2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 2
# 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 2

The 2014–15 Biathlon World Cup – World Cup 2 was held in Hochfilzen, Austria, from 12 December until 15 December 2014.

## Schedule of events

| Date | Time | Events |
| - | - | - |
| December 12 | 11:30 CET | Women's 7.5 km Sprint |
| December 12 | 14:30 CET | Men's 10 km Sprint |
| December 13 | 11:00 CET | Women's 4x6 km Relay |
| December 13 | 14:30 CET | Men's 4x7.5 km Relay |
| December 14 | 11:30 CET | Women's 10 km Pursuit |
| December 14 | 14:30 CET | Men's 12.5 km Pursuit |

## Medal winners

### Men

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 km Sprint details | Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway | 24:34.9 (0+0) | Simon Schempp Germany | 24:49.2 (0+0) | Andreas Birnbacher Germany | 24:52.8 (0+0) |
| 4x7.5 km Relay details | Russia Maxim Tsvetkov Timofey Lapshin Dmitry Malyshko Anton Shipulin | 1:16:14.8 (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) | France Simon Fourcade Jean-Guillaume Béatrix Simon Desthieux Martin Fourcade | 1:16:35.0 (0+0) (0+0) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) | Norway Johannes Thingnes Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Lars Helge Birkeland Tarjei Bø | 1:16:42.7 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+3) (0+0) (0+3) |
| 12.5 km Pursuit details | Martin Fourcade France | 32:53.7 (0+0+0+0) | Simon Schempp Germany | 32:57.8 (0+0+0+0) | Jakov Fak Slovenia | 33:04.6 (0+0+0+1) |

### Women

| Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7.5 km Sprint details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 20:55.6 (1+0) | Karin Oberhofer Italy | 21:06.0 (0+0) | Tiril Eckhoff Norway | 21:25.5 (0+1) |
| 4x6 km Relay details | Germany Luise Kummer Franziska Hildebrand Vanessa Hinz Franziska Preuß | 1:11:40.4 (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+3) (0+0) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | Belarus Nadezhda Skardino Nastassia Dubarezava Nadzeya Pisareva Darya Domracheva | 1:12:01.5 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+3) (0+2) (0+2) (0+0) (0+1) | Czech Republic Eva Puskarčíková Gabriela Soukalová Jitka Landová Veronika Vítková | 1:12:02.6 (0+1) (0+0) (0+0) (0+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+1) |
| 10 km Pursuit details | Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland | 30:44.8 (0+0+1+0) | Ekaterina Glazyrina Russia | 31:19.2 (1+0+0+0) | Anaïs Bescond France | 31:31.3 (0+0+1+0) |

## Achievements

### Best performance for all time

* Dzmitry Budzilovich (BLR), 71st place in Sprint
* Karin Oberhofer (ITA), 2nd place in Sprint
* Olga Podchufarova (RUS), 4th place in Sprint and Pursuit
* Vanessa Hinz (GER), 6th place in Sprint
* Fanny Welle-Strand Horn (NOR), 7th place in Sprint
* Terézia Poliaková (SVK), 42nd place in Sprint and 28th place in Pursuit
* Stefani Popova (BUL), 67th place in Sprint
* Ekaterina Glazyrina (RUS), 2nd place in Pursuit
* Rosanna Crawford (CAN), 5th place in Pursuit

### First World Cup race

* Michael Willeitner (GER), 69th place in Sprint
* Rok Trsan (SLO), 76th place in Sprint
* George Buta (ROU), 84th place in Sprint
* Tuomas Grönman (FIN), 93rd place in Sprint
* Vassiliy Podkorytov (KAZ), 98th place in Sprint
* Krešimir Crnković (CRO), 103rd place in Sprint
* Justine Braisaz (FRA), 17th place in Sprint
* Sarah Beaudry (CAN), 63rd place in Sprint
* Kinga Mitoraj (POL), 80th place in Sprint
* Urska Poje (SLO), 86th place in Sprint
* Lena Haecki (SUI), 89th place in Sprint
