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Nove Mesto (dpa) - Denise Herrmann came second in the pursuit at the Biathlon World Cup in Nove Mesto.
The 32-year-old missed only one of her 20 shots and only had to admit defeat to the Norwegian Tiril Eckhoff after a convincing performance.
In her safe start-finish success, the four-time Pokljuka world champion made three mistakes and was 24 seconds ahead of Herrmann after ten kilometers.
Marte Olsbu Röiseland from Norway secured third place on Sunday (3 errors / + 29.9 seconds).
With the tenth win of the season, Eckhoff extended their lead in the overall standings.
Franziska Preuß (2 mistakes) in fifth and Vanessa Hinz (1) in eleventh were also able to deliver good performances.
Maren Hammerschmidt finished 30th, Janina Hettich gave up the race.
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Herrmann had to skip the mass start at the World Cup due to an infection and was spared the start of the World Cup in the Czech Republic in the relay debacle with twelfth place.
After finishing tenth in the sprint, she now achieved her second podium of the season after finishing second in the first race of the season at the end of November 2020.
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