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Simon wins Otepää sprint despite Vittozzi’s late challenge
Jeanmonnot’s third place secured the women’s sprint Crystal Globe.
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Julia Simon won the women’s seven-and-a-half-kilometre sprint in Otepää in 21:29.5, hitting all ten targets despite strong wind. Lisa Vittozzi also shot clean and finished only 2.9 seconds behind after recovering eight seconds during the closing loop of the race.
Lou Jeanmonnot finished third with another perfect shooting performance, 22.9 seconds behind Simon. Her final six hundred metres lifted her above Janina Hettich-Walz and secured the sprint season title, with 376 points against Suvi Minkkinen’s 285 in the discipline standings.
Hettich-Walz placed fourth in a season-best result, followed by Océane Michelon and Karoline Offigstad Knotten. Simon’s fourth victory of the winter was her first sprint win of the season, following the Kontiolahti mass start success.
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