Drachev, Skjelbreid win World Cup biathlon events
Posted: Friday January 08, 1999 02:15 PM
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Drachev clocked 27 minutes, 44.6 seconds to clinch his 11th World Cup victory AP |
OBERHOF, Germany (AP) -- Vladimir Drachev of Russia shot
perfectly to capture a men's 10-kilometer World Cup biathlon event
Friday, beating Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway by
3.6 seconds.
Liv Grete Skjelbreid of Norway overcame two shooting errors to
win the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint and gain her first World Cup
victory.
Drachev, a 32-year-old soldier from St. Petersburg, was the only
top finisher not to miss a target.
Bjoerndalen had two misses from the prone position and the two
penalty laps cost him the victory.
Drachev clocked 27 minutes, 44.6 seconds to clinch his 11th
World Cup victory.
Ricco Gross, three-time Olympic relay champion with Germany,
finished third, 16 seconds behind Drachev, after one miss from the
prone position.
Pavel Rostovstev of Russia also shot perfectly to finish fourth
and take the lead in World Cup standings with 143 points, one ahead
of Sven Fisher of Germany, who was a distant 18th after four
penalty laps.
Skjelbreid, 24, covered the women's distance in 24 minutes, 23.8
minutes, including two penalty laps.
Olena Zubrilova of Ukraine hit all the targets and finished
second, 16.7 seconds behind the Norwegian.
Nadezhda Talanova of Russia was third, 31.3 seconds behind, with
one shooting error.
Uschi Disl of Germany placed fourth to open a nine-point lead in
the women's World Cup standings over defending champion Magdalena
Forsberg of Sweden, who finished 13th.
| Men's 10K Biathlon Sprint Results |
| Finish |
Name |
Country |
Time |
Penalty laps |
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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Vladimir Drachev
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen
Ricco Gross
Pavel Rostovtsev
Vadim Sashurin
Jan-Marc Chabloz
Frank Luck
Wolfgang Rottmann
Vesa Hietalahti
Janez Ozbolt
Alexei Aidarov
Tomaz Globocnik
Halvard Hanevold
Wolfgang Perner
Yukio Mochizuki
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Russia
Norway
Germany
Russia
Belarus
Switzerland
Germany
Austria
Finland
Slovenia
Belarus
Slovenia
Norway
Austria
Japan
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27:44.6
27:48.2
28:00.6
28:08.3
28:35.8
28:36.9
28:47.0
28:58.7
29:01.8
29:02.2
29:05.7
29:09.8
29:09.9
29:28.6
29:30.4
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2
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
1
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| Race location: Oberhof, Germany |
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| Women's 7.5K Biathlon Sprint Results |
| Finish |
Name |
Country |
Time |
Penalty laps |
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
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Liv Grete Skjelbreid
Olena Zubrilova
Nadezhda Talanova
Uschi Disl
Ekaterina Dafovska
Nathalie Santer
Andrea Henkel
Magdalena Gwizdon
Peggy Wagenfuehr
Tamami Tanaka
Gunn-Margit Andreassen
Anne Briend
Magdalena Forsberg
Nina Lemesh
Albina Akhmatova
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Norway
Ukraine
Russia
Germany
Bulgaria
Italy
Germany
Poland
Germany
Japan
Norway
France
Sweden
Ukraine
Russia
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24:23.8
24.:40.5
24:58.0
24:59.0
25:24.1
25:34.4
25:39.7
25:41.0
25:45.3
25:47.3
25:48.4
25:53.5
25:57.3
25:59.4
26:02.9
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2
0
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
4
1
2
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| Race location: Oberhof, Germany |
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