Strong as a bear: Wierer on the podium again

The Finnish Kaisa Mäkäräinen won the first pursuit race of the World Cup season. The 35-year-old celebrated a confident start-to-finish victory. Dorothea Wierer repeatedly came close to Mäkäräinen thanks to her outstanding shooting, but in the end the Finn was simply too strong on the cross-country ski trail. Mäkäräinen celebrated her 25th World Cup victory. Particularly striking: Both Wierer and Mäkäräinen hit all 20 targets at the shooting range.

Wierer defends lead in the overall World Cup With second place, Wierer also defended his lead in the overall World Cup. The 28-year-old now has 144 points to her name, Mäkäräinen 131.

Second best of the “Azzurre” on Sunday was Lisa Vitozzi (Pieve di Cadore) in fourth place. After the last shooting she was in third place. In the end, however, the 23-year-old had to admit defeat to Slovakian Paulina Fialkova on the final lap.

In the morning the persecution of the men had already taken place. Lukas Hofer was able to achieve a top ten placement. ( SportNews has reported ). Starting next Thursday, the young biathlon season will continue with a women's sprint (14.15:XNUMX p.m.) in Hochfilzen (Austria). IBU World Cup, women's pursuit in Pokljuka Pos Name Country Time Error 1. Kaisa Mäkäräinen Finland 27.43,7 Minutes 0 2. Dorothea Wierer ITA/Niederrasen + 41,3 seconds 0 3. Paulina Fialkova SVK +59,2 0 4. Lisa Vittozzi ITA +1.01,5 0 5. Marte Olsbu Roeiselan NOR +1.22,1 1 6. Clare Egan USA +1.22,4 1 7. Iryna Kryuko BEL +1.26,6 0 8. Irina Starykh RUS +1.35,6 0 9. Franziska Preuss GER +1.43,7 1 10. Evgeniya Pavlova RUS +1.48,0 0 22. Federico Sanfilippo ITA/Ridnaun +2.44,0 1 26. Nicole Gontier ITA +2.56,7 3 44. Alexia Runggaldier ITA/St. Christina +3.55,4 1

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Strong as a bear: Wierer on the podium again

After coming second in the sprint, Dorothea Wierer also secured second place in the pursuit race in Pokljuka (Slovenia). The South Tyrolean once again only had to admit defeat to Kaisa Mäkäräinen.

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