TURIN, February 12 (RIA Novosti) - Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova of Russia won the bronze medal in the women's 15-kilometer pursuit Sunday. The gold medal went to Kristina Smigun of Estonia who overtook silver medalist Katerina Neumannova from the Czech Republic, finishing in 42 minutes, 48.7 seconds - 1.9 seconds ahead of Neumannova.
Medvedeva-Arbuzova was 14.5 seconds behind the new Olympic champion.
Russia's Olga Zavyalova finished seventh (35 seconds behind Smigun) and Yulia Chepalova finished ninth (50.8 seconds behind Smigun).
