Ekaterina Avvakumova won the gold medal in biathlon at the Asian Winter Games in Harbin, giving South Korea its first gold medal in the sport.

Avvakumova, a naturalized South Korean born in Russia, won the women’s seven-point-five-kilometer sprint event Tuesday, finishing with a time of 22 minutes and 45-point-four seconds.

It was the 12th gold medal for Team Korea during the 2025 Asian Winter Games.

Avvakumova gained South Korean citizenship in 2016.

She previously finished 16th in the women’s 15-kilometer individual event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Gangwon Province.