Biathlon

Germany's Laura Dahlmeier beat the opposition and freezing conditions to claim her second gold medal of the Pyeongchang Olympics in the biathlon pursuit on Monday, two days after winning the sprint. The 24-year-old said she ran "for her life" to finish ahead of Slovakia's Anastasiya ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen tied a Winter Olympics record with his 12th medal by taking gold in the biathlon 10-km sprint. Bjoerndalen, 40, set a biathlon record with his seventh gold medal and tied the overall mark for winter medals held by another Norwegian, cross-country ...

Course workers added 40 meters to the biathlon track for the Sochi Olympics on Friday because it was too short. The loop should measure 2.5 km. Even though a 5 percent deviation is allowed by the rules, the track at the Laura Cross-Country Ski and ...