Svendsen of Norway wins biathlon sprint; Burke of US loses overall WCup lead
By APThursday, January 14, 2010
Svendsen wins biathlon, Burke loses WCup lead
RUHPOLDING, Germany — Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway won a biathlon World Cup 10-kilometer sprint race and Tim Burke of the United States finished 31st Thursday to lose the overall lead.
Burke missed two targets and lost his World Cup lead after 10 of 25 events, dropping to third overall.
Svendsen defeated five-time Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjorndalen for a 1-2 Norwegian finish. Svendsen covered the distance in 23 minutes, 27.5 seconds to edge Bjorndalen by 3.2 seconds.
Michael Greis of Germany was third, 33.5 seconds behind the winner. All three shot cleanly.
Evgeny Ustyugov of Russia regained the overall lead by finishing ninth despite two misses for a total of 358 points. Simon Fourcade of France, who finished fifth, moved into second.
