Whistler, Canada  - Germany's Simone Hauswald won the second biathlon World Cup event of her career Wednesday when she claimed victory in the women's 15-kilometre individual race at Whistler, host venue for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

The 29-year-old, who came second in this year's world championships, was perfect in the shooting range as she skied to victory in a time of 42 minutes 44.6 seconds.

Mass-start world champion Olga Zaitseva of Russia missed one target on her way to second place, 39.3 seconds behind the winner. Vita Semerenko of Ukraine also missed once in the range as she came home in third spot, 1:05.8 minutes adrift of Hauswald.

The biathlon World Cup continues later Wednesday in Whistler with the men's 20km individual race. (dpa)