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]
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]
Men
World Cup Podiums
Men's Relay Podiums
Standings
Women
World Cup Podiums
Women's Relay Podiums
Standings
Mixed Relay
Standings
- Final standings after 4 races.
Medal table
Achievements
- First World Cup career victory
- Men
- Erik Lesser (GER), 26, in his 6th season — the World Championships Pursuit in Kontiolahti; first podium was 2012–13 Individual in Östersund
- Nathan Smith (CAN), 29, in his 7th season — the WC 9 Pursuit in Khanty-Mansiysk; first podium was 2015 World Championships Sprint in Kontiolahti
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- Women
- 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
- Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS), 30, in her 7th season — the World Championships Individual in Kontiolahti; it also was her first podium
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- Team
- First World Cup podium
- Men
- Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA), 22, in his 2nd season — no. 2 in the WC 5 Mass Start in Ruhpolding
- 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
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- Women
- 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
- 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
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- Team
- Norway – no. 2 in Single Mixed Relay in Nové Město[a]
- Ukraine – no. 3 in Single Mixed Relay in Nové Město[a]
- Number of wins this season (in brackets are all-time wins)
- Men[17]
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- Women[18]
- 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
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Retirements
Following notable biathletes announced their retirement during or after the 2014–15 season:
Notes
- ^ a b c First victory in Mixed Relay events
References
- ^ a b c "Event Schedule". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ^ "SINGLE MIXED RELAY CONFIRMED FOR NMNM WC PROGRAMME". vysocina-arena.cz. 19 November 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Men's Total Score Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Men's Individual Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Men's Sprint Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Men's Pursuit Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Men's Mass Start Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Men's Relay Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Men's Nations Cup Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Women's Total Score Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Women's Individual Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Women's Sprint Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Women's Pursuit Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Women's Mass Start Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Women's Relay Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Women's Nations Cup Points". www.biathlonworld.com.
- ^ "Men's Overall records". realbiathlon.com.
- ^ "Women's Overall records". realbiathlon.com.
- ^ Paone, Francesco (13 December 2014). "Alexis Boeuf si ritira con effetto immediato" [Alexis Boeuf retires with immediate effect]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (in Italian)
- ^ a b "ATHLETE RETIREMENTS". British biathlon. British Biathlon Union. n.d. Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ Paone, Francesco (19 April 2015). "Christoph Stephan annuncia il ritiro dall'attività agonistica" [Christoph Stephan announces retirement from racing]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (in Italian)
- ^ Tingve, Pål Marius (27 April 2015). "Lars Berger legger opp". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 April 2015.
- ^ Paone, Francesco (3 October 2015). "Ufficiale il ritiro di Janez Maric, un capitolo di storia del biathlon sloveno" [Official retirement of Janez Maric, a chapter of the history of Slovenian biathlon]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (in Italian)
- ^ Paone, Francesco (3 October 2015). "Serguei Sednev si ritira con effetto immediato" [Serguei Sednev retires with immediate effect]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (in Italian)
- ^ Paone, Francesco (30 March 2015). "La francese Sophie Boilley appende gli sci al chiodo" [The French Sophie Boilley hangs skis to the nail]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (in Italian)
- ^ "Biathlete Sachenbacher-Stehle announces retirement following doping case". Deutsche Welle. 30 November 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ^ Paone, Francesco (31 March 2015). "Fine carriera per Roberta Fiandino" [End career for Roberta Fiandino]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (in Italian)
- ^ Paone, Francesco (24 January 2015). "Olga Zaitseva torna sui suoi passi e decide di ritirarsi" [Olga Zaitseva back on his feet and decides to retire]. Neve Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 9 October 2015. (in Italian)
- ^ Яна Романова завершила спортивную карьеру
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