Dahlmeier wins second gold
Pyeongchang : Laura Dahlmeier became a double Olympic champion after winning the women’s 10km pursuit in Pyeongchang.
The German biathlete, 24, had a 24-second head-start after winning the 7.5km sprint event on day one.
And she became the first woman to complete the Olympic sprint-pursuit double after winning in a time of 30 minutes 35.3 seconds.
Slovakia’s Anastasiya Kuzmina was 29.4 seconds behind, beating Anais Bescond of France for the silver medal.
At last year’s Biathlon World Championships, Dahlmeier won five of the six golds, plus a silver, and she claimed her first Olympic medal in the sprint.
She said: “It feels really great, it’s amazing. I felt really, really tired before the race and also during the race in the first laps. I just tried to stay focused and now I’m here again.
“It’s the same in any pressure race. You have to stay focused on your own targets and I think I am a little bit of a master of perseverance.”
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