Posted on 02/13/2006 10:34:00 AM PST by x5452
Ishmouratova wins gold, favorites fizzles
Posted: Feb.13, 2006, 7:07 am CST; Updated: Feb.13, 2006, 11:34 am CST CESANA, Italy (AP) -- One by one, the German favorites fizzled on the windy course. The Russians took advantage and nearly swept the medals at the 15k individual biathlon.
Eric Feferberg/Getty ImagesSvetlana Ishmouratova of Russia was the suprise winner of the women's 15km. Svetlana Ishmouratova capitalized on missed shots by the bigger names Monday, winning in a time of 49 minutes, 24.1 seconds, and her Russian teammate Olga Pyleva was second. Their partner on the bronze medal-winning relay team in Salt Lake City, Albina Akhatova, was in line for the bronze until Martina Glagow of Germany bumped her to fourth.
"I consider myself very lucky today,'' Ishmouratova said.
For, it was Glagow's teammates whom everyone expected to dominate from the start and German Andrea Henkel looked like she was going to defend the gold medal she won in 2002 until she missed two targets on her final shoot and settled for fifth place on the slow, unpredictable San Sicario course.
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It's amazing.
I'm not a cross-country skier and I can't remember the last time I ever fired a rifle - but I find biathlon to be one of the more fascinating Olympic sports.
Anything that involves (in this event) girls racing and guns is worth watching. :)
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