On February 12, the biathlon men's 10 km sprint competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the National Biathlon Center. Norway's Johannes Tinnes Boe won the gold medal in 24 minutes 0.4 seconds, and his older brother Taryey Bure won the bronze medal. China's Cheng Fangming and Yan Xingyuan both made it to the top 60 and qualified for the men's 12.5 km pursuit.
Biathlon is a combination of cross-country skiing and shooting, testing the ability of players to switch between movement and static. At the Winter Olympics, the men's 10 km short distance competition, the athletes set off at 30 second intervals, in the 10 km course to carry out two rounds of shooting, each time 5 bullets, the order is horizontal shooting, vertical shooting. Each time they missed target, the athlete had to slip a lap in the 150-meter-long penalty track. A total of 94 athletes competed in the men's 10 km sprint event in biathlon. Norway's Johannes Tinnes Berger once missed target in a stand-up shot, but won the championship with a time of 24 minutes 0.4 seconds with super-strong gliding ability. In the previous competitions of the Beijing Winter Olympics, he had already won a gold and a bronze. France's Contan Fi Mayer finished second with a gap of 25.5 seconds, while another Norwegian player, Talyy Beauer, the brother of champion Johannes, finished third.
In China, a total of four players, Cheng Fangming, Yan Xingyuan, Zhu Xiangyu and Zhang Chunyu, participated, Cheng Fangming won the 32nd place in 25 minutes 53 seconds 3, and Yan Xingyuan finished 40th in 26 minutes 16 seconds 7. According to the regulations, the top 60 runners in the sprint race qualified for the pursuit, and both Chinese players achieved this qualification, and the competition will be held on the 13th. Zhang Chunyu ranked 76th, and Zhu Xiaoyu ranked 81st.
Photo by Pan Zhiwang, reporter of the Winter Olympics
Source Client The Winter Olympics | Reporters Li Yuanfei, Chen Jiakun, and Deng Fangjia
Edited by Han Ye
Process Editor Liu Weili
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