Governor Yevgeny Kuyvashev congratulated Mikhalina Lysova on her successful performance at the XII Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang.

"At the competitions in biathlon you have adequately defended the honor of the Sverdlovsk region, the first to finish in the race for six kilometers. This remarkable achievement will be inscribed in gold letters in the history of the Russian Paralympic sport, "says the congratulatory telegram signed by the head of the region.

Gold Phenchhana - the fifth in the athletic career of Michalina, said Evgeny Kuyvashev, expressing the hope that not the last.

"I am very glad that you managed to approach the competitions in the best physical and psychological form. I wish you new victories and prize-winning finishes, wise mentors, support of close people and millions of fans! All the best to you, happiness, health and well-being, "the telegram reads.

Biathlonist Michalina Lysova won the race for 6 km among athletes with visual impairment. They came to the finish line first with their athlete-leading Alexei Ivanov, not allowing at the same time a miss at the shooting range.

Let us recall that earlier the Paralympic medal was received by another representative of the Sverdlovsk region - biathlete Anna Milenina. She took silver in the race athletes with a defeat of the musculoskeletal system, the correspondent of JustMedia. en.