Emil Hegle Svendsen

Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen raced past Andreas Birnbacher of Germany in the finishing stretch to win the men's 15-kilometer mass start in front of a cheering home crowd at a biathlon World Cup event on Sunday.Read Full Story

The Associated Press The Associated Press HOCHFILZEN, Austria Tarjei Boe won his second straight biathlon World Cup title on Saturday by taking the men's 12.5-kilometer pursuit. The Norwegian, who also won Friday's 10K sprint, missed one target before finishing in 36 minutes, 32.4 seconds. He defeated Austria's Simon Eder, who shot flawlessly, by 38.7 seconds. Ivan Tcherezov of Russia missed two targets and finished 40.0...Read Full Story

  Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen denied countryman Ole Einar Bjoerndalen his sixth Olympic gold, beating his mentor in the men's 20-kilometer individual biathlon race. Bjoerndalen was in position to win biathlon's biggest and toughest race Thursday, but he missed the first target on his final, standing shoot, costing him a 1-minute penalty. He finished 9.5 seconds behind Svendsen's winning time of 48 minutes, 22.5 seconds. Sergey Novikov of Belarus, who hit all 20 targets, tied Bjoerndalen for...Read Full Story

France's Vincent Jay certainly doesn't mind the fickle weather conditions plaguing these Vancouver Games. All that snow and rain isn't bad when it mainly falls on your rivals. The 24-year-old capitalized on an early start number and superb shooting Sunday to win a gold medal on his Olympic debut in the men's biathlon 10-kilometer sprint. Jay was able to ski two of his three laps around the course before a thick sheet of wet snowflakes started coming down over Whistler Olympic Park to slow...Read Full Story

A flag-waving Ole Einar Bjoerndalen anchored Norway to a resounding victory in the men's biathlon relay, the sixth gold medal for the most decorated biathlete in history. Behind Bjoerndalen's brilliant final leg, the Norwegians covered the Whistler Olympic Park course in 1 hour, 21 minutes, 38.1 seconds in steady snowfall Friday. Christoph Sumann edged Russia's Evgeny Ustyugov, giving Austria the silver. The Austrians were 38.6 seconds behind Norway. Russia was 38.8 seconds back for the...Read Full Story