Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway celebrates winning the first place of biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
CHONGLI, Zhangjiakou, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- Norway's Marte Olsbu Roiseland had a clean shot to win the women's 7.5km sprint biathlon gold medal in 20 minutes and 44.3 seconds at Beijing 2022 here on Friday.
This is the second gold for the 31-year-old, who also won the mixed relay 4x6km with her Norwegian teammates on February 5.
Roiseland, the silver medalist in the event at PyeongChang 2018, led early and reached the finish line first.
"I'm really satisfied with my race today. I think I did the best I could. My shooting was clean and my ski time was really good. My shape was so good, so I'm so happy about my race," she said.
With the gold, Roiseland joined Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia and Uschi Disl of Germany as the only athletes with medals in the event at successive Olympic Winter Games.
Olympic debutant Elvira Oberg of Sweden took the silver without a single miss, 30.9 seconds back.
"Maybe I went a bit too fast in the first lap, but I'm so happy that I managed to shoot clean. I managed to do it when it matters the most so I'm just so happy right now," said the 22-year-old Swede.
Italy's Dorothea Wierer finished third with no miss, 37.2 seconds behind the winner.
The three-time Olympian, who took two relay bronze medals from the previous two Winter Games, considered Friday's race was tough for her.
Wierer was happy to get her first individual biathlon medal. "I knew I was losing, but I couldn't feel my legs any more and it was so hard. But I really did give it all and I'm really happy."
China's Tang Jialin, Chu Yuanmeng, Meng Fanqi and Ding Yuhuan finished 35th, 61st, 62nd and 76th respectively. ■
Elvira Oeberg of Sweden celebrates winning the second place of biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
Dorothea Wierer of Italy celebrates winning the third place of biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway celebrates winning the first place of biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
Elvira Oeberg of Sweden celebrates winning the second place of biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
Dorothea Wierer of Italy competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Lisa Theresa Hauser (front) of Austria competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Joanne Reid of the United States competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Lisa Theresa Hauser (R) of Austria competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Kristina Reztsova of ROC competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Susan Dunklee of the United States competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Athletes compete during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Kinga Zbylut of Poland competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Athletes compete during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Darya Domracheva (2nd R), coach of the Chinese team shouts during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Tang Jialin of China competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Tang Jialin of China competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Darya Domracheva (L), coach of the Chinese team shouts during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Anna Magnusson of Sweden competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Ding Yuxin of China competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Tang Jialin of China competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Tiril Eckhoff of Norway competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Jessica Jislova (L) of the Czech Republic competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Tang Jialin of China competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Chu Yuanmeng of China competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Meng Fanqi of China competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Kristina Reztsova (L) of ROC competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)
Marte Olsbu Roeiseland (L) of Norway competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Chu Yuanmeng of China competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
Anais Bescond of France competes during biathlon women's 7.5km sprint at National Biathlon Centre in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 11, 2022. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
