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. Semerenko had competed in this event at the Olympics but never previously won an Olympic medal.[2]

Women's sprint
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for biathlon
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Date9 February
Competitors84 from 33 nations
Winning time21:06.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anastasiya Kuzmina  Slovakia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olga Vilukhina  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vita Semerenko  Ukraine
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Summary

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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 27 November 2017, Russian biathlete Olga Vilukhina was stripped of her olympic medal due to doping violations. Her teammate Yana Romanova was also disqualified.[4] On 1 December 2017, Olga Zaitseva from Russia was disqualified.[5] On 24 September 2020, the Court of Arbitration for Sport removed the sanctions from biathletes Olga Vilukhina, Yana Romanova, but upheld them on their teammate Olga Zaitseva.[6]

Schedule

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All dates and times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Round
9 February 2014 18:30–19:36 Final

Results

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The race was started at 18:30.[7]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Penalties (P+S) Deficit
  33 Anastasiya Kuzmina   Slovakia 21:06.8 0 (0+0)
  56 Olga Vilukhina   Russia 21:26.7 0 (0+0) +19.9
  62 Vita Semerenko   Ukraine 21:28.5 0 (0+0) +21.7
4 46 Karin Oberhofer   Italy 21:34.7 0 (0+0) +27.9
5 14 Anaïs Bescond   France 21:36.7 1 (1+0) +29.9
6 64 Dorothea Wierer   Italy 21:37.4 0 (0+0) +30.6
7 39 Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak   Poland 21:37.6 1 (1+0) +30.8
8 41 Elisa Gasparin   Switzerland 21:38.2 0 (0+0) +31.4
9 22 Darya Domracheva   Belarus 21:38.6 1 (1+0) +31.8
10 19 Tora Berger   Norway 21:40.6 1 (1+0) +33.8
11 6 Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle   Germany 21:40.8 1 (0+1) +34.0
12 43 Valj Semerenko   Ukraine 21:44.9 1 (0+1) +38.1
13 58 Selina Gasparin   Switzerland 21:46.5 1 (0+1) +39.7
14 11 Susan Dunklee   United States 21:48.3 1 (0+1) +41.5
15 49 Teja Gregorin   Slovenia 21:48.9 1 (0+1) +42.1
16 55 Veronika Vítková   Czech Republic 21:50.8 0 (0+0) +44.0
17 17 Nadezhda Skardino   Belarus 21:50.9 0 (0+0) +44.1
18 10 Tiril Eckhoff   Norway 21:51.4 1 (0+1) +44.6
19 81 Yana Romanova   Russia 21:53.4 0 (0+0) +46.6
20 60 Marie Dorin Habert   France 21:55.0 0 (0+0) +48.2
21 82 Monika Hojnisz   Poland 21:55.1 0 (0+0) +48.3
22 34 Andrea Henkel   Germany 22:01.5 1 (0+1) +54.7
22 47 Éva Tófalvi   Romania 22:01.5 1 (1+0) +54.7
24 68 Ann Kristin Flatland   Norway 22:10.6 1 (0+1) +1:03.8
25 71 Rosanna Crawford   Canada 22:10.8 1 (0+1) +1:04.0
26 30 Olena Pidhrushna   Ukraine 22:12.8 1 (0+1) +1:06.0
27 5 Lisa Hauser   Austria 22:15.6 0 (0+0) +1:08.8
DSQ 61 Olga Zaytseva   Russia 22:16.6 1 (1+0) +1:09.8
29 16 Gabriela Soukalová   Czech Republic 22:17.5 3 (3+0) +1:10.7
30 51 Kaisa Mäkäräinen   Finland 22:18.4 2 (0+2) +1:11.6
31 40 Megan Imrie   Canada 22:19.5 1 (0+1) +1:12.7
32 12 Zina Kocher   Canada 22:25.5 2 (1+1) +1:18.7
33 8 Krystyna Pałka   Poland 22:27.8 1 (1+0) +1:21.0
34 65 Nastassia Dubarezava   Belarus 22:29.7 1 (0+1) +1:22.9
35 42 Synnøve Solemdal   Norway 22:32.1 2 (1+1) +1:25.3
36 31 Mari Laukkanen   Finland 22:37.3 2 (0+2) +1:30.5
37 45 Liudmila Kalinchik   Belarus 22:37.8 2 (1+1) +1:31.0
38 27 Michela Ponza   Italy 22:47.0 0 (0+0) +1:40.2
39 25 Fuyuko Suzuki   Japan 22:47.4 1 (0+1) +1:40.6
40 67 Magdalena Gwizdoń   Poland 22:51.2 2 (1+1) +1:44.4
41 50 Franziska Preuß   Germany 22:53.1 2 (2+0) +1:46.3
42 23 Juliya Dzhyma   Ukraine 22:55.5 3 (1+2) +1:48.7
43 1 Jana Gereková   Slovakia 22:58.0 3 (1+2) +1:51.2
44 74 Sara Studebaker   United States 22:59.5 1 (1+0) +1:52.7
45 37 Eva Puskarčíková   Czech Republic 23:00.9 1 (1+0) +1:54.1
46 73 Laura Dahlmeier   Germany 23:03.2 2 (0+2) +1:56.4
47 84 Anaïs Chévalier   France 23:03.4 1 (0+1) +1:56.6
48 79 Johanna Talihärm   Estonia 23:09.3 0 (0+0) +2:02.5
49 59 Zhang Yan   China 23:09.4 0 (0+0) +2:02.6
50 24 Jitka Landová   Czech Republic 23:16.9 2 (1+1) +2:10.1
51 54 Diana Rasimovičiūtė   Lithuania 23:18.6 2 (1+1) +2:11.8
52 3 Victoria Padial   Spain 23:21.5 1 (0+1) +2:14.7
53 57 Annelies Cook   United States 23:23.4 2 (0+2) +2:16.6
54 80 Nicole Gontier   Italy 23:26.3 4 (1+3) +2:19.5
55 52 Tang Jialin   China 23:26.7 2 (0+2) +2:19.9
56 53 Marie-Laure Brunet   France 23:27.4 0 (0+0) +2:20.6
57 29 Elena Khrustaleva   Kazakhstan 23:29.6 2 (2+0) +2:22.8
58 66 Darya Usanova   Kazakhstan 23:33.3 1 (1+0) +2:26.5
59 78 Megan Heinicke   Canada 23:34.5 3 (1+2) +2:27.7
60 7 Ekaterina Shumilova   Russia 23:38.4 2 (0+2) +2:31.6
61 48 Desislava Stoyanova   Bulgaria 23:48.1 2 (1+1) +2:41.3
62 77 Martina Chrapánová   Slovakia 23:48.3 2 (0+2) +2:41.5
63 21 Song Chaoqing   China 23:49.5 1 (1+0) +2:42.7
64 9 Galina Vishnevskaya   Kazakhstan 23:52.0 3 (2+1) +2:45.2
65 63 Hannah Dreissigacker   United States 23:55.0 4 (1+3) +2:48.2
66 2 Laure Soulie   Andorra 23:57.8 2 (1+1) +2:51.0
67 69 Daria Yurlova   Estonia 24:01.1 2 (1+1) +2:54.3
68 72 Yuki Nakajima   Japan 24:12.9 2 (1+1) +3:06.1
69 38 Kadri Lehtla   Estonia 24:13.3 4 (2+2) +3:06.5
70 44 Emőke Szőcs   Hungary 24:15.4 2 (0+2) +3:08.6
71 15 Grete Gaim   Estonia 24:18.2 2 (1+1) +3:11.4
72 70 Paulína Fialková   Slovakia 24:27.1 5 (3+2) +3:20.3
73 83 Marina Lebedeva   Kazakhstan 24:31.9 2 (1+1) +3:25.1
74 4 Mun Ji-Hee   South Korea 24:32.0 1 (0+1) +3:25.2
75 20 Amanda Lightfoot   Great Britain 24:48.9 3 (2+1) +3:42.1
76 28 Katharina Innerhofer   Austria 24:49.0 4 (1+3) +3:42.2
77 18 Jaqueline Mourão   Brazil 25:06.4 1 (0+1) +3:59.6
78 26 Tanja Karišik   Bosnia and Herzegovina 25:06.8 2 (1+1) +4:00.0
79 32 Žanna Juškāne   Latvia 25:36.5 6 (2+4) +4:29.7
80 75 Rina Suzuki   Japan 25:40.6 2 (0+2) +4:33.8
81 35 Miki Kobayashi   Japan 25:52.3 5 (1+4) +4:45.5
82 36 Lucy Glanville   Australia 26:57.1 2 (0+2) +5:50.3
83 76 Song Na   China 27:01.5 4 (3+1) +5:54.7
84 13 Alexandra Camenscic   Moldova 27:37.0 5 (2+3) +6:30.2

References

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  1. ^ "Biathlon Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Anastasiya Kuzmina retains 7.5km biathlon sprint title". BBC Sport. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Sochi 2014: Day two". BBC Sport. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "IOC sanctions three Russian athletes as part of the Oswald Commission findings". International Olympic Committee. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  6. ^ Media release Court of Arbitration for Sport
  7. ^ "Final Results" (PDF). Retrieved 2 June 2023.