体坛英语新闻：Boe, Makarainen win biathlon World Cup sprints

VIENNA, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Norwegian biathlete Johannes Thingnes Boe had an easy win in men's World Cup 10-kilometer sprint on Friday, which is his sixth career victory.

Finland's Kaisa Makarainen missed one target before finishing in 20:55.6 to beat Karin Oberhofer of Italy to win the women's race.

Boe, who was third in the overall rankings last season, had the fastest time arriving at the prone shooting, hit all targets and remained ahead of the field for the rest of the race, finishing in 24 minutes, 34.9 seconds ahead of two Germans Simon Schempp and Andreas Birnbacher.

Schempp and Birnbacher, who also shot cleanly, trailed the Norwegian by 14.3 and 17.9 seconds, respectively.

Makarainen who shot cleanly, by 10.4 seconds. Oberhofer led after the final shooting but couldn't match Makarainen's pace on the track. The Italian earned her first career podium finish.

Tiril Eckhoff of Norway, who won the season-opening sprint a week ago, also missed once and came 29.9 seconds behind in third.