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Germany's Denise Herrmann holds nerve to win women's 15km biathlon
Denise Herrmann held her nerve to win the gold medal for Germany in a thrilling women's 15km pursuit race at the Beijing Olympics on Monday, with Anais Chevalier-Bouchet of France taking silver Norway's Marte Olsbu Roieseland bronze. With each missed shot adding a minute to the total time there was little margin for error, but the swirling winds from recent days had died down, making it easier to hit the target and turning the competition into an epic battle of nerves.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Unicorns, Prada and the Joker - The weird and wonderful looks from the Games
A unicorn-themed biathlon rifle, a Prada snowboard and a couple from a comic book have taken centre-stage at the Winter Olympics so far. Mikaela Shiffrin praised the «wonderful outfits» of fellow athletes in the Olympic village but we're not sure this is what she had in mind. Ad/> The Czech Republic's Marketa Davidova made headlines on Monday.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Denise Herrmann completes journey from cross-country skier to Olympic biathlon champion
Germany's Denise Herrmann claimed the Winter Olympic 15km biathlon title with an impressive all-round performance in Beijing, less than six years after she switched from cross-country skiing. The 33-year-old crossed the line in 44:12.7, with Anais Chevalier-Bouchet of France taking silver ahead of Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway in bronze.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘The real hero’ - how a Slovenian physio helped Norway win biathlon mixed relay gold
A Slovenian physio has been praised for displaying true Olympic spirit, after she spotted that Norway had lost a key piece of rifle equipment in biathlon’s mixed team relay. Ula Hafner noticed an iris aperture, which is used to size up a target, had fallen into the snow and handed it back to the favourites — who fulfilled their promise by winning gold.
Biathlete from Greenland proud to represent Inuit at her first Olympics
Ukaleq Slettemark's uniform at the Olympics won't include the flag of Greenland, but the 20-year-old biathlete from Nuuk, Greenland will represent her Inuit heritage and homeland as a member of Team Denmark.
Winter Olympics - 'Cut off her tongue' - Former Olympic champion Tikhonov in shocking attack on Valeria Vasnetsova
Former Olympic biathlon relay champion Alexander Tikhonov launched a stinging attack on Russian compatriot Valeria Vasnetsova and said he “would cut off Vasnetsova's tongue” for complaining about her quarantine conditions at Beijing 2022. The 24-year-old Vasnetsova is recovering from Covid-19 and made a number of scathing comments about the food she is receiving during isolation, with reports from Russia claiming that she could miss the biathlon competition altogether and return home.
Cross-country skiing-Tough skiathlon course takes toll on Klaebo
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : After winning gold in cross-country skiing and biathlon on Saturday, Norway had pinned its Sunday title hopes on Johannes Klaebo but the three-times Olympic champion was a shadow of his usual self on a tough course at the Beijing Games.