First Gold Medal Of 2018 Winter Olympics Awarded

iStock/Thinkstock(PYEONCHANG, South Korea) —  Charlotte Kalla of Sweden won the first medal of the Pyeongchang Games on Saturday in cross country skiing and Norwegian skier Marit Bjoergen took silver in the women’s 15-k skiathlon to become the most decorated female Winter Olympian ever.

Bjoergen who’s 37 captured her 11th career medal, – winning three gold medals in Vancouver in 2010 and three more in Sochi.

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