The 2017–18 Biathlon World Cup – Mass start Women ran from Sunday 17 December 2017 in Annecy to Sunday 25 March 2018 in Tyumen. The defending titlist was Gabriela Koukalová of the Czech Republic.
Competition format In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of position in race), with the rest of the shooting bouts being on a first-come, first-served basis (if a competitor arrives at the lane in fifth place, they shoot at lane 5). As in the sprint and pursuit, competitors must ski one 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.
2016–17 Top 3 standings Medal Athlete PointsGold: Gabriela Koukalová 265Silver: Laura Dahlmeier 254Bronze: Kaisa Mäkäräinen 207
Medal winners Event Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Annecydetails Justine Braisaz 37:19.4 Iryna Kryuko 37:30.6 Laura Dahlmeier 37:39.3 Ruhpoldingdetails Kaisa Mäkäräinen 34:05.6 Laura Dahlmeier 34:06.4 Veronika Vítková 34:10.2 Antholz-Anterselvadetails Darya Domracheva 40:23.9 Anastasiya Kuzmina 40:35.8 Kaisa Mäkäräinen 40:40.1 KontiolahtidetailsVanessa Hinz 35:47.9(0+0+0+0)Lisa Vittozzi36:01.4(0+0+0+1)Anaïs Chevalier36:04.7(0+0+0+1) TyumendetailsDarya Domracheva 35:27.4(0+0+1+0)Paulína Fialková 35:29.2(1+0+0+0)Anaïs Chevalier 35:34.0(0+0+0+0)
Standings # Name ANN RUH ANT KON TYU Total Women's Mass start 1 27 60 48 43 38 216 2 48 54 40 36 29 207 3 40 20 32 60 43 195 4 — 38 60 31 60 189 5 38 32 10 48 48 176 6 43 16 54 25 30 168 7 54 27 29 34 14 158 8 30 26 43 38 21 158 9 20 30 38 30 24 142 10 31 22 26 26 27 132 11 32 21 36 20 22 131 12 4 36 25 54 6 125 13 34 18 31 22 18 123 14 28 24 14 29 28 123 15 29 40 20 — 23 112 16 26 28 30 18 — 102 17 24 31 18 24 — 97 18 16 48 8 21 — 93 19 36 26 6 27 — 92 20 60 8 21 — — 89 21 — — 28 — 54 82 22 — 25 — 32 25 82 23 25 6 27 14 10 82 24 22 34 12 8 — 76 25 — — 34 — 40 74 26 — 43 — 28 — 71 27 — — 22 — 36 58 28 — 14 24 6 2 46 29 — — — 12 31 43 30 18 — — 23 — 41 # Name ANN RUH ANT KON TYU Total 31 — — — 40 — 40 32 10 12 4 10 4 40 33 — — — — 34 34 34 — — — — 32 32 35 — — 16 4 12 32 36 — 29 — — — 29 37 — — — — 26 26 38 — 10 — — 16 26 39 23 — 2 — — 25 40 — — 23 — — 23 41 21 — — — — 21 42 — — — — 20 20 43 — — — 16 — 16 44 14 — — — — 14 45 12 — — — — 12 46 8 — — — — 8 46 — — — — 8 8 48 6 — — — — 6 49 — 4 — — — 4 50 2 2 — — — 4 51 — — — 2 — 2
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