Sul duro tracciato di Oberhof, ritornano a dominare le "fondiste" del circuito del biathlon, Darya Domracheva, prima, e Kaisa Maekaeraeinen, seconda. Terzo posto per la campionessa del mondo Olena Pidhrushna.
In chiave azzurra, eccellente prestazione di Dorothea Wierer, che conclude al nono posto nonostante un bersaglio mancato. Più fallose e attardate Karin Oberhofer, quarantunesima, e Alexia Runggaldier, sessantasettesima. Domani le gare ad inseguimento.
Classifica 7,5km sprint donne
| POS | BIB | NAME | NAT. | SHOOTING | T | RESULT | ||
| 1 | 30 | DOMRACHEVA Darya | BLR | 0+1 | 1 | 23:06.7 | 0.0 | |
| 2 | 12 | MAKARAINEN Kaisa | FIN | 0+2 | 2 | 23:36.5 | +29.8 | |
| 3 | 11 | PIDHRUSHNA Olena | UKR | 0+0 | 0 | 23:43.1 | +36.4 | |
| 4 | 36 | BERGER Tora | NOR | 2+1 | 3 | 24:08.3 | +1:01.6 | |
| 5 | 33 | FLATLAND Ann Kristin Aafedt | NOR | 1+0 | 1 | 24:16.5 | +1:09.8 | |
| 6 | 7 | SEMERENKO Valj | UKR | 1+1 | 2 | 24:18.3 | +1:11.6 | |
| 7 | 40 | SACHENBACHER-STEHLE Evi | GER | 0+2 | 2 | 24:23.7 | +1:17.0 | |
| 8 | 21 | NOWAKOWSKA-ZIEMNIAK Weronika | POL | 1+1 | 2 | 24:26.9 | +1:20.2 | |
| 9 | 6 | WIERER Dorothea | ITA | 1+0 | 1 | 24:32.9 | +1:26.2 | |
| 10 | 32 | ECKHOFF Tiril | NOR | 0+2 | 2 | 24:35.2 | +1:28.5 | |
| 11 | 65 | ROMANOVA Yana | RUS | 2+0 | 2 | 24:42.5 | +1:35.8 | |
| 12 | 39 | BOLLIET Marine | FRA | 0+1 | 1 | 24:43.6 | +1:36.9 | |
| 13 | 4 | VITKOVA Veronika | CZE | 1+1 | 2 | 24:46.1 | +1:39.4 | |
| 14 | 67 | CHEVALIER Anais | FRA | 1+0 | 1 | 24:47.0 | +1:40.3 | |
| 15 | 26 | VILUKHINA Olga | RUS | 1+0 | 1 | 24:50.0 | +1:43.3 | |
| 16 | 77 | GWIZDON Magdalena | POL | 1+1 | 2 | 24:50.5 | +1:43.8 | |
| 17 | 23 | SEMERENKO Vita | UKR | 0+0 | 0 | 24:51.0 | +1:44.3 | |
| 18 | 17 | HILDEBRAND Franziska | GER | 0+1 | 1 | 24:51.9 | +1:45.2 | |
| 19 | 8 | GASPARIN Elisa | SUI | 0+1 | 1 | 24:59.1 | +1:52.4 | |
| 20 | 31 | STARYKH Irina | RUS | 2+1 | 3 | 25:00.0 | +1:53.3 | |
| 21 | 18 | SOLEMDAL Synnoeve | NOR | 2+1 | 3 | 25:01.5 | +1:54.8 | |
| 22 | 75 | RINGEN Elise | NOR | 2+2 | 4 | 25:06.6 | +1:59.9 | |
| 23 | 27 | PALKA Krystyna | POL | 1+1 | 2 | 25:09.7 | +2:03.0 | |
| 24 | 57 | DUBAREZAVA Nastassia | BLR | 1+1 | 2 | 25:10.1 | +2:03.4 | |
| 25 | 68 | KALINCHIK Liudmila | BLR | 0+2 | 2 | 25:12.7 | +2:06.0 | |
| 26 | 5 | y | SOUKALOVA Gabriela | CZE | 1+3 | 4 | 25:16.9 | +2:10.2 |
| 27 | 41 | BURDYGA Natalya | UKR | 1+1 | 2 | 25:20.9 | +2:14.2 | |
| 28 | 90 | PISAREVA Nadzeya | BLR | 2+0 | 2 | 25:21.3 | +2:14.6 | |
| 29 | 89 | HORCHLER Nadine | GER | 0+1 | 1 | 25:22.6 | +2:15.9 | |
| 30 | 59 | KOCERGINA Natalija | LTU | 0+1 | 1 | 25:23.7 | +2:17.0 | |
| 31 | 53 | STROEMSTEDT Anna-Karin | SWE | 0+2 | 2 | 25:25.6 | +2:18.9 | |
| 32 | 19 | DUNKLEE Susan | USA | 2+2 | 4 | 25:26.6 | +2:19.9 | |
| 33 | 2 | INNERHOFER Katharina | AUT | 1+1 | 2 | 25:29.5 | +2:22.8 | |
| 34 | 29 | r | GASPARIN Selina | SUI | 2+2 | 4 | 25:34.1 | +2:27.4 |
| 35 | 9 | STOYANOVA Desislava | BUL | 0+0 | 0 | 25:35.5 | +2:28.8 | |
| 36 | 34 | LAUKKANEN Mari | FIN | 1+3 | 4 | 25:36.4 | +2:29.7 | |
| 37 | 44 | HENKEL Andrea | GER | 1+3 | 4 | 25:40.0 | +2:33.3 | |
| 38 | 25 | SHUMILOVA Ekaterina | RUS | 0+3 | 3 | 25:42.2 | +2:35.5 | |
| 39 | 38 | IOURIEVA Ekaterina | RUS | 1+1 | 2 | 25:44.8 | +2:38.1 | |
| 40 | 3 | PUSKARCIKOVA Eva | CZE | 1+1 | 2 | 25:47.7 | +2:41.0 | |
| 41 | 37 | OBERHOFER Karin | ITA | 2+1 | 3 | 25:51.6 | +2:44.9 | |
| 42 | 35 | HOJNISZ Monika | POL | 1+3 | 4 | 25:52.3 | +2:45.6 | |
| 43 | 60 | SCHWABL Iris | AUT | 0+0 | 0 | 25:59.3 | +2:52.6 | |
| 44 | 61 | ERZEN Anja | SLO | 0+2 | 2 | 26:01.1 | +2:54.4 | |
| 45 | 46 | MARKKANEN Sanna | FIN | 0+1 | 1 | 26:02.8 | +2:56.1 | |
| 46 | 81 | HORN Fanny Welle-Strand | NOR | 1+4 | 5 | 26:04.3 | +2:57.6 | |
| 47 | 22 | SOULIE Laure | AND | 1+1 | 2 | 26:09.3 | +3:02.6 | |
| 48 | 74 | PANFILOVA Mariya | UKR | 2+1 | 3 | 26:13.3 | +3:06.6 | |
| 49 | 52 | LIGHTFOOT Amanda | GBR | 1+1 | 2 | 26:13.8 | +3:07.1 | |
| 50 | 88 | BOBAK Paulina | POL | 1+1 | 2 | 26:15.5 | +3:08.8 | |
| 51 | 1 | BOILLEY Sophie | FRA | 1+2 | 3 | 26:16.3 | +3:09.6 | |
| 52 | 86 | GODBOUT Claude | CAN | 0+1 | 1 | 26:19.6 | +3:12.9 | |
| 53 | 54 | GOESSNER Miriam | GER | 1+3 | 4 | 26:24.2 | +3:17.5 | |
| 54 | 14 | PREUSS Franziska | GER | 3+2 | 5 | 26:27.2 | +3:20.5 | |
| 55 | 72 | PADIAL HERNANDEZ Victoria | ESP | 0+2 | 2 | 26:30.5 | +3:23.8 | |
| 56 | 16 | SUZUKI Fuyuko | JPN | 1+4 | 5 | 26:30.7 | +3:24.0 | |
| 57 | 42 | FERENCZ Reka | ROU | 1+1 | 2 | 26:33.0 | +3:26.3 | |
| 58 | 47 | YORDANOVA Emilia | BUL | 1+1 | 2 | 26:36.1 | +3:29.4 | |
| 59 | 58 | ZHANG Yan | CHN | 1+3 | 4 | 26:42.8 | +3:36.1 | |
| 60 | 49 | COOK Annelies | USA | 2+2 | 4 | 26:43.2 | +3:36.5 | |
| 61 | 73 | VAILLANCOURT Audrey | CAN | 3+0 | 3 | 26:46.7 | +3:40.0 | |
| 62 | 28 | MALI Andreja | SLO | 3+1 | 4 | 26:48.6 | +3:41.9 | |
| 63 | 15 | LEHTLA Kadri | EST | 0+2 | 2 | 26:49.1 | +3:42.4 | |
| 64 | 50 | SLOOF Chardine | NED | 0+2 | 2 | 26:51.8 | +3:45.1 | |
| 65 | 83 | NAZAROVA Valentina | RUS | 3+2 | 5 | 26:57.3 | +3:50.6 | |
| 66 | 24 | TANG Jialin | CHN | 1+2 | 3 | 27:14.7 | +4:08.0 | |
| =67 | 51 | RUNGGALDIER Alexia | ITA | 1+3 | 4 | 27:15.3 | +4:08.6 | |
| =67 | 56 | CHRAPANOVA Martina | SVK | 2+3 | 5 | 27:15.3 | +4:08.6 | |
| 69 | 66 | MURPHY Sarah | NZL | 1+2 | 3 | 27:16.6 | +4:09.9 | |
| 70 | 87 | MATTSSON Elin | SWE | 1+3 | 4 | 27:22.9 | +4:16.2 | |
| =71 | 45 | GAIM Grete | EST | 0+2 | 2 | 27:24.7 | +4:18.0 | |
| =71 | 82 | KALINA Nastassia | BLR | 2+2 | 4 | 27:24.7 | +4:18.0 | |
| 73 | 69 | VIIGIPUU Kristel | EST | 2+1 | 3 | 27:25.7 | +4:19.0 | |
| 74 | 64 | LIF Asa | SWE | 2+1 | 3 | 27:29.7 | +4:23.0 | |
| 75 | 13 | TOFALVI Eva | ROU | 4+3 | 7 | 27:39.8 | +4:33.1 | |
| 76 | 20 | RASIMOVICIUTE Diana | LTU | 4+2 | 6 | 27:44.1 | +4:37.4 | |
| 77 | 63 | PISCORAN Luminita | ROU | 2+2 | 4 | 27:56.2 | +4:49.5 | |
| 78 | 78 | KOYUVA Rayna | BUL | 2+2 | 4 | 27:57.0 | +4:50.3 | |
| 79 | 79 | PREKOPOVA Natalia | SVK | 2+2 | 4 | 27:57.4 | +4:50.7 | |
| 80 | 48 | KOBAYASHI Miki | JPN | 1+3 | 4 | 27:59.2 | +4:52.5 | |
| 81 | 76 | JISLOVA Jessica | CZE | 1+2 | 3 | 27:59.5 | +4:52.8 | |
| 82 | 71 | RANSOM Julia | CAN | 2+3 | 5 | 28:17.7 | +5:11.0 | |
| 83 | 84 | LODGE Emma | CAN | 1+3 | 4 | 28:23.2 | +5:16.5 | |
| 84 | 70 | MUN Ji-Hee | KOR | 2+2 | 4 | 28:25.3 | +5:18.6 | |
| 85 | 10 | BRORSSON Mona | SWE | 3+1 | 4 | 28:40.1 | +5:33.4 | |
| 86 | 55 | POLIAKOVA Terezia | SVK | 3+3 | 6 | 28:44.8 | +5:38.1 | |
| 87 | 62 | MEIER-RUGE Ladina | SUI | 1+2 | 3 | 29:11.7 | +6:05.0 | |
| 88 | 80 | PARK Ji-Ae | KOR | 3+1 | 4 | 30:01.2 | +6:54.5 | |
| DNF | 43 | DZHYMA Juliya | UKR | 3+2 | 5 | |||
| DNS | 85 | BESCOND Anais | FRA |
