Korean Women's Biathlon, Silver Medal in 4×6 km relay
Feb 13, 2025
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The women's national team, consisting of Russian naturalized players Yekaterina Abakumova (Jeonnam Sports Council), Ko Eun-jung (Jeonbuk Sports Council), Japanese-born Korean players Mariya Abe (Pocheon City Hall), and Chung Ju-mi (Pocheon City Hall) crossed the finish line with a time of 1:29:27:3 in the 4×6 km women's relay at the 2025 Harbin Winter Asian Games held at Yaburi Ski Resort in China on the 13th. He won a valuable silver medal, ranking second after China (1 hour 29 minutes 6.03 seconds). Kazakhstan came in third with a time of 1 hour 30 minutes and 1 second 9 seconds.
South Korea maintained its lead to the 12km point where runner No. 2 Abbaumova ran, and runner No. 3 Abe also raced to first place. Chung Ju-mi, the last runner, fell to third place by allowing China and Kazakhstan to chase, but succeeded in turning the tables over Kazakhstan at the 22km point and crossed the finish line with a second-place record. Biathlon is a sport that combines cross-country and shooting.
Korea's biathlon did not stand out on the world stage as well as on the Asian stage, but began to grow by recruiting naturalized athletes during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. This tournament is coming to fruition. The spearhead is Abba-kumobada. Abakumova, who won Korea's first Asian Winter Games gold medal in the women's 7.5km sprint event on the 11th, won her second medal of the event. This is the first time a Korean biathlon athlete has won two medals at the Asian Winter Games. In addition, it is the first time in 26 years that the Korean biathlon has won more than two medals at the Winter Asian Games since the 1999 Gangwon Games (two bronze medals).
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
