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.
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