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HOCHFILZEN, Austria - Norwegian biathlete Johannes Thingnes Boe dominated a mens World Cup 10-kilometre sprint on Friday for his sixth career win, while Kaisa Makarainen of Finland took the womens race.Boe had the fastest time arriving at the prone shooting, hit all targets and remained ahead of the field for the rest of the race.The Norwegian, who was third in the overall rankings last season, finished in 24 minutes, 34.9 seconds to beat Simon Schempp and Andreas Birnbacher. The two Germans, who also shot cleanly, trailed Boe by 14.3 and 17.9 seconds, respectively.It was a perfect race with good conditions on the track, Boe said. Last week was very bad for me so I was very focused and I wanted to be perfect today.Martin Fourcade of France, who won two races at the season-opening meet in Ostersund, Sweden, also avoided mistakes at the shooting range but came 27.8 behind in seventh. Olympic sprint champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway finished 40th after three missed targets.Calgarys Nathan Smith was the top Canadian in 44th.Makarainen overcame the aftermath of an illness to win the womens 7.5-kilometre sprint for her second victory of the season. The defending overall champion won the pursuit in Ostersund last weekend and has been on the podium in all four races this season.I was pretty depressed yesterday as training was not so good, Makarainen said. My legs felt so bad on the last loop. I think by basic level is good enough so even if I feel tired and bad I can still go pretty fast.Makarainen missed one target before finishing in 20:55.6 to beat Karin Oberhofer of Italy, who shot cleanly, by 10.4 seconds. Oberhofer led after the final shooting but couldnt match Makarainens 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.Three-time Olympic champion Darya Domracheva of Belarus had two penalties and finished eighth.Rosanna Crawford of Canmore, Alta., was the top Canadian in 34th.The relay events were scheduled for Saturday. Giants Jerseys 2019 . Anderson is scheduled to have neck surgery April 8 to repair the injury, which occurred when he collided with the Celtics Gerald Wallace during a game in Boston on Jan. 3. The 6-foot-10 Pelicans forward, who had been averaging 19. Cheap Giants Jerseys . The Padres made the moves before Fridays game at Washington. They promoted infielder Jace Peterson from Double-A San Antonio and right-hander Kevin Quackenbush from Triple-A El Paso. https://www.cheapjerseysgiants.us/ . PETERSBURG, Fla. Giants Jerseys 2020 . We wonder if the price of a Roberts rookie card has at least gone up a few cents? 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Powells backdated ban begins from the date of his sample collection on June 21, 2013 during national trials for the world championships. That means hes eligible to return to competition on Dec. 20, about a month after he turns 32. Once the top sprinter on the track, Powell lowered the world record in the 100 to 9.77 in 2005, then 9.74 in 2008 before being eclipsed by countryman Usain Bolt. Powell was the Jamaican athlete who first put Jamaicas dominating athletics prowess on centre stage in the 21st century. But unlike Bolt, he could never win the big one. The 31-year-old sprinter tested positive for the banned stimulant oxilofrone at Jamaicas national trials last June. Hed been suspended from competition since his doping case was disclosed in July. Powell did not attend the Thursday session, but he issued a statement through his publicist saying his defence team will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. He described the ruling as "not only unfair, it is patently unjust." Like former teammate Sherone Simpson, a three-time Olympic medallist who tested positive for the same stimulant at the national trials in June, Powell placed the blame on a newly-hired trainer who provided the two athletes with supplements, including one called "Epiphany D1" which lab tests later showed to contain oxilofrone. "I have never knowingly taken any banned substances, I did all the necessary checks before taking Epiphany D1 and it is my hope that the CAS will prove to be a more open and fair avenue for the review of all the facts in my case,"t; Powell said in his Thursday statement.dddddddddddd During hearings earlier this year, Powell testified that he received nine supplements from Canadian physiotherapist Christopher Xuereb, including Epiphany D1. Powell said he started taking the capsules in early June after he and a friend researched the supplement for up to six hours online and found no prohibited substances. But Xuereb has said he never gave Powell or Simpson any performance-enhancing drugs and only purchased major brand vitamins. In July, he asserted to The Associated Press that both athletes were looking for a scapegoat. Xuereb once worked at the Toronto clinic run by Anthony Galea, a sports physician who pleaded guilty to bringing unapproved and mislabeled drugs into the U.S. for house calls. On the morning of the Jamaican trials, Powell said he took four capsules of Epiphany D1 at Xuerebs suggestion after previously taking two each morning. Powell ended up finishing in seventh place and failed to qualify for the world championships. The sprinter, who turned professional in 2002, raised eyebrows during his testimony in January when he said he wasnt acquainted with doping control rules. He also testified that he did not tell a doping control officer about all the new supplements hed been ingesting, only listing three on his declaration form, because he couldnt remember their names amid the excitement of the Jamaican trials. On Tuesday, Powells former teammate Simpson was also banned until Dec. 20 after testing positive for oxilofrone. Her 18-month ban also began from the sample collection date at Jamaicas national trials. She will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). The two athletes, both represented by agent Paul Doyle, delivered nearly identical defences. The Jamaican disciplinary panel on Tuesday also issued a two-year ban for Olympic discus thrower Allison Randall, who is suspended until June 2015. Earlier this year, sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown was cleared of doping on appeal by CAS after testing positive for a banned diuretic at a Jamaican meet. The full reasons for the three-time Olympic gold medallist s exoneration have not yet been released, but CAS said the ruling was based on faulty sample collection. ' ' '