The Women's 7.5 km sprint biathlon competition of the Sochi 2014 Olympics took place at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex on 9 February 2014. It was won by Anastasiya Kuzmina from Slovakia, who was the defending champion. Olga Vilukhina from Russia won the silver medal, and Vita Semerenko from Ukraine won the bronze. Semerenko had competed in this event at the Olympics but never previously won an Olympic medal.
Summary Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle took an early lead in the event, after missing one target in the standing shooting. Soon, her result was improved by four seconds by Anaïs Bescond, also with one missing target. Kuzmina, who started 33rd (compared to Bescond's 14th starting number) shot flawlessly and edged Bescond by 29.9 seconds. Later Bescond was pushed from the medal position first by Karin Oberhofer (2 seconds), and then by Vilukhina (8 seconds to Oberhofer). Semerenko, who after the second shooting was fifth, by 5.9 km was second, ahead of Vilukhina, but at the finish line lost 2.2 seconds to Vilukhina, taking bronze and pushing Oberhofer out of the medal position. Dorothea Wierer, who was third after the standing shooting (behind Kuzmina and Vilukhina) finished sixth.
On 27 November 2017, Russian biathlete Olga Vilukhina was stripped of her olympic medal due to doping violations. Her teammate Yana Romanova was also disqualified. On 1 December 2017, Olga Zaitseva from Russia was disqualified. On 24 September 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport removed the sanctions from biathletes Olga Vilukhina, Yana Romanova, but upheld them on their teammate Olga Zaitseva.Media release Court of Arbitration for Sport
Schedule All dates and times are (UTC+4). Date Time Round9 February 2014 18:30–19:36 Final
Results The race was started at 18:30.
Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S) Deficit 33 Anastasiya Kuzmina 21:06.8 0 (0+0) — 56 Olga Vilukhina 21:26.7 0 (0+0) +19.9 62 Vita Semerenko 21:28.5 0 (0+0) +21.7 46 Karin Oberhofer 21:34.7 0 (0+0) +27.9 14 Anaïs Bescond 21:36.7 1 (1+0) +29.9 64 Dorothea Wierer 21:37.4 0 (0+0) +30.6 39 21:37.6 1 (1+0) +30.8 41 Elisa Gasparin 21:38.2 0 (0+0) +31.4 22 Darya Domracheva 21:38.6 1 (1+0) +31.8 10 19 Tora Berger 21:40.6 1 (1+0) +33.8 11 6 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle 21:40.8 1 (0+1) +34.0 12 43 Valj Semerenko 21:44.9 1 (0+1) +38.1 13 58 Selina Gasparin 21:46.5 1 (0+1) +39.7 14 11 Susan Dunklee 21:48.3 1 (0+1) +41.5 15 49 Teja Gregorin 21:48.9 1 (0+1) +42.1 16 55 Veronika Vítková 21:50.8 0 (0+0) +44.0 17 17 Nadezhda Skardino 21:50.9 0 (0+0) +44.1 18 10 Tiril Eckhoff 21:51.4 1 (0+1) +44.6 19 81 Yana Romanova 21:53.4 0 (0+0) +46.6 20 60 Marie Dorin Habert 21:55.0 0 (0+0) +48.2 21 82 Monika Hojnisz 21:55.1 0 (0+0) +48.3 22 34 Andrea Henkel 22:01.5 1 (0+1) +54.7 22 47 Éva Tófalvi 22:01.5 1 (1+0) +54.7 24 68 Ann Kristin Flatland 22:10.6 1 (0+1) +1:03.8 25 71 Rosanna Crawford 22:10.8 1 (0+1) +1:04.0 26 30 Olena Pidhrushna 22:12.8 1 (0+1) +1:06.0 27 5 Lisa Hauser 22:15.6 0 (0+0) +1:08.8 DSQ 61 Olga Zaytseva 22:16.6 1 (1+0) +1:09.8 29 16 Gabriela Soukalová 22:17.5 3 (3+0) +1:10.7 30 51 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 22:18.4 2 (0+2) +1:11.6 31 40 Megan Imrie 22:19.5 1 (0+1) +1:12.7 32 12 Zina Kocher 22:25.5 2 (1+1) +1:18.7 33 8 Krystyna Pałka 22:27.8 1 (1+0) +1:21.0 34 65 Nastassia Dubarezava 22:29.7 1 (0+1) +1:22.9 35 42 Synnøve Solemdal 22:32.1 2 (1+1) +1:25.3 36 31 Mari Laukkanen 22:37.3 2 (0+2) +1:30.5 37 45 Liudmila Kalinchik 22:37.8 2 (1+1) +1:31.0 38 27 Michela Ponza 22:47.0 0 (0+0) +1:40.2 39 25 Fuyuko Suzuki 22:47.4 1 (0+1) +1:40.6 40 67 Magdalena Gwizdoń 22:51.2 2 (1+1) +1:44.4 41 50 Franziska Preuß 22:53.1 2 (2+0) +1:46.3 42 23 Juliya Dzhyma 22:55.5 3 (1+2) +1:48.7 43 1 Jana Gereková 22:58.0 3 (1+2) +1:51.2 44 74 Sara Studebaker 22:59.5 1 (1+0) +1:52.7 45 37 Eva Puskarčíková 23:00.9 1 (1+0) +1:54.1 46 73 Laura Dahlmeier 23:03.2 2 (0+2) +1:56.4 47 84 Anaïs Chévalier 23:03.4 1 (0+1) +1:56.6 48 79 Johanna Talihärm 23:09.3 0 (0+0) +2:02.5 49 59 Zhang Yan 23:09.4 0 (0+0) +2:02.6 50 24 Jitka Landová 23:16.9 2 (1+1) +2:10.1 51 54 Diana Rasimovičiūtė 23:18.6 2 (1+1) +2:11.8 52 3 23:21.5 1 (0+1) +2:14.7 53 57 Annelies Cook 23:23.4 2 (0+2) +2:16.6 54 80 Nicole Gontier 23:26.3 4 (1+3) +2:19.5 55 52 Tang Jialin 23:26.7 2 (0+2) +2:19.9 56 53 Marie-Laure Brunet 23:27.4 0 (0+0) +2:20.6 57 29 Elena Khrustaleva 23:29.6 2 (2+0) +2:22.8 58 66 Darya Usanova 23:33.3 1 (1+0) +2:26.5 59 78 Megan Heinicke 23:34.5 3 (1+2) +2:27.7 60 7 Ekaterina Shumilova 23:38.4 2 (0+2) +2:31.6 61 48 Desislava Stoyanova 23:48.1 2 (1+1) +2:41.3 62 77 Martina Chrapánová 23:48.3 2 (0+2) +2:41.5 63 21 Song Chaoqing 23:49.5 1 (1+0) +2:42.7 64 9 Galina Vishnevskaya 23:52.0 3 (2+1) +2:45.2 65 63 Hannah Dreissigacker 23:55.0 4 (1+3) +2:48.2 66 2 Laure Soulie 23:57.8 2 (1+1) +2:51.0 67 69 Daria Yurlova 24:01.1 2 (1+1) +2:54.3 68 72 Yuki Nakajima 24:12.9 2 (1+1) +3:06.1 69 38 Kadri Lehtla 24:13.3 4 (2+2) +3:06.5 70 44 Emőke Szőcs 24:15.4 2 (0+2) +3:08.6 71 15 Grete Gaim 24:18.2 2 (1+1) +3:11.4 72 70 Paulína Fialková 24:27.1 5 (3+2) +3:20.3 73 83 Marina Lebedeva 24:31.9 2 (1+1) +3:25.1 74 4 Mun Ji-Hee 24:32.0 1 (0+1) +3:25.2 75 20 Amanda Lightfoot 24:48.9 3 (2+1) +3:42.1 76 28 Katharina Innerhofer 24:49.0 4 (1+3) +3:42.2 77 18 Jaqueline Mourão 25:06.4 1 (0+1) +3:59.6 78 26 Tanja Karišik 25:06.8 2 (1+1) +4:00.0 79 32 Žanna Juškāne 25:36.5 6 (2+4) +4:29.7 80 75 Rina Suzuki 25:40.6 2 (0+2) +4:33.8 81 35 Miki Kobayashi 25:52.3 5 (1+4) +4:45.5 82 36 Lucy Glanville 26:57.1 2 (0+2) +5:50.3 83 76 Song Na 27:01.5 4 (3+1) +5:54.7 84 13 Alexandra Camenscic 27:37.0 5 (2+3) +6:30.2
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