Eckhoff tops the podium again at IBU World Championships
Saturday, 13 February 2021
Norway’s Tiril Eckhoff claimed her second gold medal of the International Biathlon Union World Championships with victory in the women’s 7.5 kilometres sprint in Pokljuka in Slovenia.
Eckhoff, a gold medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, produced a perfect 10-out-of-10 in the shooting as she recorded a winning time of 21min 18.7sec.
The 30-year-old now has eight world titles, but this was her first sprint crown since 2016.
"Today was really hard on the shooting range and I took some extra time," said Eckhoff, who was part of Norway’s gold-medal winning mixed relay team earlier this week.