Azat Karachurin wins gold at Sochi Paralympics men's 12.5 km biathlon event

Russian biathlete Azat Karachurin has won gold in the men's 12.5 km standing event at the Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi.

Karachurin completed the race with a time of 29:30 and with one missed target.

Norway's Nils-Erik Ulset took silver, and Canada's Mark Arendz won bronze.

The Russian Paralympic team tops the Games' medals standing with 10 gold, 12 silver and 9 bronze medals.

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