Biathlon: Anastasiya Kuzmina Wins Women’s Mass Start and Gets Her Third Medal of 2018 PyeongChang
Anastasiya Kuzmina from Slovakia won a gold medal in women’s mass start by finishing in 35 minutes 23.0 seconds. It’s the third medal of the athlete at these Olympics as she already has 2 silver medals in individual and pursuit. Moreover, she is 2-time Olympic gold medalist in sprint of 2010 and 2014 and is a silver medalist in pursuit of 2010 Olympic Games.
The silver medal was won by a representative of Belarus, Darya Domracheva, who finished in 35:41.8. At 2014 Winter Olympics, Darya won 3 gold medals in individual, pursuit and mass start and is also a bronze medalist of 2010 Olympics. Norwegian biathlete, Tiril Eckhoff, won a bronze medal after finishing in 35 minutes 50.7 seconds. At 2014 Winter Olympics, she was a gold and 2-time bronze medalist.
The places from 4 to 10 were occupied by:
4 Lisa Vittozzi (Italy)
5 Hanna Oeberg (gold medalist in individual at 2018 Olympics) (Sweden)
6 Dorothea Wierer (bronze medalist of Sochi Olympics) (Italy)
7 Nadezhda Skardino (bronze medalist of 2014 Winter Olympics) (Belarus)
8 Marte Olsbu (silver medalist of 2018 Olympics in sprint) (Norway)
9 Marie Dorin Habert (silver and bronze medalist of 2010 Vancouver) (France)
10 Kaisa Makarainen (Finland)