Domracheva bags third gold in Sochi
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E-mail Xinhua, February 18, 2014
Darya Domracheva of Belarus completed a hat trick of Olympic gold medals in women's biathlon by winning the 12.5-kilometer mass start race at the Laura Biathlon course on Monday night.
With the title, the 27-year-old Doracheva became the first woman to win three biathlon golds at one Olympics as she also won the 10km pursuit and 15km individual race last week.
"It's amazing to be here because I dreamed about it, to be an Olympic champion, from my childhood. But to get three - dreams do come true," said Domracheva.
By the second lap Domracheva had taken a lead of almost 10 seconds and spent the remainder of the race skiing alone ahead of the pack. She finished the 12.5km course in 35 minutes, 25.6 seconds. was 20.2 seconds behind for silver and Tiril Eckhoff of Norway finished 27.3 behind for bronze.
Domracheva also became the fifth woman in winter Olympic history to win at least three gold medals in individual events at a single Games. The overall record for most biathlon gold medals in one Olympics is held by Bjoerndalen, who won four events at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. Domracheva is also expected to compete in the relay, but Belarus is not among the favorites for gold.
