Women 7.5 km Sprint Competition

Norway’s clean-shooting Marte Olsbu Roeiseland left the standing stage of this evening’s women’s 7.5 km sprint with a 12.9 second lead on the field; she then proceeded to sprint through the last 2.5 km to win the Women’s Olympic Sprint Gold medal in 20:44.3. The Gold medal today gave the Norwegian star a complete set of Olympic medals in individual competitions, having won Bronze in this week’s 15 km individual and Silver in the 2018 Pyeongchang Women’s Sprint. She also owns a Mixed Relay Gold medal from these Games and Mixed Relay Silver medal from 2018. Sweden’s Elvira Oeberg also shot clean and with a powerful last loop winning the Silver medal, 30.9 seconds back. The Silver medal is Oeberg’s first-ever in a senior level Championship, having previously won medals at both the Youth and Junior levels at the IBU YJWCH. Italy’s Dorothea Wierer also shooting clean won her first-ever individual Olympic medal, taking Bronze, 37.2 seconds back. Wierer has two Olympic Mixed Relay Bronze medals from the 2014 and 2018 OWG.

The longest competitions at the 2022 Olympic Games are history with Denise Hermann and Quentin Fillon Maillet taking the Gold medals. Next up are the shortest competitions, the sprints. Who will follow in the footsteps of 2018 Olympic Sprint Champions Laura Dahlmeier and Arnd Peiffer?