PYEONGCHANG—Sweden’s Charlotte Kalla won the first gold medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Saturday Feb. 10 after powering away from the field to secure victory in the women’s 7.5km + 7.5km skiathlon.
Sochi Games champion Marit Bjoergen of Norway, who has decided to skip Thursday’s 10km sprint race, took the silver 7.8 seconds behind and Krista Parmakoski of Finland won the bronze.
