Frenchman Martin Fourcade victorious in men's 15-km mass start
Martin Fourcade became France's most successful Olympian of all time on Sunday with a brilliant display of shooting and skiing to win the men's 15-km mass start biathlon race at ...
After two silver medals, Slovakia's Anastasiya Kuzmina finally found gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Kuzmina hit 19 of 20 targets and won the women's 12.5-kilometer mass start on Saturday night by ...
Unheralded Swedish sharpshooter Hanna Oeberg takes shock biathlon gold
Sweden's Hanna Oeberg made all 20 shots to pull off a shock victory in the women's Olympic 15-km individual biathlon on Thursday, holding off Germany's double Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier, ...
Pyeongchang biathlon no honeymoon for Japan's Tachizaki husband and wife duo
Pyeongchang was supposed to be about the joy and excitement of the Olympic Games for Japanese biathlete Mikito Tachizaki. The 29-year-old was poised to share his experience over laughs with his wife Fuyuko, a fellow Self-Defense Forces member and biathlete, competing in her third Olympics ...
French biathlete Marie Laure Brunet collapsed during the women's biathlon relay on Friday and was taken to a hospital for medical checkups. The 25-year-old lost consciousness during the opening leg of the 4x6-km relay and was carried off the course. Team doctor Thomas Lacroix says initial ...
Four teammates stood proudly behind the Ukraine flag, smiles beaming, celebrating their country's first gold medal at the Sochi Olympics. Parliament paused in the deeply divided Ukraine to mark the occasion. After days of deadly anti-government protests, and as government and opposition leaders worked on a ...
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen couldn't avoid being in the spotlight, certainly not after becoming the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time and receiving personal congratulations from the king. The softly-spoken Norwegian tends to keep his thoughts and his emotions in check rather than in the ...
Svendsen holds off Fourcade for 15-km mass start biathlon triumph
After doing everything right for nearly 15 kilometers, Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen almost threw away his first biathlon gold medal at the Sochi Olympics in the final inches. What could have been a comfortable victory turned into a photo finish after the Norwegian started celebrating ...
Darya Domracheva is so light-footed on her skis, her rivals have started comparing her with a dancer. Without losing rhythm, the Belarussian eased to her third victory at the Sochi Games by winning the 12.5-km mass start race on Monday, completing an unprecedented haul of ...
Martin Fourcade has a long way to go to match Ole Einar Bjoerndalen's record of seven Olympic gold medals in biathlon. He's off to a good start, though. Fourcade earned his second gold in four days at the Sochi Games, overcoming one penalty minute to ...
With 2.5 km still to ski, Martin Fourcade was feeling so strong he started celebrating his first Olympic gold medal. Having hit all five targets in his final round of shooting, the Frenchman stretched his arm in the air and pumped his fist. Minutes later, Fourcade ...
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen had just become the oldest Winter Olympic individual gold medalist — at age 40 — when he was hugged by a fellow Norwegian whose records he might soon overtake. Cross-country skiing great Bjorn Daehlie embraced Bjoerndalen in the finish area Saturday, shortly ...
