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Anastasiya Kuzmina Wins Gold Medal for Biathlon Olympics 2018 12.5km Mass Start

Slovakia's Anastasiya Kuzmina continued her brilliant form at the 2018 Winter Olympics on Saturday, as she raced to gold in the women's 12.5-kilometre biathlon mass start.

Kuzmina, who had already won gold in the individual and pursuit events, got off to a blistering start and was able to put a big gap between herself and the rest of the field. She finished in a time of 35 minutes, 23.0 seconds.

Darya Domracheva earned a silver medal for Belarus with a strong performance, while Norway's Tiril Eckhoff eventually finished third after a battle with Hanna Oeberg of Sweden.