Eckhoff excels with victory in Czech Republic
BySportsbeat
Published 08/03/2020 at 19:03 GMT
Tiril Eckhoff gained ground on Biathlon World Cup title rival Dorothea Wierer as she delivered a near-perfect performance to take mass start victory in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic.
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The Norwegian missed just one of her 20 shots to win the women's 12.5km mass start event in a time of 34m0.8s.
Sweden's Hanna Oberg finished second, 25.3s behind, while Germany's Franziska Preuss completed the podium in third, 32.4s back.
"It was really tough today," Eckhoff said.
"I was fast in the prone shooting but in the standing, I needed a little bit of time.
"I don't have the confidence and I need to work those targets down, so I am very happy to have managed that today."
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