KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia -- Norway's Halvard Hanevold won the 20-kilometer individual event Wednesday, capturing his second medal at the biathlon world championships and earning the World Cup individual title.

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, the Norwegian who won four gold medals at last year's Olympics, gained the overall World Cup title despite finishing 30th in the next-to-last men's race at these championships in Siberia.

Hanevold missed only one target and was finished in 53 minutes 39.4 seconds. He won the silver in the 12.5K pursuit Sunday.

Vesa Hietalahti of Finland was second, 1 minute, 24.7 seconds behind Hanevold in the 20K. Ricco Gross of Germany capitalized on perfect skiing to finish third, 1:25.9 behind.

Gross won gold in the 12.5K pursuit and was second to Bjoerndalen in Saturday's 10K sprint.

Hanevold took the lead after the second shooting range. His only miss was the fourth shooting station in the standing position.

"This race was very much like the Olympic one," said Hanevold, who won the 20K at the 1998 Olympics. "And five years later it's very nice to repeat such a success."

Not one biathlete managed to hit all the targets Wednesday. Bjoerndalen missed three targets on the first shooting station and added one more on the second one to fall from contention.

Bjoerndalen started with a gold medal in the sprint and was expected to repeat his Salt Lake City performance. But his shooting failed him in the pursuit Sunday when he made six mistakes to finish eighth.

He has an unbeatable 687 points in the standings with one event left. Vladimir Drachev of Belarus is second, 63 points back. Gross is third with 610.

The championships continue with the women's 30K relay Thursday.