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Fourcade, Neuner win biathlon sprints

The Columbian
Published: February 10, 2012, 4:00pm

KONTIOLAHTI, Finland (AP) — Martin Fourcade of France edged Timofey Lapshin of Russia to win a 10-kilometer World Cup sprint on Saturday.

With one penalty, Fourcade finished in 24 minutes, 58.2 seconds, just nine-tenths of a second ahead of Timofey Lapshin, who shot clean in the cold.

Switzerland’s Benjamin Weger was third, 1.6 seconds back.

Magdalena Neuner of Germany won the women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint in 23 minutes, 7.4 seconds, ahead of Makarainen of Finland and Darya Domracheva of Belarus.

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