The biathlon at the Beijing Winter Olympics | the Norwegian athletes in the women's biathlon women's sprint race won the championship

Chongli, Hebei, February 11 (Xinhua) -- In the biathlon women's 7.5 km sprint race of the Beijing Winter Olympics held on the 11th, Norway's Matt Olsb Reseland won the championship, which is the second gold medal for The Winter Olympics after winning the championship in the 5-day mixed relay.

The Four players of the Chinese team, Tang Jialin, Chu Yuanmeng, Meng Fanqi and Ding Yuhuan, won the 35th, 61st, 62nd and 76th places respectively.

On February 11, China's Tang Jialin competed in the biathlon women's 7.5 km sprint at the Beijing Winter Olympics. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Guo Cheng

Norway's Reseland won two silver medals in the short distance and relay events at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. In the mixed relay competition on the 5th, as the first baton of the Norwegian team, she took the lead in completing the handover without using only one spare bullet and no penalty lap, helping the Norwegian team win the championship. In this game, Reselan shots in two rounds without missing target, with absolute gliding ability, she finally won gold in 20 minutes and 44 seconds, which was also her second gold medal in this Winter Olympics. She also won the bronze medal in the women's 15 km.

Sweden's Elvira Obery, who participated in the Winter Olympics for the first time, although her shooting performance was stable and did not appear off target, but because there was still a gap between her skating strength and Reseland, she finally ranked second with a difference of 30.9 seconds, which was also her first Olympic medal. Italy's Dorothea Verrell took 21:21.5 to win the bronze.

Similar to individual races, sprint runners use a single room to start every 30 seconds. At the time of departure, the players are divided into 4 groups, and the top 15 players in the world ranking can choose which group to start in, but a country can appear in a group with a maximum of two players. The competition consisted of two rounds of shooting, 5 rounds of ammunition each. If a runner goes off target, 1 shot will be fined for sliding 150 meters, and the runner with the least amount of time after reaching the finish line is the winner.

Editors: Wang Hengzhi, Wu Bowen, Cao Yibo