2014–15 Biathlon World Cup

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]

2014–15 Biathlon World Cup
Discipline	Men	Women
Overall	Martin Fourcade	Darya Domracheva
Nations Cup	Norway	Germany
Individual	Serhiy Semenov	Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Darya Domracheva
Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Darya Domracheva Kaisa Mäkäräinen
Mass start	Anton Shipulin	Franziska Preuß
Relay	Russia	Czech Republic
Mixed	Norway
Competition

2014–15 World Cup in Nové Město

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	Mass start	Relay	Mixed relay	Single mixed 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

World Cup Podium

Men

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	3 December 2014	Östersund	20 km Individual	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Serhiy Semenov	Michal Šlesingr	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
1	6 December 2014	Östersund	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Ondřej Moravec	Jakov Fak		Detail
1	7 December 2014	Östersund	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
2	12 December 2014	Hochfilzen	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Simon Schempp	Andreas Birnbacher		Detail
2	14 December 2014	Hochfilzen	12.5 km Pursuit	Martin Fourcade	Simon Schempp	Jakov Fak	Martin Fourcade	Detail
3	19 December 2014	Pokljuka	10 km Sprint	Anton Shipulin	Dominik Landertinger	Emil Hegle Svendsen		Detail
3	20 December 2014	Pokljuka	12.5 km Pursuit	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Anton Shipulin	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Detail
3	21 December 2014	Pokljuka	15 km Mass Start	Anton Shipulin	Martin Fourcade	Simon Eder	Martin Fourcade	Detail
4	10 January 2015	Oberhof	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Timofey Lapshin		Detail
4	11 January 2015	Oberhof	15 km Mass start	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Dmitry Malyshko		Detail
5	17 January 2015	Ruhpolding	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Simon Schempp	Arnd Peiffer		Detail
5	18 January 2015	Ruhpolding	15 km Mass start	Simon Schempp	Quentin Fillon Maillet	Michal Šlesingr		Detail
6	22 January 2015	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Sprint	Simon Schempp	Evgeniy Garanichev	Jakov Fak		Detail
6	24 January 2015	Antholz-Anterselva	12.5 km Pursuit	Simon Schempp	Simon Eder	Evgeniy Garanichev		Detail
7	7 February 2015	Nové Město	10 km Sprint	Jakov Fak	Simon Schempp	Jean-Guillaume Béatrix		Detail
7	8 February 2015	Nové Město	12.5 km Pursuit	Jakov Fak	Simon Schempp	Martin Fourcade		Detail
8	12 February 2015	Oslo Holmenkollen	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Evgeniy Garanichev	Serhiy Semenov		Detail
8	14 February 2015	Oslo Holmenkollen	10 km Sprint	Arnd Peiffer	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin		Detail
WC	7 March 2015	Kontiolahti	10 km Sprint	Johannes Thingnes Bø	Nathan Smith	Tarjei Bø		Detail
WC	8 March 2015	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Pursuit	Erik Lesser	Anton Shipulin	Tarjei Bø		Detail
WC	12 March 2015	Kontiolahti	20 km Individual	Martin Fourcade	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Ondřej Moravec		Detail
WC	15 March 2015	Kontiolahti	15 km Mass Start	Jakov Fak	Ondřej Moravec	Tarjei Bø		Detail
9	19 March 2015	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Sprint	Martin Fourcade	Anton Shipulin	Benedikt Doll		Detail
9	21 March 2015	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Pursuit	Nathan Smith	Benedikt Doll	Anton Shipulin		Detail
9	22 March 2015	Khanty-Mansiysk	15 km Mass start	Jakov Fak	Anton Shipulin	Tarjei Bø		Detail

Women

Stage	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Yellow bib (After competition)	Det.
1	4 December 2014	Östersund	20 km Individual	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Valj Semerenko	Darya Domracheva	Detail
1	6 December 2014	Östersund	7,5 km Sprint	Tiril Eckhoff	Veronika Vítková	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Detail
1	7 December 2014	Östersund	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Valj Semerenko	Dorothea Wierer		Detail
2	12 December 2014	Hochfilzen	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Karin Oberhofer	Tiril Eckhoff		Detail
2	14 December 2014	Hochfilzen	10 km Pursuit	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Anaïs Bescond	Olga Podchufarova		Detail
3	18 December 2014	Pokljuka	7.5 km Sprint	Gabriela Soukalová	Dorothea Wierer	Valj Semerenko		Detail
3	20 December 2014	Pokljuka	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Valj Semerenko		Detail
3	21 December 2014	Pokljuka	12.5 km Mass Start	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Anaïs Bescond	Nadezhda Skardino		Detail
4	9 January 2015	Oberhof	7.5 km Sprint	Veronika Vítková	Dorothea Wierer	Nicole Gontier		Detail
4	11 January 2015	Oberhof	12.5 km Mass start	Darya Domracheva	Veronika Vítková	Tiril Eckhoff		Detail
5	16 January 2015	Ruhpolding	7.5 km Sprint	Fanny Welle-Strand Horn	Darya Domracheva	Tiril Eckhoff		Detail
5	18 January 2015	Ruhpolding	12.5 km Mass start	Darya Domracheva	Franziska Preuß	Veronika Vítková		Detail
6	23 January 2015	Antholz-Anterselva	7.5 km Sprint	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Laura Dahlmeier		Detail
6	24 January 2015	Antholz-Anterselva	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Daria Virolaynen	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
7	7 February 2015	Nové Město	7.5 km Sprint	Laura Dahlmeier	Franziska Hildebrand	Veronika Vítková		Detail
7	8 February 2015	Nové Město	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Laura Dahlmeier		Detail
8	12 February 2015	Oslo Holmenkollen	15 km Individual	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Darya Domracheva	Veronika Vítková		Detail
8	14 February 2015	Oslo Holmenkollen	7.5 km Sprint	Darya Domracheva	Laura Dahlmeier	Marie Dorin Habert	Darya Domracheva	Detail
WC	7 March 2015	Kontiolahti	7.5 km Sprint	Marie Dorin Habert	Weronika Nowakowska-Z.	Valj Semerenko		Detail
WC	8 March 2015	Kontiolahti	10 km Pursuit	Marie Dorin Habert	Laura Dahlmeier	Weronika Nowakowska-Z.		Detail
WC	11 March 2015	Kontiolahti	15 km Individual	Ekaterina Yurlova	Gabriela Soukalová	Kaisa Mäkäräinen		Detail
WC	15 March 2015	Kontiolahti	12.5 km Mass Start	Valj Semerenko	Franziska Preuß	Karin Oberhofer		Detail
9	20 March 2015	Khanty-Mansiysk	7.5 km Sprint	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	Laura Dahlmeier	Darya Domracheva		Detail
9	21 March 2015	Khanty-Mansiysk	10 km Pursuit	Darya Domracheva	Laura Dahlmeier	Franziska Preuß		Detail
9	22 March 2015	Khanty-Mansiysk	12.5 km Mass start	Laura Dahlmeier	Gabriela Soukalová	Marie Dorin Habert		Detail

Men's team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	13 December 2014	Hochfilzen	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Timofey Lapshin Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin	France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade	Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Lars Helge Birkeland Tarjei Bø	Detail
4	8 January 2015	Oberhof	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Evgeniy Garanichev Timofey Lapshin Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin	Norway Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Alexander Os Johannes Thingnes Bø Ole Einar Bjørndalen	France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Desthieux Quentin Fillon Maillet	Detail
5	15 January 2015	Ruhpolding	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Erlend Bjøntegaard Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	Germany Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Russia Evgeniy Garanichev Timofey Lapshin Alexey Volkov Anton Shipulin	Detail
6	25 January 2015	Antholz-Anterselva	4x7.5 km Relay	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	Germany Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	France Simon Fourcade Quentin Fillon Maillet Simon Desthieux Jean-Guillaume Béatrix	Detail
8	15 February 2015	Oslo Holmenkollen	4x7.5 km Relay	Russia Evgeniy Garanichev Maxim Tsvetkov Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin	Germany Erik Lesser Andreas Birnbacher Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Austria Daniel Mesotitsch Simon Eder Sven Grossegger Dominik Landertinger	Detail
WC	14 March 2015	Kontiolahti	4x7.5 km Relay	Germany Erik Lesser Daniel Böhm Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Norway Ole Einar Bjørndalen Tarjei Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen	France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Quentin Fillon Maillet Martin Fourcade	Detail

Ladies' team

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
2	13 December 2014	Hochfilzen	4x6 km Relay	Germany Luise Kummer Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß	Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Nastassia Dubarezava Nadzeya Pisareva Darya Domracheva	Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková	Detail
4	7 January 2015	Oberhof	4x6 km Relay	Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková	France Marine Bolliet Marie Dorin Habert Justine Braisaz Anaïs Bescond	Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Nastassia Dubarezava Nadzeya Pisareva Darya Domracheva	Detail
5	14 January 2015	Ruhpolding	4x6 km Relay	Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková	Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Iryna Kryuko Nadzeya Pisareva Darya Domracheva	Germany Franziska Preuß Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier	Detail
6	25 January 2015	Antholz-Anterselva	4x6 km Relay	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Luise Kummer Laura Dahlmeier	Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková	Ukraine Juliya Dzhyma Natalya Burdyga Olga Abramova Valj Semerenko	Detail
8	15 February 2015	Oslo Holmenkollen	4x6 km Relay	Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková	Italy Dorothea Wierer Nicole Gontier Federica Sanfilippo Karin Oberhofer	France Anaïs Bescond Enora Latuillière Coline Varcin Marie Dorin Habert	Detail
WC	13 March 2015	Kontiolahti	4x6 km Relay	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Vanessa Hinz Laura Dahlmeier	France Anaïs Bescond Enora Latuillière Justine Braisaz Marie Dorin Habert	Italy Lisa Vittozzi Karin Oberhofer Nicole Gontier Dorothea Wierer	Detail

Mixed

Event	Date	Place	Discipline	Winner	Second	Third	Det.
1	30 November 2014	Östersund	Mixed Relay	France Anaïs Bescond Anaïs Chevalier Simon Fourcade Martin Fourcade	Norway Synnøve Solemdal Tiril Eckhoff Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Lars Helge Birkeland	Germany Franziska Hildebrand Franziska Preuß Arnd Peiffer Simon Schempp	Detail
7	6 February 2015	Nové Město	Single Mixed Relay	Russia Yana Romanova Alexey Volkov	Norway Marte Olsbu Henrik L'Abée-Lund	Ukraine Juliya Dzhyma Artem Tyshchenko	Detail
7	6 February 2015	Nové Město	Mixed Relay	Norway Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec	Ukraine Iryna Varvynets Valj Semerenko Dmytro Pidruchnyi Serhiy Semenov	Detail
WC	5 March 2015	Kontiolahti	Mixed relay	Czech Republic Veronika Vítková Gabriela Soukalová Michal Šlesingr Ondřej Moravec	France Anaïs Bescond Marie Dorin Habert Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Martin Fourcade	Norway Fanny Welle-Strand Horn Tiril Eckhoff Johannes Thingnes Bø Tarjei Bø	Detail

Standings: Men

Overall

Pos.		Points
	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    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    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    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    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    Russia 311 2. Norway 308 3. Germany 305 4. France 279 5. Austria 242 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1. Norway 8096.5 2. Germany 8001.5 3. France 7812.5 4. Russia 7800 5. Czech Republic 6755.5 Final standings after 23 races.

Standings: Women

Overall

Pos.		Points
	Darya Domracheva	1094
2.	Kaisa Mäkäräinen	1047
3.	Valj Semerenko	869
4.	Veronika Vítková	798
5.	Franziska Hildebrand	761

• Final standings after 25 races.

Individual Pos. Points    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    Darya Domracheva 417 2. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 366 3. Veronika Vítková 349 4. Dorothea Wierer 335 5. Valj Semerenko 330 Final standings after 10 races.

Pursuit Pos. Points    Darya Domracheva 348    Kaisa Mäkäräinen 348 3. Valj Semerenko 258 4. Laura Dahlmeier 224 5. Dorothea Wierer 215 Final standings after 7 races.

Mass start Pos. Points    Franziska Preuß 218 2. Valj Semerenko 210 3. Darya Domracheva 206 4. Gabriela Soukalová 200 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 195 Final standings after 5 races.

Relay Pos. Points    Czech Republic 318 2. Germany 303 3. France 271 4. Belarus 266 5. Italy 255 Final standings after 6 races.

Nation Pos. Points 1. Germany 7880.5 2. Czech Republic 7681.5 3. France 7465.5 4. Belarus 7323.5 5. Ukraine 7111 Final standings after 23 races.

Standings: Mixed

Mixed relay

Pos.		Points
	Norway	216
2.	France	197
3.	Czech Republic	174
4.	Ukraine	169
5.	Germany	169

• 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
Totals (13 nations)		66	66	66	198

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
•  Olga Podchufarova (RUS), 22, in her 3rd season — no. 3 in the WC 2 Pursuit 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)

Men  Martin Fourcade (FRA), 8 (37) 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  Arnd Peiffer (GER), 1 (7) first place  Erik Lesser (GER), 1 (1) first place  Nathan Smith (CAN), 1 (1) first place

Women  Darya Domracheva (BLR), 9 (25) first places  Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN), 6 (15) first places  Marie Dorin Habert (FRA), 2 (2) first places  Laura Dahlmeier (GER), 2 (2) first places  Gabriela Soukalová (CZE), 1 (8) 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  Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS), 1 (1) first place

Retirements

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

Men  Alexis Bœuf (FRA)[3]  Lee-Steve Jackson (GBR)[4]  Christoph Stephan (GER)[5]  Lars Berger (NOR)[6]  Janez Marič (SLO)[7]  Serguei Sednev (UKR)[8]

Women  Sophie Boilley (FRA)[9]  Nerys Jones (GBR)[4]  Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (GER)[10]  Roberta Fiandino (ITA)[11]  Olga Zaitseva (RUS)[12]  Yana Romanova (RUS)[13]  Natalya Burdyga (UKR)[14] (comeback in 2015–16 season)

External links

• IBU official site

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