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Vittozzi takes Otepää pursuit with patient shooting
Minkkinen narrowly beat Jeanmonnot for second after a windy ten-kilometre race.
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Lisa Vittozzi won the women’s ten-kilometre pursuit in Otepää in 33:33.7, claiming her third victory of the season, all in pursuit races. The Italian stayed with Julia Simon through the prone stages before clean shooting at the first standing bout created the decisive separation.
Suvi Minkkinen finished second with one penalty, 26.2 seconds behind, and retained the lead in the pursuit standings. She outsprinted Lou Jeanmonnot by seven-tenths of a second, leaving the French overall leader third after another single-penalty performance on the windy range.
Jeanmonnot extended her overall advantage to 201 points over Minkkinen. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Océane Michelon finished fourth and fifth with three penalties each, while Linn Gestblom achieved a season-best sixth place.
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