Tarjei Boe: Norway's Beijing 2022 biathlon star sharing the stage with his younger brother

Tarjei Boe is having an incredibly successful Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and the Norway biathlon athlete will close his campaign with the men’s 15km mass start.

The 33-year-old has so far secured a top-10 finish in all five of his events. That includes two relay gold medals, a silver in the men’s 12.5km pursuit, a bronze in the men’s 10km sprint (won by his brother Johannes Thingnes Boe) and an eighth-place in the men’s 20km individual.

Sharing that podium in the men’s 10km sprint, either side of France’s Quentin Fillon Maillet, was a special moment for Tarjei and his younger brother.

"I'm really proud of him. He is the reason I started in this sport. He is the reason why I sit here today in first place," gold medallist JT Boe said of his bronze-winning sibling.

"Being the younger brother (28 years old), to achieve this result it's only a good feeling if he achieved the same things.

"Now he sits here with this Olympic bronze medal, and it's like gold for him. I know he's been fighting for this Olympic medal for so many years.

"This is his last Olympics. Before today there were only three races left (for him).

"I know he felt the pressure, but he wanted it and he showed he is a mentally strong person who can take the medal in the final chances."

In that race, the Boe brothers became the first siblings to win medals in the same individual biathlon race at an Olympic Winter Games.

Tarjei said his decorated brother always showed great promise as a young athlete.

"I saw it quite early, 10 years ago or maybe earlier, that he would be unbeatable in a few years," he said.

"My goal was to win as much as I could before he grew up, and I did - the start of my career was quite strong. Now he is by far the best athlete in the