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Kuzmina wins women’s biathlon World Cup pursuit

The Columbian
Published: March 19, 2011, 12:00am

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Anastasiya Kuzmina shot cleanly when it mattered to win a 10-kilometer pursuit Saturday for her third career biathlon World Cup victory.

Kuzmina finished in 33 minutes, 42.5 seconds to beat Darya Domracheva of Belarus by 23.1 seconds. Andrea Henkel of Germany was third.

Henkel led Domracheva coming into the final shooting position, but both missed two targets and were forced to ski penalty loops. Kuzmina had missed three targets at previous stations, but took advantage by hitting all five final shots.

That gave her a 20-second lead, and the Olympic sprint champion was never threatened the rest of the way.

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