Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Women's 12.5 kilometres explained

Event:Women's 12.5 km
Games:2014 Winter
Venue:Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates:14 March
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Event:Women's 12.5 km (visually impaired)
Games:2014 Winter
Competitors:6
Nations:3
Gold:Iuliia Budaleeva
Guide: Tatiana Maltseva
Goldnpc:RUS
Silver:Mikhalina Lysova
Guide: Alexey Ivanov
Silvernpc:RUS
Bronze:Oksana Shyshkova
Guide: Lada Nesterenko
Bronzenpc:UKR
Event:Women's 12.5 km (sitting)
Games:2014 Winter
Competitors:9
Nations:4
Gold:Svetlana Konovalova
Goldnpc:RUS
Silver:Anja Wicker
Silvernpc:GER
Bronze:Olena Iurkovska
Bronzenpc:UKR
Event:Women's 12.5 km (standing)
Games:2014 Winter
Competitors:12
Nations:7
Gold:Oleksandra Kononova
Goldnpc:UKR
Silver:Alena Kaufman
Silvernpc:RUS
Bronze:Natalia Bratiuk
Bronzenpc:RUS

The women's 12.5 km competition of the Sochi 2014 Paralympics was held at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex near Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi. The competition took place on 14 March.

Visually impaired

In biathlon, visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Rank Bib Name Country Misses Real time Calculated time Difference
145 Iuliia Budaleeva
Guide
0+0+0+0 36:09.3 35:25.9 -
146 Mikhalina Lysova
Guide
0+0+0+1 37:05.5 37:21.0 +1:55.1
143 Oksana Shyshkova
Guide
0+0+0+0 38:35.1 37:48.8 +2:22.9
4 144 Elena Remizova
Guide
0+0+1+0 37:59.4 38:13.8 +2:47.9
5 141 Olga Prylutska
Guide
0+1+0+1 44:21.9 46:21.9 +10:56.0
DNF 142 Vivian Hösch
Guide
0+0

Sitting

Rank Bib Name Country Misses Real time Calculated time Difference
109 0+0+0+0 40:44.0 40:44.0 -
103 0+0+0+0 46:03.4 41:27.1 +43.1
106 0+0+0+0 41:30.8 41:30.8 +46.8
4 105 1+0+0+0 42:07.4 43:07.4 +2:23.4
5 102 0+0+0+0 48:01.3 43:13.2 +2:29.2
6 104 1+1+0+0 44:35.5 43:55.0 +3:11.0
7 108 2+0+0+0 47:08.8 46:19.1 +5:35.1
8 101 1+0+1+1 44:23.8 47:23.8 +6:39.8
9 107 1+3+2+1 44:03.4 51:03.4 +10:19.4

Standing

Rank Bib Name Country Misses Real time Calculated time Difference
130 0+0+1+0 40:43.9 40:30.6 -
132 0+0+1+0 40:46.1 40:32.7 +2.1
125 0+0+0+0 42:17.0 41:00.9 +30.3
4 131 0+1+0+1 40:26.9 41:14.1 +43.5
5 124 0+1+0+0 42:45.3 42:28.3 +1:57.7
6 126 1+1+0+0 42:11.1 42:29.9 +1:59.3
7 127 0+0+0+0 44:28.7 42:42.0 +2:11.4
8 129 0+0+0+1 43:50.0 43:31.1 +3:00.5
9 128 0+0+1+0 43:57.7 43:38.6 +3:08.0
10 122 0+0+1+0 46:59.1 46:06.3 +5:35.7
11 123 0+0+1+0 46:49.4 46:25.1 +5:54.5
12 121 1+2+0+1 54:32.7 56:21.8 +15:51.2

Notes and References

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/25580284 Sochi Winter Paralympics: Guide to the sports