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<P align=left>Excerpt from USBA Bulletin on 22 jan 2009 (see second paragraph)</P>
<P align=left>"Mass Start Competition </FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>– Germany's Kati Wilhelm scored her 19</FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=1>th </FONT><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>World Cup victory after defeating Russia's Olga Medvedtseva in a tight duel on the final lap. She crossed the finishing line 5.8 seconds before her rival after beginning the lap 5.7 seconds behind the Russian. Helena Jonsson of Sweden finished third, 11.8 seconds behind Wilhelm, staying just ahead of a Magdalena Neuner, who again logged the fastest course time but had a total of five penalties. The top three each missed two of their targets. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Early in the race Darya Domracheva from Belarus had caused some excitement. She cleaned her first prone session and just taken the lead before the leading group reentered the stadium for the second. As she went to lane one, she remained standing for the second prone session and fired away at the targets, unaware of the 29 other athletes behind her who were on the ground for prone. She had apparently confused the sequence with an individual race which alternates prone and standing."</FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>We should all have such total focus.</P></FONT></DIV></body></html>