RUHPOLDING, Germany — Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway won his second straight biathlon World Cup race by shooting cleanly in the 15-kilometre sprint.
Svendsen covered the distance in 39 minutes 19.5 seconds to leave World Cup leader Evgeny Ustyugov of Russia trailing by 5.1 seconds on Saturday. The Russian had one miss in four rounds through the shooting range.
Simon Eder of Austria was third, 9.9 seconds back, while Jean-Philippe Le Guellec of Shannon, Que., was 22nd in 40:50.9.
Ustyugov leads the overall standings with 412 points. Svendsen has moved up to second with 384.
In the women's 12.5-kilometre mass start, World Cup leader Helena Jonsson of Sweden was the only one to shoot cleanly among the top finishers and beat four Germans.
Jonsson needed 40:58.7 to cover the distance and left Simone Hauswald 23.1 seconds behind. Magdalena Neuner was third, 35 seconds behind after five missed targets.
Zina Kocher of Red Deer, Alta., was 17th in 43:29.8.
Source:AFP
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