Pyeongchang, South Korea - Kati Wilhelm of Germany won the women's 15-kilometre individual race in Pyeongchang Wednesday to claim her second gold medal at this year's biathlon world championships.

Three-time Olympic champion Wilhelm missed just one target on her way to victory in a time of 44 minutes 3.1 seconds. Teja Gregorin of Slovenia also picked up one penalty on her way to silver, 39.5 seconds behind Wilhelm.

Norway's Tora Berger missed one target too as she finished in the bronze-medal position, 46.5 seconds adrift of the winner.

Pyeongchang, South Korea  - Kati Wilhelm won the sprint gold from Simone Hauswald as Germany had a flying start into the biathlon world championships on Saturday.

Wilhelm, 32, hit all 10 targets in the shooting range and covered the 7.5-kilometres distance in 21 minutes 11.1 seconds.

Hauswald was also flawless in the shooting range and trailed by 9.9 seconds in second place. Third place went to Russian Olga Zaitseva with zero faults and a deficit of 27.1 seconds.