Biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
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.[1] 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. Vilukhina was competing in her first Olympic event, whereas Semerenko had competed for but never previously won an Olympic medal.[2]
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| Venue | Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex | ||||||||
| Date | 9 February | ||||||||
| Competitors | 84 from 33 nations | ||||||||
| Winning time | 21:06.8 | ||||||||
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| Qualification
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| Individual | men | women | |
| Sprint | men | women | |
| Pursuit | men | women | |
| Mass start | men | women | |
| Relay | men | women | mixed |
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.[3]
On November 28 Russian biathlete Olga Vilukhina was stripped of her olympic medal due to doping violations. Her teammate Yana Romanova was also disqualified.[4]
Results
The race was started at 18:30.[5]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Penalties (P+S) | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 33 | Anastasiya Kuzmina |  | 21:06.8 | 0 (0+0) | — |
| DSQ (2) | 56 | Olga Vilukhina |  | 21:26.7 | 0 (0+0) | +19.9 |
 | 62 | Vita Semerenko |  | 21:28.5 | 0 (0+0) | +21.7 |
| 4 | 46 | Karin Oberhofer |  | 21:34.7 | 0 (0+0) | +27.9 |
| 5 | 14 | Anaïs Bescond |  | 21:36.7 | 1 (1+0) | +29.9 |
| 6 | 64 | Dorothea Wierer | | 21:37.4 | 0 (0+0) | +30.6 |
| 7 | 39 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak |  | 21:37.6 | 1 (1+0) | +30.8 |
| 8 | 41 | Elisa Gasparin |  | 21:38.2 | 0 (0+0) | +31.4 |
| 9 | 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 |
| DSQ (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 Zaitseva | | 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 | Victoria Padial |  | 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 |
References
- "Biathlon Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- "Anastasiya Kuzmina retains 7.5km biathlon sprint title". BBC Sport. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- "Sochi 2014: Day two". BBC Sports. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- "IOC sanctions five Russian athletes and publishes first full decision as part of the Oswald Commission findings". International Olympic Committee. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
- Final Results