09 February 2014, 20:42
Russia biathlete Olga Vilukhina wins silver at the Olympics
On Sunday, the Russian biathlete Olga Vilukhina won the silver medal in the sprint race at the Olympic Games in Sochi.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported earlier that the speed skater Olga Graf opened the score of Russian Olympic medals by taking the bronze at the distance of 3000 meters.
In the above biathlon sprint, the gold medal went to Anastasiya Kuzmina from Slovakia, while the Ukrainian athlete Vita Semerenko won the bronze medal, the "Interfax" reports.
Olga Zaitseva, the Russian team leader, lost one shot and was slow in the race; she took the 28th place. Another Russian biathlete Yana Romanova was the 19th, the ITAR-TASS reports.