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Bjoerndalen, Makarainen win biathlon pursuits
Feb 12, 2012, 15:04 GMT
Kontiolahti, Finland - Ole-Einar Bjoerndalen captured his 95th World Cup win and his first since December 2010 with victory in Sunday's biathlon pursuit in Kontiolahti.
The 38-year-old Norwegian beat sprint winner and overall World Cup leader Martin Fourcade of France.
Bjoerndalen clocked 33 minutes 43.8 seconds, 13.8 seconds up on Fourcade, with Dmitry Malyshko of Russia third.
Martin has 774 points in the standings followed by Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway on 753 and Andreas Birnbacher of Germany on 607.
Kaisa Makarainen of Finland won the women's 10km pursuit in 32:23.0, beating World Cup overall leader Magdalena Neuner of Germany by 35.9 seconds. Darya Domracheva of Belarus was third.
Neuner, who won Saturday's sprint, has 930 points overall, with Domracheva on 891 and Makarainen on 793.
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