Source: Xinhua
02-26-2009 08:21
Special Report: Harbin 24th Winter UniversiadeMAOERSHAN, Northeast China, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Liu Yuanyuan took a silver in the women's 10km pursuit here on Wednesday, nailing the host's first medal of biathlon so far at the24th Harbin Winter Universiade.
The 26-year-old missed five targets in the shooting range, one more than the gold medallist Anna Kunaeva of Russia. That let Liu race one extra penalty lap, trailing the Russian by 19.4 seconds.
Anna, runner-up in the 2006 European Championship, combined a strong skiing with accurate shooting to finish the race first in 33minutes 14.7 seconds, missing just 4 of 20 targets.
Poland's Weronika Novakowska took the bronze with a further 20.8seconds than Liu with five missed targets.
The five-day biathlon events will continue with both men's and women's mixed relay on Friday. The Russian biathletes have swept five of six golds on offer up to now.
Editor:Zheng Limin
