Norwegian Olsbu Røiseland sprints to Biathlon World Cup win

BySportsbeat

Updated 14/02/2019 at 21:03 GMT

Marte Olsbu Røiseland darted to World Cup victory in the Soldier Hollow women's sprint after a near-perfect performance in Utah.

Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway celebrates after winning the women's 7.5 KM sprint of the IBU World Cup Biathlon.

Image credit: Eurosport

The Norwegian completed a clean shooting round before sprinting clear over the last 2.5km to take the win in 19:47.6mins.

Finland's Kaisa Mäkäräinen finished just 11.5 seconds down the road but did have a penalty, while Germany's Franziska Hildebrand secured her first World Cup podium of the season.

Poland's Monika Hojnisz also shot clean and finished fourth, while early leader Anastasiya Kuzmina faded to fifth in the 2.5km sprint.

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