Norwegian victory - the Swedes
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Norwegian victory - the Swedes pushed themselves away

Martin Ponsiluoma finished fifth in the mass start at the Biathlon World Cup. It was a Norwegian victory, with Sturla Holm Lægreid taking the first victory of the season.

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The Swedes fell away early from the fight for the top in Kontiolahti, Finland.

Martin Ponsiluoma missed in both of his opening two prone series, a total of two misses.

He then shot well in both of his standing series and was finally able to finish fifth, 32 seconds behind Sturla Holm Lægreid - who made headlines during the Olympics when he revealed that he had been unfaithful.

The Norwegian, who shot well, won ahead of World Cup leader Frenchman Eric Perrot, who had a miss. Perrot was 16.5 seconds behind.

Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen of Norway finished third.

Sebastian Samuelsson also had two crashes, struggled on the course and finished 15th.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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