Glagow wins globe

ByEurosport

Published 26/03/2006 at 12:21 GMT

Martina Glagow of Germany wins the Mass Start title after an 8th-placed finish in the 12.5km race in Holmenkollen, Norway on Sunday. Despite crossing the line down the order Glagow bagged enough points to see her go one point clear of Kati Wilhelm who fin

It was Linda Tjoerhom of Norway, though who stole the show as she thrilled home fans with a cool last lap to take the win and jump up the Mass Start standings to third place ahead of Uschi Disl.

BIATHLON 2005-2006 Pokljuka - Linda Tjoerhom

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Tjoerhom held her nerve on the last visit to the shooting range clearing all five targets when the race leaders - Ann Carin Olofsson and Kati Wilhelm - cracked and both missed one.

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Tjoerhom put in a powerful display of skiing on the last lap to keep the lead - despite a determined Sandrine Bailly steadily reducing the gap - to claim the win.

Bailly - who missed three targets in total - took advantage of the misfortunes of Olofsson and Wilhelm on the last shoot - to ski to second place 12.3 seconds off the pace.

Olga Nazarova of Belarus sharp-shooted her way into third place - she missed only one out of 20 targets - and crossed the line 14.4 seconds back.

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