First Biathlon Medals Awarded

The Biathlon Pursuit was the first Biathlon competition to take place in Whistler Paralympic Park. It saw some strong showings from Russian and Ukrainian athletes.

Please see below for results:

Men's Sitting Category
1. ZARIPOV Irek RUS 9:51.00 
2. KOSTIUK Iurii UKR 10:38.09 
3. SOULE Andy USA 10:53.01 

Women's Sitting Category
1. IURKOVSKA Olena UKR  9:55.05 
2. IOVLEVA Maria RUS  10:12.06 
3. PAVLENKO Lyudmyla UKR  10:20.07 

Men's Standing Category
1. MIKHAYLOV Kirill RUS  10:32.02 
2. ULSET Nils-Erik NOR  10:51.03 
3. VOVCHYNSKYI Grygorii UKR 10:58.09 

Women's Standing Category
1. BURMISTROVA Anna RUS 11:24.01 
2. LOYTYNOJA Maija FIN 12:59.08 
3. GORBUNOVA Alena RUS 13:25.01 

Men's Visually Impaired Category
1. LUKYANENKO Vitaliy UKR 10:54.03 
2. POLUKHIN Nikolay RUS 11:09.02 
3. SHAPTSIABOI Vasili BLR 11:16.00

Women's Visually Impaired Category
1. BENTELE Verena GER 12:51.08 
2. VASILYEVA Liubov RUS 13:23.04 
3. LYSOVA Mikhalina RUS 13:40.08

For full results, please visit the official website of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games on www.vancouver2010.com.

To watch the race as Videon on Demand, go to www.ParalympicSport.TV, the Internet TV channel of the International Paralympic Committee.