2014–15 Biathlon World Cup Explained

2014–15 Biathlon World Cup
Competition1:	Overall
Competition1men:	Martin Fourcade
Competition1ladies:	Darya Domracheva
Competition2:	Nations Cup
Competition2men:	Norway
Competition2ladies:	Germany
Competition3:	Individual
Competition3men:	Serhiy Semenov
Competition3ladies:	Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Competition4:	Sprint
Competition4men:	Martin Fourcade
Competition4ladies:	Darya Domracheva
Competition5:	Pursuit
Competition5men:	Martin Fourcade
Competition5ladies:	Darya Domracheva
Competition6:	Mass start
Competition6men:	Anton Shipulin
Competition6ladies:	Franziska Preuß
Competition7:	Relay
Competition7men:	Russia
Competition7ladies:	Czech Republic
Mixedcompetition1:	Mixed
Mixedcompetition1both:	Norway
Previous:	2013–14
Next:	2015–16

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]

Stage	Location	Date	Individual	Sprint	Pursuit		Relay			Details
1	Östersund	30 November–7 December	●	●	●			●		details
2	Hochfilzen	12–14 December		●	●		●			details
3	Pokljuka	18–21 December		●	●	●				details
4	Oberhof	7–11 January		●		●	●			details
5	Ruhpolding	14–18 January		●		●	●			details
6	Antholz-Anterselva	22–25 January		●	●		●			details
7	Nové Město	6–8 February		●	●			●	●	details
8	Holmenkollen	12–15 February	●	●			●			details
WC	Kontiolahti	5–15 March	●	●	●	●	●	●		World Championships
9	Khanty-Mansiysk	19–22 March		●	●	●				details
Total: 66 (31 men's, 31 women's, 4 mixed)			3	10	7	5	6	3	1

Men

World Cup Podiums

	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
1		Östersund	20 km Individual	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Serhiy Semenov	Michal Šlesingr	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
	10 km Sprint		Martin Fourcade	Ondřej Moravec	Jakov Fak	Detail
	12.5 km Pursuit		Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
2		Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Simon Schempp	Andreas Birnbacher		Detail
	12.5 km Pursuit		Martin Fourcade	Simon Schempp	Jakov Fak	Martin Fourcade	Detail
3		Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Anton Shipulin	Dominik Landertinger		Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
	12.5 km Pursuit		Emil Hegle Svendsen	Anton Shipulin	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
	15 km Mass Start		Anton Shipulin	Martin Fourcade	Simon Eder	Martin Fourcade	Detail
4		Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Ole Einar Bjørndalen		Timofey Lapshin	Detail
	15 km Mass Start		Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Dmitry Malyshko		Detail
5		Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Simon Schempp		Arnd Peiffer	Detail
	15 km Mass Start		Simon Schempp	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Michal Šlesingr		Detail
6		Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Simon Schempp	Evgenii Garanichev		Jakov Fak	Detail
	12.5 km Pursuit		Simon Schempp	Simon Eder	Evgenii Garanichev		Detail
7		Nové Město	10 km Sprint	Jakov Fak	Simon Schempp		Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	Detail
	12.5 km Pursuit		Jakov Fak	Simon Schempp	Martin Fourcade		Detail
8		Oslo	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Evgenii Garanichev		Serhiy Semenov	Detail
	10 km Sprint		Arnd Peiffer	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin		Detail
WCH		Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Nathan Smith		Tarjei Bø	Detail
	12.5 km Pursuit		Erik Lesser	Anton Shipulin	Tarjei Bø		Detail
	20 km Individual		Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ondřej Moravec		Detail
	15 km Mass Start		Jakov Fak	Ondřej Moravec	Tarjei Bø		Detail
9		Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin		Benedikt Doll	Detail
	12.5 km Pursuit		Nathan Smith	Benedikt Doll	Anton Shipulin		Detail
	15 km Mass Start		Jakov Fak	Anton Shipulin	Tarjei Bø		Detail

Men's Relay Podiums

	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader
2		Hochfilzen	4 × 7.5 km Relay					Detail
4		Oberhof	4 × 7.5 km Relay					Detail
5		Ruhpolding	4 × 7.5 km Relay					Detail
6		Anterselva	4 × 7.5 km Relay					Detail
8		Oslo	4 × 7.5 km Relay					Detail
WCH		Kontiolahti	4 × 7.5 km Relay					Detail

Standings

Rank	after all 25 races^[3]	Points
	Martin Fourcade	1042
2.		978
3.		883
4.		792
5.		729
6.		655
7.		636
8.		630
9.		613
10.		607

Rank	after all 3 races^[4]	Points
	Serhiy Semenov	142
2.		120
3.		114
4.		109
5.		108

Rank	after all 10 races^[5]	Points
	Martin Fourcade	416
2.		370
3.		354
4.		337
5.		331

Rank	after all 7 races^[6]	Points
	Martin Fourcade	335
2.		305
3.		282
4.		228
5.		207

Rank	after all 5 races^[7]	Points
	Anton Shipulin	242
2.		204
3.		186
4.		174
5.		167

Rank	after all 6 races^[8]	Points
1.		311
2.		308
3.		305
4.		279
5.		242

Rank	after all 23 races^[9] <	--Sprint + Individual + Relay + Mixed Relay-->	Points
1.		8096.5
2.		8011.5
3.		7826.5
4.		7533
5.		6764

Women

World Cup Podiums

	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib
1		Östersund	15 km Individual	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Valentyna Semerenko	Darya Domracheva	Detail
	7.5 km Sprint		Tiril Eckhoff	Veronika Vítková	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
	10 km Pursuit		Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Valentyna Semerenko	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
2		Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Karin Oberhofer		Tiril Eckhoff	Detail
	10 km Pursuit		Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Ekaterina Glazyrina	Anaïs Bescond		Detail
3		Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Gabriela Soukalová	Dorothea Wierer		Valentyna Semerenko	Detail
	10 km Pursuit		Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Valentyna Semerenko		Detail
	12.5 km Mass Start		Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Anaïs Bescond	Nadezhda Skardino		Detail
4		Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Veronika Vítková	Dorothea Wierer		Nicole Gontier	Detail
	12.5 km Mass Start		Darya Domracheva	Veronika Vítková	Tiril Eckhoff		Detail
5		Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Fanny Horn	Darya Domracheva		Tiril Eckhoff	Detail
	12.5 km Mass Start		Darya Domracheva	Franziska Preuß	Veronika Vítková		Detail
6		Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Laura Dahlmeier	Detail
	10 km Pursuit		Darya Domracheva	Daria Virolaynen	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
7		Nové Město	7.5 km Sprint	Laura Dahlmeier	Franziska Hildebrand		Veronika Vítková	Detail
	10 km Pursuit		Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Laura Dahlmeier		Detail
8		Oslo	15 km Individual	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Darya Domracheva		Veronika Vítková	Detail
	7.5 km Sprint		Darya Domracheva	Laura Dahlmeier	Marie Dorin Habert	Darya Domracheva	Detail
WCH		Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Marie Dorin Habert	Weronika Nowakowska-Z.		Valentyna Semerenko	Detail
	10 km Pursuit		Marie Dorin Habert	Laura Dahlmeier	Weronika Nowakowska-Z.		Detail
	15 km Individual		Ekaterina Yurlova	Gabriela Soukalová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
	12.5 km Mass Start		Valentyna Semerenko	Franziska Preuß	Karin Oberhofer		Detail
9		Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Laura Dahlmeier		Darya Domracheva	Detail
	10 km Pursuit		Darya Domracheva	Laura Dahlmeier	Franziska Preuß		Detail
	12.5 km Mass Start		Laura Dahlmeier	Gabriela Soukalová	Marie Dorin Habert		Detail

Women's Relay Podiums

	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Leader
2		Hochfilzen	4 × 6 km Relay					Detail
4		Oberhof	4 × 6 km Relay					Detail
5		Ruhpolding	4 × 6 km Relay					Detail
6		Anterselva	4 × 6 km Relay					Detail
8		Oslo	4 × 6 km Relay					Detail
WCH		Kontiolahti	4 × 6 km Relay					Detail

Standings

Rank	after all 25 races^[10]	Points
	Darya Domracheva	1094
2.		1047
3.		869
4.		798
5.		761
6.		758
7.		751
8.		725
9.		658
10.		651

Rank	after all 3 races^[11]	Points
	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	162
2.		139
3.		122
4.		103
5.		89

Rank	after all 10 races^[12]	Points
	Darya Domracheva	417
2.		366
3.		349
4.		335
5.		330

Rank	after all 7 races^[13]	Points
	Darya Domracheva	348
2.		348
3.		258
4.		224
5.		215

Rank	after all 5 races^[14]	Points
	Franziska Preuß	218
2.		210
3.		206
4.		200
5.		195

Rank	after all 6 races^[15]	Points
1.		318
2.		303
3.		271
4.		266
5.		255

Rank	after all 23 races^[16] <	--Sprint + Individual + Relay + Mixed Relay-->	Points
1.		7880.5
2.		7681.5
3.		7465.5
4.		7323.5
5.		7111

Mixed Relay

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	30 November 2014	Östersund	Mixed Relay				Detail
7	6 February 2015		Single Mixed Relay				Detail
7	6 February 2015	Nové Město	Mixed Relay				Detail
WC	5 March 2015	Kontiolahti	Mixed relay				Detail

Standings

Pos.		Points
1.	Norway	216
2.		197
3.		174
4.		169
5.		169

• Final standings after 4 races.

Achievements

First World Cup career victory:

• , 24, in her 4th season — the WC 1 Sprint in Östersund; first podium was 2013–14 Pursuit in Annecy-Le Grand Bornand
• , 26, in her 9th season — the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof; first podium was 2012–13 Pursuit in Oberhof
• , 26, in her 6th season — the WC 5 Sprint in Ruhpolding; it also was her first podium
• , 21, in her 3rd season — the WC 7 Sprint in Nové Město; first podium was 2014–15 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
• , 28, in her 8th season — the World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2008–09 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk
• , 26, in his 6th season — the World Championships Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2012–13 Individual in Östersund
• , 30, in her 7th season — the World Championships Individual in Kontiolahti; it also was her first podium
• , 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:

• , 29, in her 6th season — no. 2 in the WC 2 Sprint in Hochfilzen
• , 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Pursuit in Hochfilzen
• , 23, in her 4th season — no. 3 in the WC 4 Sprint in Oberhof
• , 20, in her 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Mass Start in Ruhpolding
• , 22, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Mass Start in Ruhpolding
• , 21, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 6 Sprint in Antholz-Anterselva
• , 27, in her 4th season — no. 2 in the WC 7 Sprint in Nové Město
• , 28, in her 8th season — no.2 in the World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti
• , 29, in his 7th season — no.2 in the World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti
• , 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):

Men

• , 8 (37) first places
• , 4 (8) first places
• , 3 (8) first places
• , 3 (5) first places
• , 2 (37) first places
• , 2 (7) first places
• , 1 (7) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Women

• , 9 (25) first places
• , 6 (15) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 2 (2) first places
• , 1 (8) first place
• , 1 (2) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place
• , 1 (1) first place

Retirements

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

Men

• • ^[17]
• ^[18]
• ^[19]
• ^[20]
  • ^[21]
• ^[22]

Women

• • • • • ^[23]
• ^[18]
• ^[24]
• ^[25]
  • • • • • • ^[26]
• ^[27]

External links

• IBU official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Event Schedule . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 22 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121204112219/http://datacenter.biathlonresults.com/?view=schedule_schedule . 4 December 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: SINGLE MIXED RELAY CONFIRMED FOR NMNM WC PROGRAMME . vysocina-arena.cz . 1 December 2014 . 19 November 2014 . 16 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150216015731/http://www.vysocina-arena.cz/en/clanek-single-mixed-relay-confirmed-for-nmnm-wc-programme-167.html . dead .
3. Web site: Men's Total Score Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
4. Web site: Men's Individual Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
5. Web site: Men's Sprint Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
6. Web site: Men's Pursuit Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
7. Web site: Men's Mass Start Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
8. Web site: Men's Relay Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
9. Web site: Men's Nations Cup Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
10. Web site: Women's Total Score Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
11. Web site: Women's Individual Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
12. Web site: Women's Sprint Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
13. Web site: Women's Pursuit Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
14. Web site: Women's Mass Start Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
15. Web site: Women's Relay Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
16. Web site: Women's Nations Cup Points. www.biathlonworld.com.
17. Web site: Alexis Boeuf si ritira con effetto immediato . Paone . Francesco . 13 December 2014 . 9 October 2015 . Neve Italia . Italian . Alexis Boeuf retires with immediate effect.
18. Web site: ATHLETE RETIREMENTS . . n.d. . British biathlon . British Biathlon Union . 28 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151008172101/http://www.britishbiathlon.com/index.htm#ATHLETE_RETIREMENTS . 2015-10-08 . dead .
19. Web site: Christoph Stephan annuncia il ritiro dall'attività agonistica . Paone . Francesco . 19 April 2015 . 9 October 2015 . Neve Italia . Italian . Christoph Stephan announces retirement from racing.
20. News: Tingve . Pål Marius . 27 April 2015 . Lars Berger legger opp . Norwegian . . 27 April 2015.
21. Web site: Ufficiale il ritiro di Janez Maric, un capitolo di storia del biathlon sloveno . Paone . Francesco . 3 October 2015 . 9 October 2015 . Neve Italia . Italian . Official retirement of Janez Maric, a chapter of the history of Slovenian biathlon.
22. Web site: Serguei Sednev si ritira con effetto immediato . Paone . Francesco . 3 October 2015 . 9 October 2015 . Neve Italia . Italian . Serguei Sednev retires with immediate effect.
23. Web site: La francese Sophie Boilley appende gli sci al chiodo . Paone . Francesco . 30 March 2015 . 9 October 2015 . Neve Italia . Italian . The French Sophie Boilley hangs skis to the nail.
24. News: . Biathlete Sachenbacher-Stehle announces retirement following doping case . Deutsche Welle . 30 November 2014 . 28 January 2015.
25. Web site: Fine carriera per Roberta Fiandino . Paone . Francesco . 31 March 2015 . 9 October 2015 . Neve Italia . Italian . End career for Roberta Fiandino.
26. Web site: Olga Zaitseva torna sui suoi passi e decide di ritirarsi . Paone . Francesco . 24 January 2015 . 9 October 2015 . Neve Italia . Italian . Olga Zaitseva back on his feet and decides to retire.
27. http://www.sovsport.ru/biathlon/news/808747-jana-romanova-zavershila-sportivnuju-karieru Яна Романова завершила спортивную карьеру