Monday, March 5, 2012

Bjorndalen wins overall biathlon pursuit title

Ole Einar Bjorndalen won the men's pursuit discipline title Saturday after finishing second to Norwegian teammate Emil Hegle Svendsen in Saturday's next-to-last World Cup race.

Defending World Cup champion Magdalena Neuner of Germany won the women's 10-kilometer pursuit to stay in contention for her second straight overall title.

Svendsen beat Bjorndalen in a sprint to finish the 12.5-kilometer men's race in 33 minutes, 3.3 seconds and claim his fourth World Cup victory this season.

Bjorndalen, who secured his sixth overall World Cup title on Thursday, was 0.1 seconds behind. Christoph Sumann of Austria was 23.8 seconds back in third.

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