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Mäkäräinen's first World Championship medal came in 2011, when she won bronze in the pursuit event in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. However, it was at the 2013 World Championships in Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic, that she truly announced her arrival as a force to be reckoned with. Mäkäräinen won gold in the pursuit, silver in the mass start, and bronze in the individual, cementing her status as a top-tier biathlete.