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ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 11 : Described by her coach as the strongest athlete mentally in the sport, French biathlete Julia Simon proved him right again on Wednesday with another superb display of skiing and sang-froid as she hit 19 of 20 shots to claim the Olympic title in the women's 15km individual race.
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France’s Julia Simon won the women’s 15-kilometre individual biathlon race at the Winter Games on Wednesday, making up for a single miss on the shooting range with a powerful skiing performance on the track to add individual gold to a mixed relay victory. Simon’s compatriot Lou Jeanmonnot took silver, 53.1 seconds behind, with Lora Hristova securing a surprise bronze for Bulgaria. However, it was Simon’s composure that stood out.
ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb 11 : France's Julia Simon won the women's 15km individual biathlon race at the Winter Games on Wednesday, making up for a single miss on the shooting range with a powerful skiing performance on the track to add individual gold to a mixed relay victory.
TESERO, Italy, Feb 11 : Norway's Jens Luraas Oftebro won his first individual gold in the men's normal hill Nordic combined on Wednesday at the Milano Cortina Olympics, overcoming a trio of earlier starters in a hard-fought ski in slushy conditions.
ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 11 : After missing the podium completely in Sunday's Olympic mixed relay, Johan-Olav Botn won gold and Sturla Holm Laegreid bronze for Norway in the men's 20km individual event on Tuesday in an indication that their days as a dominant force are not yet done.
A day after a stunning confession on live television that he had cheated on his girlfriend, Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid on Wednesday said he regrets going public with his private life at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
The former girlfriend of biathlon athlete Sturla Holm Laegreid says it will be «hard to forgive» him for cheating on her — and for making a public display of it after he won an Olympic medal Tuesday.