At the Lake Placid FISU 2023 Games, biathlete Vadim Kurales wins the gold medal.

According to Sports.kz, Vadim Kurales of Kazakhstan won the gold medal in the men's 15 km individual race at the Lake Placid FISU 2023 World University Games.

He completed the distance in 42 minutes, 37 seconds, missing just one target (0+1+0+0).

Oerjan Moseng of Norway won the silver medal (+42.6), and Axel Garnier of France won the bronze medal (+16.5).

In 10 sports—the biathlon, ice hockey, short track, figure skating, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping, speed skating, snowboarding, and Alpine skiing—78 competitors are representing Kazakhstan in the Lake Placid FISU 2023 Games.

In the eleven-day Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, 1,443 athletes from 595 universities in 43 countries, ages 17 to 25, will compete. There are 86 medal events in the competition, spread over 12 winter sports.

Source: kazinform