Makarainen caps a fine Birthday weekend in Germany

BySportsbeat

Published 15/01/2017 at 15:21 GMT

Kaisa Makarainen capped a fine weekend in Ruhpolding with Biathlon World Cup victory in the women's 10km pursuit on Sunday.

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The Finn, who won the sprint event the day before, was near-faultless in her shooting with 19 out of 20 to secure a comfortable win.

This was her 20th career World Cup victory and a fine celebration in the week that she turned 34.

Second on the day was Gabriela Koukalova who missed two shots in finishing almost exactly a minute behind the Finn.

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But it was the woman from the Czech Republic's sixth consecutive World Cup podium and keeps her top of the overall standings, 19 points above Makarainen with Germany's Laura Dahlmeier third.

Dahlmeier is only just ahead of France's Marie Dorin Habert, the Frenchwoman completing the podium with a third-place finish in the pursuit on Sunday.

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