ZHANGJAIKOU, China — Denise Herrmann’s efficiency on the vary, lacking solely one among 20 pictures, put her on the entrance of the pack.
Her quick snowboarding didn’t harm, both.
Herrmann gained the ladies’s 15-kilometer particular person race in biathlon on Monday on the Beijing Olympics after a season of combined outcomes on the World Cup circuit. The German’s solely podium end this season was a bronze medal within the particular person race in Oestersund, Sweden.
Herrmann, a former Olympic cross-country skier, gained Monday’s race in 44 minutes, 12.7 seconds.
Anais Chevalier-Bouchet of France missed her final shot, a pricey mistake, and took silver, 9.4 seconds behind Herrmann. Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway, the general World Cup chief, missed two pictures, one inclined and one standing, and settled for bronze, 15.3 seconds behind.
Deedra Irwin was the highest American in seventh place. Cape Elizabeth native Clare Egan completed thirty ninth.
The ladies raced over 15 kilometers in 5 ski loops, capturing twice within the inclined place and twice standing between every lap. In all different biathlon occasions, they ski a 150-meter loop for every missed shot, which takes about 20 seconds. However within the particular person race, one minute is added for every miss, making capturing accuracy particularly essential.
Defending Olympic champion Hanna Oeberg of Sweden had three misses in her standing capturing and completed twenty third, 2:23.1 behind. Marketa Davidova of the Czech Republic, the chief within the World Cup particular person standings, additionally missed her final shot and completed sixth, 31.9 seconds behind Herrmann.
“I feel it was simply my mistake. It was nothing particular,” Davidova mentioned of lacking the final shot. “I used to be attempting to do what I did within the 19 pictures earlier than, however one goes up so one miss, and it’s rather a lot on this race right this moment.”
A number of the greatest obstacles on the biathlon vary — sturdy wind and frigid temperatures — had been much less of an element on Monday.
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