Herrmann Wins Olympic Gold In Biathlon’s Individual Race
Feb 7, 2022, 10:37 AM
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ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Denise Herrmann missed only one of 20 shots in the women’s 15-kilometer individual biathlon race at the Beijing Olympics and took gold.
The former Olympic cross-country skier won the race in 44 minutes, 12.7 seconds.
Herrmann won bronze in cross-country at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
A few eyebrows were raised when Sochi bronze medal winner Denise Herrmann decided to move from cross-country skiing to biathlon in 2016, but it paid off handsomely on Monday as she won gold for Germany in one of her new sport's biggest races. https://t.co/RtsziW5kSH
— Reuters Sports (@ReutersSports) February 7, 2022
Herrmann says “I’m super proud that I have two medals in two kinds of sports.”
Anais Chevalier-Bouchet of France missed her last shot and took silver.
Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway missed two shots and settled for bronze.
One penalty minute is added to a biathletes overall time for each miss.
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