Eder claims first World Cup win of the season in Oslo

BySportsbeat

Updated 22/03/2014 at 20:28 GMT

Austrian Simon Eder shot clean to win his first World Cup event of the season, coming home first in the men's 12.5km pursuit in Oslo.

Simon Eder

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Eder finished the first race of the season in second but that remained his only podium finish this campaign ahead of arriving in Norway.

But he returned to the podium in style in the penultimate World Cup event of the season, crossing the line 32:23.4 minutes for victory.

Russia's Alexander Loginov pulled away in the final loop from Sweden's Bjorn Ferry to claim second, 12.7 seconds back, while Ferry was 20.7 seconds back.

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In the women's 10km pursuit it was Olympic sprint champion Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia celebrating as came home first in 30:29.1, picking up two penalties along the way.

Second went to Norwegian Tora Berger, with four penalties, 41.8 seconds back, while Russian Olga Vilukhina finished third with two penalties,

Heading into the final World Cup event of the season Kaisa Makarainen is top of the standings on 842 points after finishing fourth in Oslo, with Berger second just ten points behind.

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