| Women's sprint at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Kontiolahti, Finland | |||||||||
| Date | 7 March 2015 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 105 from 32 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 22:16.8 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Biathlon at the 2015 World Championships | |||
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| Individual | men | women | |
| Sprint | men | women | |
| Pursuit | men | women | |
| Mass start | men | women | |
| Relay | men | women | mixed |
The Women's sprint event of the Biathlon World Championships 2015 was held on 7 March 2015. [1] [2]
The race was started at 17:30 EET. [3]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Nationality | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16 | Marie Dorin Habert |  France | 22:16.8 | 1 (0+1) | |
 | 19 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak |  Poland | 22:26.4 | 0 (0+0) | +9.6 |
 | 4 | Valj Semerenko |  Ukraine | 22:36.5 | 1 (0+1) | +19.7 |
| 4 | 32 | Laura Dahlmeier |  Germany | 22:45.9 | 3 (1+2) | +29.1 |
| 5 | 35 | Krystyna Guzik | Poland | 22:56.5 | 1 (0+1) | +39.7 |
| 6 | 40 | Ekaterina Shumilova |  Russia | 23:05.6 | 2 (1+1) | +48.8 |
| 7 | 44 | Magdalena Gwizdoń | Poland | 23:08.6 | 2 (2+0) | +51.8 |
| 8 | 53 | Andreja Mali |  Slovenia | 23:18.7 | 1 (1+0) | +1:01.9 |
| 9 | 37 | Olga Abramova | Ukraine | 23:19.8 | 2 (1+1) | +1:03.0 |
| 10 | 17 | Franziska Hildebrand | Germany | 23:26.6 | 2 (1+1) | +1:09.8 |
| 11 | 52 | Nastassia Dubarezava |  Belarus | 23:27.4 | 2 (1+1) | +1:10.6 |
| 12 | 2 | Jana Gereková |  Slovakia | 23:28.1 | 2 (0+2) | +1:11.3 |
| 13 | 12 | Elisa Gasparin |  Switzerland | 23:30.0 | 1 (0+1) | +1:13.2 |
| 14 | 25 | Franziska Preuß | Germany | 23:35.9 | 3 (0+3) | +1:19.1 |
| 15 | 27 | Veronika Vítková |  Czech Republic | 23:39.3 | 4 (2+2) | +1:22.5 |
| 16 | 22 | Mari Laukkanen |  Finland | 23:40.0 | 2 (0+2) | +1:23.2 |
| 17 | 48 | Dunja Zdouc |  Austria | 23:55.6 | 2 (1+1) | +1:38.8 |
| 18 | 9 | Gabriela Soukalová | Czech Republic | 23:57.1 | 3 (0+3) | +1:40.3 |
| 19 | 3 | Tiril Eckhoff |  Norway | 23:59.3 | 3 (0+3) | +1:42.5 |
| 20 | 28 | Dorothea Wierer |  Italy | 24:02.5 | 3 (1+2) | +1:45.7 |
| 21 | 23 | Daria Virolaynen | Russia | 24:07.1 | 3 (0+3) | +1:50.3 |
| 22 | 13 | Fuyuko Suzuki |  Japan | 24:08.4 | 2 (1+1) | +1:51.6 |
| 23 | 20 | Megan Heinicke |  Canada | 24:12.1 | 1 (1+0) | +1:55.3 |
| 24 | 26 | Lisa Hauser | Austria | 24:12.9 | 1 (0+1) | +1:45.1 |
| 25 | 10 | Darya Domracheva | Belarus | 24:14.9 | 5 (1+4) | +1:58.1 |
| 26 | 49 | Katharina Innerhofer | Austria | 24:19.2 | 3 (2+1) | +2:02.4 |
| 27 | 59 | Lena Häcki | Switzerland | 24:20.2 | 4 (2+2) | +2:03.4 |
| 28 | 47 | Mona Brorsson |  Sweden | 24:24.5 | 2 (1+1) | +2:07.7 |
| 29 | 1 | Karin Oberhofer | Italy | 24:27.8 | 4 (2+2) | +2:11.0 |
| 30 | 38 | Marte Olsbu | Norway | 24:28.5 | 3 (0+3) | +2:11.7 |
| 31 | 5 | Rosanna Crawford | Canada | 24:30.1 | 3 (0+3) | +2:13.3 |
| 32 | 76 | Emilia Yordanova |  Bulgaria | 24:33.0 | 2 (2+0) | +2:16.2 |
| 33 | 42 | Justine Braisaz | France | 24:36.6 | 5 (4+1) | +2:19.8 |
| 34 | 6 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | Finland | 24:37.5 | 5 (3+2) | +2:20.7 |
| 35 | 50 | Iana Bondar | Ukraine | 24:41.6 | 6 (3+3) | +2:24.8 |
| 36 | 18 | Iryna Varvynets | Ukraine | 24:43.9 | 3 (1+2) | +2:27.1 |
| 37 | 45 | Desislava Stoyanova | Bulgaria | 24:45.5 | 3 (2+1) | +2:28.7 |
| 38 | 66 | Johanna Talihaerm |  Estonia | 24:45.6 | 3 (3+0) | +2:28.8 |
| 39 | 70 | Clare Egan |  United States | 24:47.2 | 4 (2+2) | +2:30.4 |
| 40 | 100 | Wang Yue |  China | 24:49.5 | 2 (0+2) | +2:32.7 |
| 41 | 15 | Susan Dunklee | United States | 24:52.0 | 3 (1+2) | +2:35.2 |
| 42 | 62 | Kadri Lehtla | Estonia | 24:52.3 | 4 (2+2) | +2:35.5 |
| 43 | 101 | Miki Kobayashi | Japan | 24:55.4 | 3 (1+2) | +2:38.6 |
| 44 | 29 | Olga Podchufarova | Russia | 24:56.3 | 3 (1+2) | +2:39.5 |
| 45 | 63 | Luminița Pișcoran |  Romania | 24:57.7 | 4 (2+2) | +2:40.9 |
| 46 | 82 | Anna Kistanova |  Kazakhstan | 25:00.4 | 3 (1+2) | +2:43.6 |
| 47 | 68 | Amanda Lightfoot |  Great Britain | 25:00.6 | 4 (2+2) | +2:43.8 |
| 48 | 30 | Vanessa Hinz | Germany | 25:01.8 | 4 (1+3) | +2:45.0 |
| 49 | 34 | Nadzeya Pisarava | Belarus | 25:02.8 | 4 (1+3) | +2:46.0 |
| 50 | 51 | Elisabeth Högberg | Sweden | 25:04.8 | 3 (2+1) | +2:48.0 |
| 51 | 87 | Julia Ransom | Canada | 25:08.5 | 3 (0+3) | +2:51.7 |
| 52 | 41 | Coline Varcin | France | 25:12.6 | 4 (3+1) | +2:55.8 |
| 53 | 31 | Elise Ringen | Norway | 25:13.6 | 4 (2+2) | +2:56.8 |
| 54 | 65 | Mun Ji-hee |  South Korea | 25:14.9 | 3 (2+1) | +2:58.1 |
| 55 | 24 | Anaïs Bescond | France | 25:20.8 | 5 (1+4) | +3:04.0 |
| 56 | 61 | Terézia Poliaková | Slovakia | 25:21.9 | 4 (1+3) | +3:05.1 |
| 57 | 69 | Song Chaoqing | China | 25:24.0 | 5 (3+2) | +3:07.2 |
| 58 | 74 | Martina Chrapánová | Slovakia | 25:24.5 | 5 (4+1) | +3:07.7 |
| 59 | 55 | Lisa Vittozzi | Italy | 25:26.0 | 4 (1+3) | +3:09.2 |
| 60 | 56 | Hannah Dreissigacker | United States | 25:30.1 | 6 (4+2) | +3:13.3 |
| 61 | 75 | Diana Rasimovičiūtė-Brice |  Lithuania | 25:34.4 | 5 (0+5) | +3:17.6 |
| 62 | 88 | Zhang Yan | China | 25:36.7 | 5 (2+3) | +3:19.9 |
| 63 | 89 | Flurina Volken | Switzerland | 25:39.8 | 5 (3+2) | +3:23.0 |
| 64 | 94 | Emőke Szőcs |  Hungary | 25:39.8 | 3 (2+1) | +3:23.0 |
| 64 | 39 | Jitka Landová | Czech Republic | 25:44.3 | 6 (2+4) | +3:27.5 |
| 66 | 33 | Nicole Gontier | Italy | 25:45.0 | 5 (1+4) | +3:28.2 |
| 67 | 43 | Annelies Cook | United States | 25:45.3 | 5 (2+3) | +3:28.5 |
| 68 | 93 | Sanna Markkanen | Finland | 25:47.3 | 3 (1+2) | +3:30.5 |
| 69 | 14 | Nadezhda Skardino | Belarus | 25:54.3 | 4 (2+2) | +3:37.5 |
| 70 | 11 | Éva Tófalvi | Romania | 25:54.4 | 5 (2+3) | +3:37.6 |
| 71 | 54 | Tang Jialin | China | 25:57.6 | 4 (1+3) | +3:40.8 |
| 72 | 106 | Auli Kiskola | Finland | 25:59.3 | 5 (3+2) | +3:42.5 |
| 73 | 36 | Eva Puskarčíková | Czech Republic | 26:01.7 | 5 (0+5) | +3:44.9 |
| 74 | 7 | Monika Hojnisz | Poland | 26:06.2 | 6 (2+4) | +3:49.4 |
| 75 | 104 | Olga Poltoranina | Kazakhstan | 26:09.3 | 4 (2+2) | +3:52.5 |
| 76 | 46 | Audrey Vaillancourt | Canada | 26:10.9 | 5 (2+3) | +3:54.0 |
| 77 | 81 | Urška Poje | Slovenia | 26:11.1 | 4 (1+3) | +3:54.3 |
| 78 | 21 | Fanny Welle-Strand Horn | Norway | 26:16.4 | 7 (5+2) | +3:59.6 |
| 79 | 84 | Daria Yurlova | Estonia | 26:18.9 | 4 (1+3) | +4:02.1 |
| 80 | 57 | Aita Gasparin | Switzerland | 26:19.5 | 5 (0+5) | +4:02.7 |
| 81 | 58 | Darya Usanova | Kazakhstan | 26:21.4 | 6 (2+4) | +4:04.6 |
| 82 | 67 | Baiba Bendika |  Latvia | 26:27.1 | 3 (2+1) | +4:10.3 |
| 83 | 95 | Emma Nilsson | Sweden | 26:31.9 | 6 (3+3) | +4:15.1 |
| 84 | 79 | Anja Eržen | Slovenia | 26:48.0 | 7 (4+3) | +4:31.2 |
| 85 | 97 | Kristel Viigipuu | Estonia | 26:57.9 | 4 (3+1) | +4:41.1 |
| 86 | 64 | Daniela Kadeva | Bulgaria | 27:05.9 | 2 (1+1) | +4:49.1 |
| 87 | 102 | Gabrielė Leščinskaitė | Lithuania | 27:09.0 | 6 (2+4) | +4:52.2 |
| 88 | 60 | Paulína Fialková | Slovakia | 27:15.3 | 9 (5+4) | +4:58.5 |
| 89 | 90 | Réka Ferencz | Romania | 27:20.1 | 6 (2+4) | +5:03.3 |
| 90 | 103 | Nerys Jones | Great Britain | 27:24.6 | 5 (3+2) | +5:07.8 |
| 91 | 73 | Florina Ioana Cîrstea | Romania | 27:25.4 | 5 (3+2) | +5:08.6 |
| 92 | 91 | Natalija Paulauskaitė | Lithuania | 27:32.4 | 5 (2+3) | +5:15.6 |
| 93 | 77 | Alina Raikova | Kazakhstan | 27:36.7 | 6 (2+4) | +5:19.9 |
| 94 | 78 | Julia Schwaiger | Austria | 27:41.3 | 6 (2+4) | +5:24.5 |
| 95 | 92 | Yurie Tanaka | Japan | 27:43.2 | 7 (3+4) | +5:26.4 |
| 96 | 105 | Marija Kaznacenko | Lithuania | 27:51.9 | 5 (3+2) | +5:35.1 |
| 97 | 80 | Victoria Padial |  Spain | 27:58.0 | 5 (0+5) | +5:41.2 |
| 98 | 99 | Kim Seon-su | South Korea | 28:17.0 | 6 (3+3) | +6:00.2 |
| 99 | 96 | Park Ji-ae | South Korea | 28:22.5 | 4 (3+1) | +6:05.7 |
| 100 | 71 | Ko Eun-jung | South Korea | 29:29.5 | 8 (3+5) | +7:12.7 |
| 101 | 86 | Katsura Sato | Japan | 29:40.1 | 9 (5+4) | +7:23.3 |
| 102 | 98 | Stefani Popova | Bulgaria | 29:42.3 | 7 (4+3) | +7:25.5 |
| 72 | Chardine Sloof |  Netherlands | DNF | 3 (2+1) | ||
| 83 | Alexandra Camenșcic |  Moldova | DNF | |||
| 85 | Ingela Andersson | Sweden | DNS | |||
| DSQ | 8 | Ekaterina Glazyrina | Russia | 24:18.5 | 2 (0+2) | +2:01.7 |
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