This morning, the women's 15km individual competition of the "14th Winter" biathlon open group started in the Liangcheng competition area of Ulanqab. After fierce competition, Jilin athlete Meng Fanqi won the championship with a time of 52:55.08.
This weighty gold medal is not only the first "14th winter" gold medal won by Meng Fanqi, but also the first gold medal in the history of Jilin Province in the biathlon competition of the Winter Games.
Biathlon combines cross-country skiing and shooting, and requires athletes to be able to transition between dynamic and static. According to the competition system, the participants in the women's 15km individual race start sequentially at 30-second intervals and shoot four times at designated locations, each firing five rounds, in the order of action of shooting is horizontal, standing, horizontal, and standing, and if the athlete misses the target once in the shooting, a penalty of 1 minute will be added to the time taken to slide.
Liangcheng Ski Resort had a strong wind during the race today, and the cold weather forced the players to continue to warm up before the race to maintain a good race condition. After the start of the game, Meng Fanqi started from the 15th order, and in the early and middle stages of the game, Meng Fanqi showed great strength, and the game was completed quite smoothly. In the last group of vertical shooting stages, Meng Fanqi missed the target, but because he had established a certain lead before, Meng Fanqi finally won the gold as he wished.
Today, the first three sets of shots were very good, and the last set of shots was not very stable, because I was tired from participating in consecutive competitions, and my body was a little shaky, so I was more satisfied with my skating today, and I was in good shape. Meng Fanqi said after the game.
In the open group conducted before the women's 7In the 5km sprint and 10km pursuit events, Meng Fanqi won two silver medals. And this time, Meng Fanqi finally changed the color of the medal to gold.
Author: Jilin **Quan**Reporter Liu Bo Zhang Kuan Wen photo