title: 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women
text: # 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women
  
  The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Individual Women started on Wednesday 29 November 2017 in Östersund and finished on Thursday 11 January 2018 in Ruhpolding. The defending titlist was Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.
  
  The small crystal globe winner for the category was Nadezhda Skardino of Belarus.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  The 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) individual race is the oldest biathlon event; the distance is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.
  
  ## 2016–17 Top 3 standings
  
  | Medal | Athlete | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gold: | Laura Dahlmeier | 180 |
  | Silver: | Vanessa Hinz | 103 |
  | Bronze: | Alexia Runggaldier | 96 |
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Östersund details | Nadezhda Skardino Belarus | 42:57.4 (0+0+0+0) | Synnøve Solemdal Norway | 43:00.3 (0+0+0+0) | Yuliia Dzhima Ukraine | 43:09.4 (0+0+0+0) |
  | Ruhpolding details | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 41:29.0 (0+0+0+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 41:41.7 (1+0+0+0) | Rosanna Crawford Canada | 41:50.2 (0+0+0+0) |
  
  ## Standings
  
  | # | Name | ÖST | RUH | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | 60 | 36 | 96 |
  | 2 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | 48 | 43 | 91 |
  | 3 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 30 | 54 | 84 |
  | 4 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | 43 | 40 | 83 |
  | 5 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) | 27 | 38 | 65 |
  | 6 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 0 | 60 | 60 |
  | 7 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | 29 | 29 | 58 |
  | 8 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | 54 | 0 | 54 |
  | 9 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) | 36 | 18 | 54 |
  | 10 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 28 | 24 | 52 |
  | 11 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 17 | 34 | 51 |
  | 12 | Rosanna Crawford (CAN) | 2 | 48 | 50 |
  | 13 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 38 | 12 | 50 |
  | 14 | Marte Olsbu (NOR) | 31 | 15 | 46 |
  | 15 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | 40 | 4 | 44 |
  | 16 | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | 12 | 31 | 43 |
  | 17 | Linn Persson (SWE) | 26 | 17 | 43 |
  | 18 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 20 | 23 | 43 |
  | 19 | Julia Ransom (CAN) | 32 | 7 | 39 |
  | 20 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | 34 | DNS | 34 |
  | 21 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | 3 | 30 | 33 |
  | 22 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | — | 32 | 32 |
  | 23 | Maren Hammerschmidt (GER) | 6 | 26 | 32 |
  | 24 | Iryna Varvynets (UKR) | 13 | 19 | 32 |
  | 25 | Weronika Nowakowska (POL) | 0 | 28 | 28 |
  | 26 | Anaïs Chevalier (FRA) | 0 | 27 | 27 |
  | 27 | Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR) | 4 | 22 | 26 |
  | 28 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | 25 | 0 | 25 |
  | 29 | Daria Virolaynen (RUS) | 0 | 25 | 25 |
  | 30 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 24 | 0 | 24 |
  | # | Name | ÖST | RUH | Total |
  | 31 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | 23 | — | 23 |
  | 32 | Karolin Horchler (GER) | 22 | — | 22 |
  | 33 | Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ) | 21 | 0 | 21 |
  | 34 | Chloé Chevalier (FRA) | — | 21 | 21 |
  | 35 | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR) | 10 | 11 | 21 |
  | 36 | Tatiana Akimova (RUS) | 0 | 20 | 20 |
  | 37 | Olga Poltoranina (KAZ) | 7 | 13 | 20 |
  | 38 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 11 | 9 | 20 |
  | 39 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 19 | 0 | 19 |
  | 40 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | 18 | 1 | 19 |
  | 41 | Elisa Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | 16 | 16 |
  | 42 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | 16 | — | 16 |
  | 43 | Victoria Slivko (RUS) | 14 | 2 | 16 |
  | 44 | Célia Aymonier (FRA) | 15 | DNF | 15 |
  | 45 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | 0 | 14 | 14 |
  | 46 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 0 | 10 | 10 |
  | 47 | Amanda Lightfoot (GBR) | 10 | 0 | 10 |
  | 48 | Veronika Zvařičová (CZE) | — | 9 | 9 |
  | 49 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht (RUS) | 8 | — | 8 |
  | 50 | Dzinara Alimbekava (BLR) | — | 6 | 6 |
  | 51 | Emma Nilsson (SWE) | 0 | 5 | 5 |
  | 52 | Darya Yurkevich (BLR) | 5 | 0 | 5 |
  | 53 | Irina Uslugina (RUS) | — | 3 | 3 |
  | 54 | Vita Semerenko (UKR) | 1 | — | 1 |
  