Dahlmeier of Germany claims her second gold at PyeongChang Olympics

PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Laura Dahlmeier of Germany claimed her second gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games after winning the women's biathlon 10 km pursuit at the Alpensia Biathlon Center here on Monday.

Dahlmeier, who bagged women's 7.5km sprint gold last Saturday, clocked 30 minutes and 35.3 seconds to win the third Biathlon gold for Germany, beating Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia to the second place in 31:04.7.

Dahlmeier said: "It feels really great, it's amazing. I don't know what to say because I felt really, really tired before the race and also during the race in the first laps. I just tried to stay focused and now I'm here again."

The 24-year-old Dahlmeier became the first biathlete to win both the women's sprint and pursuit in a single Winter Olympics.

"It's so great because one year before I was also here and I won the classic race and I was also racing the last loop because there was nobody close," Dahlmeier added.

Anais Bescond of France got the bronze in 31:04.9.

Defending champion Darya Domracheva of Belarus had to settle for 37th place after accruing six penalties for misses.

Dahlmeier won five of the six golds at 2017 biathlon world championships and snatched her first Olympic medal last Saturday.

Arnd Peiffer claimed the second biathlon gold for Germany by winning the men's 10 km sprint last Sunday. Enditem