Russian biathletes Vilukhina and Shipulin earn Russia’s first medals in Ruhpolding

Russian biathlete Olga Vilukhina has earned Russia’s first medal at the world championships in Ruhpolding, Germany – a bronze in individual pursuit.

It was soon followed by another third-place honour, won by 2010 Olympic relay bronze medalist Anton Shipulin in the men’s event.

Belarusian biathlete Darya Domacheva took gold in the pursuit with a time of 29 minutes, 39.6 seconds, finishing 25.1 seconds ahead of Germany’s 11-time world championship gold medalist Magdalena Neuner, and 1.15 ahead of Vilukhina.

«Today’s medal is very important for me, because it’s my first senior world championships and my first medal. I’m just speechless,» Vilukhina told the reporters.

«Heading to the start, I felt confident, calm and collected, everything came together and I won a bronze medal.»