The team of Aleksandra Alikina, Svetlana Perminova and Olga Galich finished first ahead of the Italians and Germans. Olga Galich admitted, “I was very nervous today because the Italians have this really strong woman who already won three gold medals here.”
This little scare was enough for Perminova and Galich and they did not waver once. But Galich still did not calm down despite her lead of over two minutes over Wierer, “This is biathlon and anything is possible so I was still a little bit afraid of her when I was on the tracks.”
However, by the finish she was 1:17.5 ahead of Wierer. The young Italian won the fight for second place only during the last shooting bout. While Wierer came into the stadium behind Carolin Leunig, the German missed one while Wierer cleared after using one spare and went out in second position, accompanied by the loud cheers of her teammates and coaches.

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