It's exciting on all the tracks and in the halls in Milan and Cortina, and the sensation at the 25th Winter Olympics was caused by Bulgarian Lora Hristova - with a bronze in biathlon! She came in 73rd ranked at the Winter Olympics. The gold was defended by Frenchwoman Julie Simon, and the silver went to her compatriot Lou Jeanmono.
The problem arose at the medal ceremony, 22-year-old Hristova did not bring the official Bulgarian team costume to the competition, because she did not expect such success, which she achieved with great shooting - without a miss in all four rounds!
A colleague from the national team came to her aid and gave her her suit, and Hristova had never placed below 23rd in a competition before - she started the 15-kilometer competition with starting number 23.
- I just tried not to listen to anyone during the shooting, and it was hard not to give in to emotions, because these are the Olympic Games after all. But in those moments, I would look at my starting number, and it was the same as my date of birth - said the sensational competitor from Bulgaria.
There were no surprises in the 1.000-meter speed skating - six-time world champion, American Jordan Stolz, celebrated, as did the super-popular Dutchwoman Juta Leerdam, with an Olympic record at the same distance (1:06,28 minutes). Dutchman Enning de Bo was second, half a second behind.
In the luge - duo, a double triumph for the Italians. The decision to bring in German coaches brought them two golds. In the women's competition, Andrea Fetter and Marion Oberhofer won, and in the men's competition, Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kajnzwaldner. The German pair - Tobias Wendl and Tobias Artl, after three consecutive Olympic golds, had to settle for bronze.
In the Nordic combined - small ski jump and 10 kilometers of cross-country skiing, gold went to Norwegian Jens Oftebro, and silver went to favored Austrian Johannes Lamparter.
The favorite did not win in the freestyle skiing - moguls either. A mistake in the second final even cost the then leader and gold medalist from Beijing, Australian Jachary Anthony, a medal, fortunately for the Americans - gold medalist Elizabeth Lemley (82,30) and silver medalist Jalyn Kaug (80,77).
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