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.
A new event, called the "Single mixed relay", made its World Cup debut on 6 February 2015 in Nové Město. This event involves one male and one female biathlete each completing two legs consisting of one prone and one standing shoot.
Calendar Below is the IBU World Cup calendar for the 2014–15 season.
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 +Key: IND – Individual / SIND – Short Individual / SPR – Sprint / PUR – Pursuit / MSS – Mass StartDatePlace DisciplineWinnerSecondThird 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 Detail2 Hochfilzen 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Simon Schempp Andreas Birnbacher Detail 12.5 km Pursuit Martin Fourcade Simon Schempp Jakov Fak Martin Fourcade Detail3 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 Detail4 Oberhof 10 km Sprint Martin Fourcade Ole Einar Bjørndalen Timofey Lapshin Detail 15 km Mass Start Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin Dmitry Malyshko Detail5 Ruhpolding 10 km Sprint Johannes Thingnes Bø Simon Schempp Arnd Peiffer Detail 15 km Mass Start Simon Schempp Quentin Fillon Maillet Michal Šlesingr Detail6 Anterselva 10 km Sprint Simon Schempp Evgenii Garanichev Jakov Fak Detail 12.5 km Pursuit Simon Schempp Simon Eder Evgenii Garanichev Detail7 Nové Město 10 km Sprint Jakov Fak Simon Schempp Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Detail 12.5 km Pursuit Jakov Fak Simon Schempp Martin Fourcade Detail8 Oslo 20 km Individual Martin Fourcade Evgenii Garanichev Serhiy Semenov Detail 10 km Sprint Arnd Peiffer Martin Fourcade Anton Shipulin DetailWCH 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 Detail9 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 DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeader 2 Hochfilzen 4 × 7.5 km Relay Detail4 Oberhof 4 × 7.5 km Relay Detail5 Ruhpolding 4 × 7.5 km Relay Detail6 Anterselva 4 × 7.5 km Relay Detail8 Oslo 4 × 7.5 km Relay DetailWCH Kontiolahti 4 × 7.5 km Relay Detail
Standings
Overall Rankafter all 25 racesPoints Martin Fourcade 1042 2. Anton Shipulin 978 3. Jakov Fak 883 4. Simon Schempp 792 5. Johannes Thingnes Bø 729 6. Ondřej Moravec 655 7. Evgenii Garanichev 636 8. Michal Šlesingr 630 9. Emil Hegle Svendsen 613 10. Erik Lesser 607
Individual Rankafter all 3 racesPoints Serhiy Semenov 142 2. Martin Fourcade 120 3. Emil Hegle Svendsen 114 4. Michal Šlesingr 109 5. Johannes Thingnes Bø 108
Sprint Rankafter all 10 racesPoints Martin Fourcade 416 2. Anton Shipulin 370 3. Simon Schempp 354 4. Jakov Fak 337 5. Johannes Thingnes Bø 331
Pursuit Rankafter all 7 racesPoints Martin Fourcade 335 2. Anton Shipulin 305 3. Jakov Fak 282 4. Simon Schempp 228 5. Erik Lesser 207
Mass start Rankafter all 5 racesPoints Anton Shipulin 242 2. Jakov Fak 204 3. Martin Fourcade 186 4. Simon Eder 174 5. Ondřej Moravec 167
Relay Rankafter all 6 racesPoints 1. 311 2. 308 3. 305 4. 279 5. 242
Nation Rankafter all 23 races Points 1. 8096.5 2. 8011.5 3. 7826.5 4. 7533 5. 6764
Women
World Cup podiums DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdYellow 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 Detail2 Hochfilzen 7.5 km Sprint Kaisa Mäkäräinen Karin Oberhofer Tiril Eckhoff Detail 10 km Pursuit Kaisa Mäkäräinen Anaïs Bescond Olga Podchufarova Detail3 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 Detail4 Oberhof 7.5 km Sprint Veronika Vítková Dorothea Wierer Nicole Gontier Detail 12.5 km Mass Start Darya Domracheva Veronika Vítková Tiril Eckhoff Detail5 Ruhpolding 7.5 km Sprint Fanny Horn Darya Domracheva Tiril Eckhoff Detail 12.5 km Mass Start Darya Domracheva Franziska Preuß Veronika Vítková Detail6 Anterselva 7.5 km Sprint Darya Domracheva Kaisa Mäkäräinen Laura Dahlmeier Detail 10 km Pursuit Darya Domracheva Daria Virolaynen Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail7 Nové Město 7.5 km Sprint Laura Dahlmeier Franziska Hildebrand Veronika Vítková Detail 10 km Pursuit Darya Domracheva Kaisa Mäkäräinen Laura Dahlmeier Detail8 Oslo 15 km Individual Kaisa Mäkäräinen Darya Domracheva Veronika Vítková Detail 7.5 km Sprint Darya Domracheva Laura Dahlmeier Marie Dorin Habert Darya Domracheva DetailWCH Kontiolahti 7.5 km Sprint Marie Dorin Habert Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Valentyna Semerenko Detail 10 km Pursuit Marie Dorin Habert Laura Dahlmeier Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak Detail 15 km Individual Ekaterina Yurlova Gabriela Soukalová Kaisa Mäkäräinen Detail 12.5 km Mass Start Valentyna Semerenko Franziska Preuß Karin Oberhofer Detail9 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 DatePlaceDisciplineWinnerSecondThirdLeader 2 Hochfilzen 4 × 6 km Relay Detail4 Oberhof 4 × 6 km Relay Detail5 Ruhpolding 4 × 6 km Relay Detail6 Anterselva 4 × 6 km Relay Detail8 Oslo 4 × 6 km Relay DetailWCH Kontiolahti 4 × 6 km Relay Detail
Standings
Overall Rankafter all 25 racesPoints Darya Domracheva 1094 2. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 1047 3. Valentyna Semerenko 869 4. Veronika Vítková 798 5. Franziska Hildebrand 761 6. Gabriela Soukalová 758 7. Dorothea Wierer 751 8. Laura Dahlmeier 725 9. Franziska Preuß 658 10. Karin Oberhofer 651
Individual Rankafter all 3 racesPoints Kaisa Mäkäräinen 162 2. Darya Domracheva 139 3. Veronika Vítková 122 4. Franziska Hildebrand 103 5. Nadezhda Skardino 89
Sprint Rankafter all 10 racesPoints Darya Domracheva 417 2. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 366 3. Veronika Vítková 349 4. Dorothea Wierer 335 5. Valentyna Semerenko 330
Pursuit Rankafter all 7 racesPoints Darya Domracheva 348 2. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 348 3. Valentyna Semerenko 258 4. Laura Dahlmeier 224 5. Dorothea Wierer 215
Mass start Rankafter all 5 racesPoints Franziska Preuß 218 2. Valentyna Semerenko 210 3. Darya Domracheva 206 4. Gabriela Soukalová 200 5. Kaisa Mäkäräinen 195
Relay Rankafter all 6 racesPoints 1. 318 2. 303 3. 271 4. 266 5. 255
Nation Rankafter all 23 races 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 Detail7 6 February 2015 Nové Město Single Mixed Relay Detail7 6 February 2015 Nové Město Mixed Relay DetailWC 5 March 2015 Kontiolahti Mixed relay Detail
Standings
Mixed relay Pos.Points 1. Norway 216 2. France 197 3. Czech Republic 174 4. Ukraine 169 5. Germany 169 Final standings after 4 races.
Medal table
Achievements
First World Cup career victory
Men , 26, in his 6th season — the World Championships Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2012–13 Individual in Östersund , 29, in his 7th season — the WC 9 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk; first podium was 2015 World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti
Women , 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 , 30, in her 7th season — the World Championships Individual in Kontiolahti; it also was her first podium
Team – Single Mixed Relay in Nové Město
First World Cup podium
Men , 22, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Mass Start in Ruhpolding , 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
Women , 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 , 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
Team – no. 2 in Single Mixed Relay in Nové Město – no. 3 in Single Mixed Relay in Nové Město
Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins)
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
Women
Яна Романова завершила спортивную карьеру
Notes
References
External links IBU official site