Sweden's Forsberg Wins the Women's Individual
Pokljuka, 6 February - A good display of shooting led Sweden's Magdalena Forsberg to a victory in the women's individual 15 km event at the Biathlon World Championships with a time of 45:13.0. In second place, 37.3 seconds behind, was Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poiree of Norway, while Olena Zubrilova of the Ukraine came in third, 1:09.2 seconds behind the winner. Slovenia's Andreja Grasic finished in seventh place, 1:57.0 behind Forsberg.