Belarusian biathlete Darya Domracheva has said that winning the women's 15km individual race at the Winter Games in Sochi on Friday was not as easy as it looked.
The 27-year-old completed the course in 43 minutes and 19.6 seconds, despite receiving one penalty.
"The impression that it was an easy race for me is wrong," she told Sport-Express.
"It's a very hard loop here. It was a battle. I felt very tired after the hill areas. I clearly lacked strength. I had to get myself together."
Nadezhda Skardino, also of Belarus, won the bronze medal, while Switzerland's Selina Gasparin came second.
