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Norway’s Berger wins 3rd straight biathlon

The Columbian
Published: January 21, 2011, 12:00am

ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) — Tora Berger of Norway won her third consecutive biathlon World Cup on Friday, taking a 7.5-kilometer sprint.

Berger, the Olympic champion in the 15K race, missed no targets and finished in 20 minutes, 8.1 seconds for her fourth victory overall this season.

Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia finished second, 29.1 seconds behind with one missed target. Olga Zaitseva of Russia was third.

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