Kuzmina’s Gold for Slovakia and Dukla

Biathlete Anastasiya Kuzmina won the gold medal in the women’s 7.5 km sprint at the Winter Olympics in Sochi on 9 February. The member of the Slovak national team and the club VŠC Dukla Banská Bystrica finished ahead of Russia’s Vilukhina, who took silver, with Semerenko of Ukraine claiming the bronze medal. Kuzmina successfully retained her title from the last Olympics in Vancouver. The Minister of Defence Martin Glváč congratulated the gold medalist. „Nastya has proved that she belongs to the world’s elite biathletes. Her gold medal is a huge success not only of our Military Sports Centre, but above all, of the entire Slovakia. I guess she couldn’t wish for a better gift to her 30th birthday that she will celebrate this year,” said the Head of the Defence Department. A. Kuzmina has been an athlete of the club VŠC Dukla since 2009. She is also scheduled to start in the pursuit race on 11 February, in the individual race on 14 February, and in the mass start race on 17 February. On 19 February, she will start as a member of our mixed relay, and on 21 February she will compete in the Women’s relay.