2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women

The 2015–16 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women started on Sunday December 20, 2015 in Pokljuka and will finish on Sunday March 20, 2016 in Khanty-Mansiysk. The defending titlist is Franziska Preuß of Germany.

Competition format World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line. All biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. The distance of is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (If a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5). As in sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop for each miss.

2014-15 Top 3 Standings MedalAthletePointsGold: Franziska Preuß 218Silver: Valj Semerenko 210Bronze: Darya Domracheva 206

Medal winners Event: Gold: Time Silver: Time Bronze: Time PokljukadetailsKaisa Mäkäräinen 34:40.2(1+0+0+0)Gabriela Soukalová 34:52.0(0+0+0+0)Olga Podchufarova 35:07.9(0+0+0+0) RuhpoldingdetailsLaura Dahlmeier 33:17.7 (0+0+0+0)Marie Dorin Habert 33:33.0 (1+0+0+0)Tiril Eckhoff 33:39.6 (0+0+1+1) RuhpoldingdetailsGabriela Soukalová 41:13.2 (0+0+0+0)Franziska Hildebrand 41:27.1 (0+0+0+1)Laura Dahlmeier 41:37.6 (0+1+0+1) CanmoredetailsDorothea Wierer 36:50.0(1+0+0+0)Marie Dorin Habert 37:10.8(0+0+0+1)Gabriela Soukalová 37:40.3(0+0+0+1) HolmenkollendetailsMarie Dorin Habert 35:28.5(0+0+0+0)Laura Dahlmeier 35:35.8(0+0+1+0)Kaisa Mäkäräinen 35:36.6(0+0+1+0) Khanty-Mansiysk Cancelled

Standings # Name POK RU1 RU2 CAN WCH KHA TotalMass start Women 1 54 36 60 48 43 — 241 2 36 54 32 54 60 — 236 3 30 60 48 36 54 — 228 4 60 28 — 43 48 — 179 5 24 24 54 40 27 — 169 6 22 43 21 38 40 — 164 7 38 40 26 31 23 — 158 8 21 12 34 60 21 — 148 9 43 32 6 23 38 — 142 10 29 48 43 — 14 — 134 11 40 20 38 — 31 — 129 12 18 38 18 2 30 — 106 13 20 18 30 14 22 — 104 14 23 30 36 — 12 — 101 15 48 23 29 — — — 100 16 28 25 16 29 — — 98 17 34 16 DNF 27 20 — 97 18 31 — — 30 34 — 95 19 8 34 27 10 16 — 95 20 14 26 31 21 — — 92 21 26 29 20 6 — — 81 22 32 22 24 — — — 78 23 2 14 25 34 — — 75 24 27 2 40 — — — 69 25 — — — 28 36 — 64 26 — 31 — 20 — — 51 27 — — — 22 28 — 50 28 — — — 24 25 — 49 29 10 6 — 32 — — 48 30 — — 22 — 26 — 48 31 — — — 12 29 — 41 32 16 10 14 — — — 40 33 — 27 12 — — — 39 34 — — — — 32 — 32 35 — — 28 4 — — 32 36 — — — 26 — — 26 37 — — 8 — 18 — 26 38 — — — 25 — — 25 38 25 — — — — — 25 40 — — — — 24 — 24 41 — — 23 — — — 23 42 — 21 — — — — 21 43 12 — DNS 8 — — 20 44 — — — 18 — — 18 45 — — — 16 — — 16 46 4 — — — 10 — 14 47 6 8 — — — — 14 48 — — 10 — — — 10 49 — — — — 8 — 8 50 — — — — 6 — 6 51 — 4 — — — — 4 51 — — — — 4 — 4 53 — — — — 2 — 2

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