Perfect Wierer glides to second career biathlon World Cup

Dorothea Wierer of Italy  Italy's Dorothea Wierer shot perfectly Thursday to clinch the second biathlon World Cup win of her career in an individual race in Ruhpolding, Germany. Wierer triumphed in 40 minutes 19.9 seconds over the 15-kilometre course, winning by 54.8 seconds from former world champion Kaisa Makarainen. The Finn missed once from four trips to the shooting range, as did overall standings leader Gabriela Soukalova who was third, 1:09.9 behind. The Czech Soukalova retains the overall lead on 551 points from France's Marin Dorin Habert, who was sixth, on 506 and Germany's Franziska Hildebrand, who missed the final podium place by less than a second, on 466. A men's 4x7.5km relay is scheduled for Friday in Ruhpolding.