Biathlon World Cup: Norway's Boe Wins 10km Sprint at Pokljuka (Video)

STA, 7 December 2018 - Norwegian biathlete Johannes Thingnes Boe won on Friday the second individual men's race, a 10-km sprint, hosted by Slovenia's Pokjuka as part of the opening meet of the Biathlon World Cup season.

Boe, who missed one shot, was followed in second place by Antonin Guigonnat of France (+16.1 seconds), while third place went to Russia's Alexandr Loginov (+16.5).

Slovenia's biathletes did not have a good day, with Jakov Fak, who finished fourth in Thursday's opening race, missing three shots to end up in 39th place as the best Slovenian.

* Results:
 1 Johannes Thingnes Boe (Nor)     23:46.3/1
 2 Antonin Guigonnat (Fra)          + 16.1/0
 3 Alexandr Loginov (Rus)             16.4/0
 4 Tarjei Boe (Nor)                   31.2/1
 5 Benedikt Doll (Ger)                32.5/0
 6 Sindre Pettersen (Nor)             32.9/0
 7 Simon Desthieux (Fra)              35.1/2
 8 Henrik L'Abee-Lund (Nor)           35.8/1
 9 Simon Eder (Aut)                   35.9/0
10 Michal Krčmar (Cze)                42.5/0
 ...
 39 Jakov Fak (Slo)                 1:40.4/3
 45 Miha Dovžan (Slo)               1:45.1/2
 62 Klemen Bauer (Slo)              2:04.8/4
 76 Rok Tršan (Slo)                 2:24.2/1
101 Mitja Drinovec (Slo)            3:37.4/4

- World Cup standings (2):
 1 Johannes Thingnes Boe (Nor)         96
 2 Antonin Guigonnat (Fra)             88
 3 Simon Eder (Aut)                    80
 4 Martin Fourcade (Fra)               77
 5 Alexandr Loginov (Rus)              60
 6 Sebastian Samuelsson (Swe)          59
 7 Michal Krčmar (Cze)                 57
 8 Simon Desthieux (Fra)               55
 9 Johannes Kühn (Ger)                 54
10 Tarjei Boe (Nor)                    49
...
14 Jakov Fak (Slo)                     45