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skier from

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, Russia who won silver medal at the IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Championships, which were hosted at the

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, on March 8, 2014. On March 20, 2014, she won a gold medal in 12 km sitting

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competition by beating Germany's

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by 43.1 seconds.

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