Makarainen takes pursuit World Cup win to move top overall

BySportsbeat

Published 24/03/2018 at 15:24 GMT

Kaisa Makarainen won the women's 10km pursuit in dramatic fashion on Saturday to move to the top of the overall women's biathlon World Cup standings.

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The Finn had to hold off a superb challenge from France's Anais Bescond to cross the line in 30:52.7minutes, 0.2 seconds ahead of her rival.

Third in the pursuit was Germany's Laura Dahlmeier a further 17.5seconds back as she failed to stay with the top two in the final ski to the line.

That means Makarainen, twice the overall World Cup champion before most recently in 2013/14, takes top spot in the standings with just one last race of the season to come here in Tyumen, Russia.

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