Winter Olympics: France's Braisaz-Bouchet wins women's 12.5km mass start biathlon gold, Norway' Eckhoff wins Silver at Beijing 2022.
France's Justine Braisaz-Bouchet claimed her first gold medal at Beijing 2022 after winning the women's 12.5km mass start biathlon here on Friday.
Braisaz-Bouchet missed four shots but she managed to take the title in 40 minutes and 18 seconds. She was not among the leaders as they came to the first standing stage. With a clean record in five shots in first standing, the French star missed only one shot in the last shooting while her main contenders missed two.
Norway's Tiril Eckhoff secured the silver, 15.3 seconds behind the winner. She got bronze medals in this event at Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018.
Another Norwegian Marte Olsbu Roeiseland finished third, 34.9 seconds back, adding a fifth to her medal collection here that also includes gold medals in the mixed relay, the 10km pursuit and the 7.5km sprint and a bronze in the 15km individual.
- Roeiseland became the first biathlete, male or female, finishing on the podium in all four individual events at a single Olympic Winter Games.
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Xinhua Media
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