Hauswald wins in Whistler

Eurosport - Wed, 11 Mar 23:53:00 2009

Germany's Simone Hauswald won her second career biathlon World Cup event in the women's individual 15-km race in Whistler.

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The 29-year-old, nee Denkinger, put in a perfect shooting performance to claim victory in the Canadian resort town, which will host the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Hauswald, who came second in this year's world championships, finished with a time of 42 minutes 44.6 seconds, 39.3 seconds ahead of Olga Zaitseva of Russia.

Zaitseva, the mass-start world champion, missed one target on the range.

Ukraine's Vita Semerenko also missed once with the rifle and crossed the line in third, 1:05.8 minutes behind Hauswald.

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  1. alwys germany in the top congratulation simone and the­ cute neuner u are the best love u

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