6
39 27 Lisa Hauser   Austria 1:09 33:25.0 3 (1+0+1+1) +3:54.3
40 41 Franziska Preuß   Germany 1:46 33:34.0 3 (0+2+1+0) +4:03.3
41 58 Darya Usanova   Kazakhstan 2:27 33:54.6 2 (1+0+0+1) +4:23.9
42 45 Eva Puskarčíková   Czech Republic 1:54 33:59.0 2 (0+0+1+1) +4:28.3
43 51 Diana Rasimovičiūtė   Lithuania 2:12 34:07.1 2 (0+0+0+2) +4:36.4
44 47 Anaïs Chevalier   France 1:57 34:14.5 1 (1+0+0+0) +4:43.8
45 25 Rosanna Crawford   Canada 1:04 34:15.6 7 (2+3+2+0) +4:44.9
46 52 Victoria Padial   Spain 2:15 34:30.3 2 (1+0+0+1) +4:59.6
47 60 Ekaterina Shumilova   Russia 2:32 34:34.2 3 (0+2+1+0) +5:03.5
48 38 Michela Ponza   Italy 1:40 34:36.4 3 (1+1+0+1) +5:05.7
49 54 Nicole Gontier   Italy 2:20 34:37.5 6 (2+2+0+2) +5:06.8
50 55 Tang Jialin   China 2:20 34:40.4 2 (0+1+0+1) +5:09.7
51 44 Sara Studebaker   United States 1:53 35:00.0 5 (3+1+0+1) +5:29.3
52 50 Jitka Landová   Czech Republic 2:10 35:37.6 5 (0+2+3+0) +6:06.9
53 49 Zhang Yan   China 2:03 36:12.1 2 (0+2+0+0) +6:41.4
54 53 Annelies Cook   United States 2:17 36:20.9 5 (2+1+1+1) +6:50.2
55 48 Johanna Talihärm   Estonia 2:03 37:52.5 5 (2+0+0+3) +8:21.8
56 34 Nastassia Dubarezava   Belarus 1:23 41:01.8* 12 (1+4+4+3) +11:31.1
59 Megan Heinicke   Canada 2:28 DNF 8 (2+1+3+2)
36 Mari Laukkanen   Finland 1:31 DNS
42 Juliya Dzhyma   Ukraine 1:49 DNS
56 Marie-Laure Brunet   France 2:21 DNS

* Includes four-minute penalty

On 27 November 2017, IOC disqualified Olga Vilukhina and Yana Romanova for doping violations.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Biathlon Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Darya Domracheva wins 10K gold". ESPN. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Biathlon Union. December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. ^ Final Results
  5. ^ "IOC sanctions five Russian athletes and publishes first full decision as part of the Oswald Commission findings". International Olympic Committee. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.