2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women

The 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women will start at January 8, 2012 in Oberhof and will finish in Khanty-Mansiysk. Defending titlist is Darya Domracheva of Belarus.

Competition format

In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone, two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to your bib (Bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race.) with rest of the shooting bouts being at the lane in the position they arrived (Arrive at the lane in fifth place, you shoot at lane five.). As in sprint races, competitors must ski one 150 m penalty loop for each miss. Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line (half that of the Pursuit as here all contestants start simultaneously).

2010–11 Top 3 Standings

Medal	Athlete	Points[1]
Silver:	Darya Domracheva	236
Gold:	Magdalena Neuner	228
Bronze:	Tora Berger	206

Medal winners

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Oberhof details	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	40:02.2 (1+1+1+0)	Tora Berger  Norway	40:14.7 (1+0+1+0)	Andrea Henkel  Germany	40:34.2 (1+0+0+0)
Antholz-Anterselva details	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	35:03.6 (2+0+0+0)	Anastasiya Kuzmina  Slovakia	35:28.8 (0+0+0+1)	Magdalena Neuner  Germany	35:35.7 (0+0+0+2)
Holmenkollen details	Andrea Henkel  Germany	38:01.2 (1+0+0+0)	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	38:27.8 (1+1+1+1)	Teja Gregorin  Slovenia	38:28.4 (0+0+0+0)
World Championships details	Tora Berger  Norway	35:41.6 (0+1+0+0)	Marie Laure Brunet  France	35:49.7 (0+0+0+1)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	35:54.3 (0+0+0+1)
Khanty-Mansiysk details	Darya Domracheva  Belarus	39:01.4 (1+0+0+2)	Tora Berger  Norway	39:11.4 (0+0+0+1)	Kaisa Mäkäräinen  Finland	39:34.0 (2+0+1+1)

Standings

#	Name	OBE	ANT	HOL	WCH	KHA	Total[2]
	Darya Domracheva (BLR)	36	60	54	40	60	250
2	Tora Berger (NOR)	54	43	30	60	54	241
3	Marie Laure Brunet (FRA)	38	26	40	54	40	198
4	Andrea Henkel (GER)	48	28	60	28	31	195
5	Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)	29	30	32	48	48	187
6	Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK)	20	54	29	34	43	180
7	Magdalena Neuner (GER)	60	48	—	31	38	176
8	Marie Dorin Habert (FRA)	34	32	34	38	34	172
9	Helena Ekholm (SWE)	40	34	43	26	26	169
10	Vita Semerenko (UKR)	32	38	—	36	30	136
11	Teja Gregorin (SLO)	27	31	48	28	—	134
12	Tina Bachmann (GER)	24	18	28	43	21	134
13	Synnøve Solemdal (NOR)	21	25	36	23	14	119
14	Krystyna Pałka (POL)	14	27	31	16	29	117
15	Svetlana Sleptsova (RUS)	25	40	14	17	20	116
16	Olga Vilukhina (RUS)	23	21	38	22	—	104
17	Olga Zaitseva (RUS)	43	36	23	0	—	102
18	Michela Ponza (ITA)	26	19	24	13	17	99
19	Elise Ringen (NOR)	13	13	19	19	25	89
20	Franziska Hildebrand (GER)	15	16	26	—	27	84
21	Veronika Vítková (CZE)	—	—	27	27	24	78
22	Anna Bogaliy-Titovets (RUS)	30	15	—	—	28	73
23	Valj Semerenko (UKR)	28	22	—	—	23	73
24	Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL)	—	24	—	32	15	71
25	Natalya Burdyga (UKR)	16	17	20	—	18	71
26	Zina Kocher (CAN)	—	—	12	18	32	61
27	Ekaterina Yurlova (RUS)	18	23	18	—	—	59
28	Jana Gerekova (SVK)	—	—	—	30	22	52
29	Susan Dunklee (USA)	—	14	—	25	13	52
30	Olena Pidhrushna (UKR)	19	29	—	—	—	48
31	Nastassia Dubarezava (BLR)	31	—	15	—	—	46
32	Miriam Gössner (GER)	—	11	21	—	12	44
33	Anna Maria Nilsson (SWE)	22	—	—	21	—	43
34	Tiril Eckhoff (NOR)	—	—	—	—	36	36
35	Selina Gasparin (SUI)	—	—	17	15	—	32
36	Mari Laukkanen (FIN)	—	—	16	14	—	30
37	Diana Rasimovičiūtė (LTU)	12	—	—	—	16	28
38	Anna Boulygina (RUS)	—	—	25	—	—	25
39	Anaïs Bescond (FRA)	—	—	—	24	—	24
40	Sophie Boilley (FRA)	—	—	22	—	—	22
41	Fuyuko Suzuki (JPN)	—	—	—	20	—	20
41	Nadezhda Skardino (BLR)	—	20	—	—	—	20
43	Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS)	—	—	—	—	19	19
44	Marine Boillet (FRA)	17	—	—	—	—	17
45	Éva Tófalvi (ROU)	—	—	13	—	—	13
46	Magdalena Gwizdon (POL)	—	—	—	12	—	12
46	Katja Haller (SUI)	—	12	—	—	—	12
48	Andreja Mali (SLO)	—	—	—	—	11	11
48	Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR)	11	—	—	—	—	11

1. 2010/11 Final standings
2. Standings Mass start women

1. A Kansas city star article covering the event
2. An RT article about the event
3. bwin - an online betting website's coverage of the event (controversial source)
4. - 2011–12 Biathlon World Cup season - YouTube video on Hochfilzen Sprint, Magdalena Neuner's 26th World Cup win 9 December 2011 | Hochfilen, Austria