Suvi Minkkinen won the Biathlon World Cup.
Suvi Minkkinen is in great shape for the Olympic winter. ZumaWire / MVPHOTOS
Suvi Minkkinen won his first World Cup race on Friday.
Last season, the 30-year-old athlete, who rose to the top spot in the world, settled for a handsome 20,000 euro pot for his victory.
Minkkinen shot the zeroes and won the speed race with a difference of 16.6 seconds. The runner-up of the competition was Sweden Anna Magnusson.
The four fastest in the race shot zeroes.
Inka Hämäläinen it was a nice 12th. Hämäläinen also shot zeroes. He lost to Minkkinen by 57.2 seconds. Hämäläinen paid off his investment of 3,500 euros.
The prize money has been increased from last season, when you earned 15,000 euros for winning the individual competition.
On Tuesday, he reached second place from the normal distance Sonja Leinamo did not compete on Friday. The 23-year-old Finn is suffering from a sore throat, so he decided to skip today’s competition.
Leinamo earned 16,000 euros from its second estate.