title: 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women
text: # 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women
  
  The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Pursuit Women started on Sunday 3 December 2017 in Östersund and will finish on Saturday 24 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist is Laura Dahlmeier of Germany.
  
  ## Competition format
  
  The 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) pursuit race is skied over five laps. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane, in the order of prone, prone, standing, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a biathlete has to run a 150 metres (490 ft) penalty loop. Competitors' starts are staggered, according to the result of the previous sprint race.
  
  ## 2016–17 Top 3 standings
  
  | Medal | Athlete | Points |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gold: | Laura Dahlmeier | 405 |
  | Silver: | Gabriela Koukalová | 384 |
  | Bronze: | Kaisa Mäkäräinen | 368 |
  
  ## Medal winners
  
  | Event | Gold | Time | Silver | Time | Bronze | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Östersund details | Denise Herrmann Germany | 30:02.7 (0+0+2+0) | Justine Braisaz France | 30:28.5 (0+0+0+0) | Marte Olsbu Norway | 30:50.7 (0+1+0+1) |
  | Hochfilzen details | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 34:31.2 (1+0+0+0) | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 34:41.4 (1+0+0+1) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 34:43.0 (0+0+1+0) |
  | Annecy details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 30:09.9 (0+0+0+1) | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 30:23.9 (3+0+0+1) | Lisa Vittozzi Italy | 30:41.7 (1+0+0+0) |
  | Oberhof details | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 30:49.5 (0+1+1+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 31:53.9 (0+0+0+0) | Vita Semerenko Ukraine | 31:59.7 (0+0+0+0) |
  | Antholz-Anterselva details | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 29:45.0 (1+0+0+0) | Dorothea Wierer Italy | 30:02.3 (1+0+1+0) | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 30:05.2 (0+1+0+1) |
  | Oslo Holmenkollen details | Darya Domracheva Belarus | 30:37.4 (1+0+1+0) | Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia | 30:46.6 (0+2+2+0) | Susan Dunklee United States | 31:06.9 (1+0+1+0) |
  | Tyumen details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:52.7 (0+1+1+0) | Anaïs Bescond France | 30:52.9 (0+0+0+1) | Laura Dahlmeier Germany | 31:10.2 (0+0+0+1) |
  
  ## Standings
  
  | # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | OSL | TYU | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK) | 5 | 60 | 54 | 60 | 30 | 54 | 39 | 301 |
  | 2 | Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN) | 36 | 54 | 31 | 40 | 40 | 19 | 60 | 280 |
  | 3 | Laura Dahlmeier (GER) | — | 31 | 60 | 36 | 60 | 36 | 48 | 271 |
  | 4 | Dorothea Wierer (ITA) | 28 | 43 | 30 | 54 | 54 | 30 | 25 | 264 |
  | 5 | Darya Domracheva (BLR) | — | 48 | — | 38 | 48 | 60 | 43 | 237 |
  | 6 | Anaïs Bescond (FRA) | 17 | 28 | 29 | 31 | 34 | 23 | 54 | 216 |
  | 7 | Denise Herrmann (GER) | 60 | 16 | 40 | 25 | 29 | 13 | 14 | 197 |
  | 8 | Lisa Vittozzi (ITA) | 43 | 20 | 48 | 5 | 32 | 9 | 34 | 191 |
  | 9 | Vanessa Hinz (GER) | 34 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 31 | 13 | 176 |
  | 10 | Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht (RUS) | 30 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 158 |
  | 11 | Vita Semerenko (UKR) | 23 | 25 | 34 | 48 | 24 | — | — | 154 |
  | 12 | Veronika Vítková (CZE) | 21 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 36 | 32 | — | 149 |
  | 13 | Justine Braisaz (FRA) | 54 | 6 | 36 | 32 | 5 | — | — | 133 |
  | 14 | Marte Olsbu (NOR) | 48 | 40 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 21 | 131 |
  | 15 | Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) | 27 | 27 | 26 | DNS | 28 | 21 | — | 129 |
  | 16 | Maren Hammerschmidt (GER) | 40 | 1 | 21 | 22 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 128 |
  | 17 | Yuliia Dzhima (UKR) | 20 | 38 | DNS | 28 | — | 40 | | 126 |
  | 18 | Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT) | 29 | DNS | — | 13 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 119 |
  | 19 | Franziska Hildebrand (GER) | 6 | 13 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 27 | 12 | 117 |
  | 20 | Anna Frolina (KOR) | — | 7 | 2 | 34 | 14 | 38 | 20 | 115 |
  | 21 | Franziska Preuß (GER) | 15 | — | 0 | 20 | 31 | 16 | 31 | 113 |
  | 22 | Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ) | 31 | 15 | — | — | 38 | 1 | 24 | 109 |
  | 23 | Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) | 38 | 22 | — | 19 | DNS | 29 | DNS | 108 |
  | 24 | Selina Gasparin (SUI) | 8 | 11 | 43 | 10 | 22 | 12 | — | 106 |
  | 25 | Anaïs Chevalier (FRA) | DNS | 10 | 18 | 0 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 101 |
  | 26 | Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL) | 12 | 17 | 27 | 43 | — | DNS | DNS | 99 |
  | 27 | Célia Aymonier (FRA) | — | 18 | 19 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 97 |
  | 28 | Iryna Kryuko (BLR) | 19 | 32 | 22 | 21 | — | — | DNS | 94 |
  | 29 | Tiril Eckhoff (NOR) | 0 | — | 17 | — | 43 | 0 | 30 | 90 |
  | 30 | Susan Dunklee (USA) | — | — | 38 | — | DNS | 48 | — | 86 |
  | # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | OSL | TYU | Total |
  | 31 | Fuyuko Tachizaki (JPN) | — | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 27 | 85 |
  | 32 | Valj Semerenko (UKR) | 25 | 23 | 32 | — | — | — | — | 80 |
  | 33 | Anastasiya Merkushyna (UKR) | 16 | 19 | 13 | 16 | — | 5 | — | 69 |
  | 34 | Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) | 22 | 34 | — | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
  | 35 | Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) | 32 | — | 11 | 24 | — | — | — | 67 |
  | 36 | Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR) | — | 24 | — | 15 | — | 18 | 8 | 65 |
  | 37 | Daria Virolaynen (RUS) | 0 | — | — | 17 | — | 11 | 36 | 64 |
  | 38 | Tatiana Akimova (RUS) | 14 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 0 | — | — | 63 |
  | 39 | Mona Brorsson (SWE) | 1 | — | 15 | 14 | — | 28 | 0 | 58 |
  | 40 | Mari Laukkanen (FIN) | 11 | 3 | 24 | 9 | — | DNF | 9 | 56 |
  | 41 | Eva Puskarčíková (CZE) | 0 | — | 16 | 18 | 11 | 7 | — | 52 |
  | 42 | Uliana Kaisheva (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 16 | 50 |
  | 43 | Karolin Horchler (GER) | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | 40 | 49 |
  | 44 | Paulína Fialková (SVK) | — | DNF | 0 | — | 19 | 2 | 28 | 49 |
  | 45 | Lena Häcki (SUI) | 24 | — | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 23 | 47 |
  | 46 | Krystyna Guzik (POL) | 13 | 8 | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | 42 |
  | 47 | Federica Sanfilippo (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 20 | 6 | — | 38 |
  | 48 | Emma Lunder (CAN) | — | 14 | 23 | — | — | DNF | — | 37 |
  | 49 | Hanna Öberg (SWE) | — | — | 4 | — | — | 14 | 19 | 37 |
  | 50 | Julia Ransom (CAN) | 18 | — | 14 | 4 | — | 0 | — | 36 |
  | 51 | Iryna Varvynets (UKR) | — | 26 | — | 0 | 7 | — | — | 33 |
  | 52 | Irina Uslugina (RUS) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | 32 |
  | 53 | Hilde Fenne (NOR) | 26 | 5 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 31 |
  | 54 | Nadine Horchler (GER) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 29 | 29 |
  | 55 | Alexia Runggaldier (ITA) | 10 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | 28 |
  | 56 | Elisa Gasparin (SUI) | 0 | DNS | — | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 27 |
  | 57 | Katharina Innerhofer (AUT) | — | — | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | 18 | 26 |
  | 58 | Ekaterina Avvakumova (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | — | 15 | — | 25 |
  | 59 | Magdalena Gwizdoń (POL) | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | 0 | — | 20 |
  | 60 | Svetlana Mironova (RUS) | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 17 | 17 |
  | # | Name | ÖST | HOC | ANN | OBE | ANT | OSL | TYU | Total |
  | 61 | Nicole Gontier (ITA) | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | 16 |
  | 62 | Kaia Wøien Nicolaisen (NOR) | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | — | — | 15 |
  | 63 | Julia Schwaiger (AUT) | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 15 |
  | 64 | Linn Persson (SWE) | 0 | 0 | — | 11 | — | 0 | 4 | 15 |
  | 65 | Emma Nilsson (SWE) | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 15 |
  | 66 | Julia Simon (FRA) | — | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
  | 67 | Sari Furuya (JPN) | — | — | 0 | 12 | — | — | 0 | 12 |
  | 68 | Johanna Talihärm (EST) | — | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 12 |
  | 69 | Baiba Bendika (LAT) | — | — | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
  | 70 | Jessica Jislová (CZE) | — | — | 1 | 0 | 9 | — | — | 10 |
  | 71 | Kamila Żuk (POL) | — | — | — | — | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
  | 72 | Anja Eržen (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
  | 73 | Victoria Slivko (RUS) | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
  | 74 | Monika Hojnisz (POL) | 0 | DNS | — | 6 | — | — | — | 6 |
  | 75 | Chloé Chevalier (FRA) | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
  | 76 | Elisabeth Högberg (SWE) | 0 | — | — | 0 | — | 4 | — | 4 |
  | 77 | Anna Magnusson (SWE) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 4 |
  | 78 | Clare Egan (CAN) | — | 0 | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 |
  | 79 | Olga Poltoranina (KAZ) | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | — | — | 3 |
  | 80 | Tang Jialin (CHN) | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
  | 81 | Darya Klimina (KAZ) | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | 2 | 2 |
  | 82 | Markéta Davidová (CZE) | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
  | 83 | Rosanna Crawford (CAN) | 0 | 2 | DNS | — | — | 0 | — | 2 |
  | 84 | Dzinara Alimbekava (BLR) | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 1 | 1 |
  | 85 | Alina Raikova (KAZ) | — | 0 | — | 0 | 1 | — | 0 | 1 |
  