Pärmäkoski wins Olympic silver for Finland

Published : 25 Feb 2018, 17:08

DF Report

Gold-medalist Marit Bjoergen (C) of Norway, silver medalist Krista Parmakoski (L) of Finland and bronze-medalist Stina Nilsson of Sweden pose during the venue ceremony of ladies' 30km mass start classic of cross-country skiing at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games at Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre, PyeongChang, South Korea, Feb. 25, 2018. Photo Xinhua.

Krista Pärmäkoski won silver medal in the 30 km classic ski in Pyeongchang Olympic 2018 on Sunday.

With this, Pärmäkoski won her third medal including two bronze and one silver in the winter Olympic this year and brought sixth medal for Finland.

Marit Björgen of Norway won the gold in the 30km classic ski , who crossed in 1:22:17.6 while ärmäkoski placed second after falling short of 1 minute and 49.5 seconds and crossed in 1:24:07.1. Swedish skier Stina Nilsson finished third in 1:24:16.5.

Earlier, Pärmäkoski won her second bronze of the women's 10km cross-country free skiing and won first medal in the women's 15-kilometre skiathlon.