Fourcade, Makarainen win World Cup biathlons in Norway

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OSLO, Norway (AP) — Martin Fourcade of France won the 20-kilometer mass start in the biathlon World Cup, and Kaisa Makarainen of Finland the women’s 15-kilometer event on Thursday.

Evgeniy Garanichev of Russia was 14.2 seconds behind Fourcade in second, and Sergey Semenov of Ukraine finished third, as fog gave way to a clear afternoon at Holmenkollen.

Makarainen led the women’s race all the way and shot clean

Darya Domracheva of Belarus was second, more than 78 seconds behind with one penalty. Veronika Vitkova of Czech Republic shot clean and was third.