7th gold won by Kazakhstan skiers Yatskaya and Kolomina
11:55, 1 February 2011
TALDYKORGAN. February 1. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan's national team at the VII Asian Winter Games added seventh gold to the country's collection. Kazakhstan skiers Oxana Yatskaya and Elena Kolomina became the winners in ladies' team sprint free final.
The host country's team was leading during the whole race with the result of 20 minutes 39.9 seconds. In the finish straight they left the team of China (Man Dandan and Li Hongxue) 36.5 seconds behind. The third place was taken by the Japanese skiers Omori Naoko and Kobayashi Yuki. They lost 54.5 seconds to the Kazakh team.
The host country is confidently leading in the medal table with 7 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze.