Dorothea Wierer wins the bronze medal at Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at the end of an extraordinary race. The blue athlete, in the women's 7,5km sprint biathlon, earned this victory after finishing her trial in 2'21 ″ 5 without errors at the shooting range, immediately placing her provisional ranking behind the Norwegian Roiseland. After the arrival of the other big names, theexplosion of joy and the confirmation of the victory of his medal, the tenth for Italy in these Olympics after Ghiotto's victory. Wierer makes history by distinguishing herself as the first Italian ever to win an Olympic medal in an individual competition in Biathlon.
Dorothea Wierer finished in third position behind the Norwegian Roseland and the Swedish Elvira Oeberg. The blue, who finished his test in 2'21 ″ 5 without errors at the shooting range, achieved an important milestone by hitting the tenth blue medal in Beijing. In this way Italy was able to rejoice doubly for equaled the 10 of the 2018 edition of Pyeongchang. At the end of the race, Wierer was unable to hide her emotion from the Eurosport microphones: "It was a wonderful race today - she said - I didn't think about the standing shot and in the last lap everything was really hard".
Dorothea Wierer explains the difficulties of the race without hiding: "I was cooked with the legs but I knew I could do well - explained the blue athlete who won the bronze - In the last lap I gave my all and I'm very happy ”. Then he gets excited talking about this milestone that for her was nothing short of extraordinary. Wierer has managed to outdo herself in this discipline: "I really took off a weight and now I enjoy this moment - concluded the blue - All this seems unreal to me" (Fanpage).