Biathletes finish 7.5-kilometer sprint in middle of the pack
Published: 11 Feb. 2022, 19:37
Updated: 13 Feb. 2022, 21:05
![Kim Seon-su competes in the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint at the National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, China on Friday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/02/13/1f21d190-84be-4d87-a674-e223332f1cff.jpg)
Kim Seon-su competes in the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint at the National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou, China on Friday. [REUTERS/YONHAP]
Biathletes Ekaterina Avvakumova and Kim Seon-su finished 49th and 83rd respectively in the women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint on Friday.
Avvakumova crossed the finish line at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, China with a time of 23 minutes and 19.4 seconds, putting her 2 minutes and 29.5 seconds behind first place. Kim finished in 25 minutes and 18.2 seconds, 4 minutes and 33.9 seconds behind first place.
As in previous races, Avvakumova proved much faster on the skies but took a number of shooting penalties, while Kim was slower overall, but with fewer penalties.
Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway took first place with a time of 20 minutes and 44.3 seconds. Silver went to Elvira Oeberg of Sweden and Dorothea Wierder of Italy took bronze.
BY JIM BULLEY [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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