Mäkäräinen wins women's sprint in Pokljuka

Pokljuka, 8 December - Finland's Kaisa Mäkäräinen (20:08,1/0) won the women's 7.5-kilometre sprint event held as part of the Biathlon World Cup season opener in Pokljuka on Saturday. She was followed by Italian Dorothea Wierer (+14,8/0) and France's Justine Braisaz (+42,1/0).

Pokljuka The women's 7.5-kilometre sprint event at the Biathlon World Cup season opener. Pictured: Slovakian Ivona Fialkova (centre). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Pokljuka
The women's 7.5-kilometre sprint event at the Biathlon World Cup season opener.
Pictured: Slovakian Ivona Fialkova (centre).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Pokljuka The women's 7.5-kilometre sprint event at the Biathlon World Cup season opener. Pictured: Slovakian Ivona Fialkova (centre). Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Pokljuka
The women's 7.5-kilometre sprint event at the Biathlon World Cup season opener.
Pictured: Slovakian Ivona Fialkova (centre).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Pokljuka The women's 7.5-kilometre sprint event at the Biathlon World Cup season opener. Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Pokljuka
The women's 7.5-kilometre sprint event at the Biathlon World Cup season opener.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

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