Women km Gala Mass Start

Italy’s Dorothea Wierer came to the last standing stage in this afternoon’s SBWCH Gala Mass Start in third position, 16.2 seconds behind leader Denise Herrmann of Germany. With the Chiemgau Arena crowd cheering loudly, Herrmann missed a shot and went to the penalty loop while Wierer cleaned with her rapid-fire style sealing victory and the Gold medal in 28:21.2. Two hours later, Sweden’s Sebastian Samuelsson, 8.9 seconds back after cleaning the last standing stage, roared through the last 2.5 km loop, blowing past Germany’s Roman Rees in the last 100 meters to win the Gala Mass Start Gold medal in 32:43.7.