Charlotte Kalla of Sweden has won the first gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
The result was announced on the Pyeongchang Olympics twitter handle @pyeongchang2018 on Saturday.
Kalla participated in the cross-country skiing event for ladies where Norway’s Marit Bjoergen and Finland’s Krista Parmakoski received silver and bronze medals respectively.
The tournament which began on Friday will end on February 25.
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