ATHLETICS NEWS - Germany's Laura Dahlmeier held her nerve in the howling wind, putting in an almost flawless shooting performance to win the women's 10km biathlon pursuit in a time of 30.35 minutes on Monday and claim her second gold of the Pyeongchang Olympics.
The victory made Dahlmeier the first female biathlete to win the sprint and pursuit double at the same Olympics.
"It feels really great, it's amazing. I don't know what to say because I felt really, really tired before the race and also during the race in the first laps. I just tried to stay focused and now I'm here again," Dahlmeier told reporters.
In a thrilling battle for silver, Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia edged out France's Anais Bescond in a sprint finish to come home 29.4 seconds behind Dahlmeier.
With the racers starting based on where they finished in the sprint, Dahlmeier began with a 24-second advantage.
The 24-year-old German, who won five golds at the 2017 world championships, needed all the calm she could muster as Kuzmina, who is second in the World Cup rankings, burst out of the pack to mount an early challenge.
