Biathlon

Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics concluded with the women’s mass start. Norway dominated the biathlon landscape, spearheaded by Johannes Thingnes Boe. He won the final gold medal of the men’s events and brought Norway’s medal tally to a record breaking 15.

Biathlon is a unique Olympic event that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Since its debut at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, Calif., biathlon has been a fixture of the Games. Competitors have to navigate a skiing course that is interrupted by frequent stops to shoot at a series of targets. Biathlon competitors must shoot targets accurately with…

We had brothers in arms — and on the podium together. Two athletes, a man and a woman, won four golds apiece. (Can you guess which country they represent?) We had sisters powering a relay team to gold and a last-minute steal to top the podium.

Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe finished his third Olympics with another gold, winning the men’s biathlon 15km mass start event on Friday morning. Boe won four gold medals in six events in Beijing, and he grabbed a bronze and a fifth place finish in the other two. The 28-year-old Boe now has five career golds and eight career Olympic medals...

After posting an American history-making run earlier in the Olympic Games, Deedra Irwin finished in 23rd in the 12.5km mass start biathlon event.

Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe looked to win his second individual Olympic gold medal in the men’s 15km mass start.

Team USA finished 11th in the women’s 4x6km biathlon relay, with Sweden, the ROC and Germany taking home the medals.

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A Norwegian biathlete who collapsed after crossing the finish line in the women’s 10-kilometer pursuit race will be heading home instead of competing again at the Beijing Olympics

Quentin Fillon Maillet of France won the gold medal in the men’s biathlon 12.5km pursuit, which was his fourth overall medal and second gold of the 2022 Games.

Marte Olsbu Roeiseland of Norway won her third gold medal and fourth overall medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics in the women’s biathlon pursuit.

Norway’s biathletes continued to prove that they are a force to be reckoned with on the Olympic stage. Norwegian biathlon champion Johannes Thingnes Boe was joined by his brother Tarjei Boe and French rival Quentin Fillon Maillet on the men’s 10km sprint biathlon podium.

Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway claimed his sixth career Olympic medal after winning gold in the men’s 10km sprint biathlon.

Norway’s Marte Olsbu Roeiseland now has five career Olympic medals (three in Beijing) and two golds after winning the women’s 7.5km sprint.

American biathlete Leif Nordgren got to see his newborn daughter for the first time while in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Quentin Fillon Maillet of France earned the nation’s first gold medal of the 2022 Olympics with his time in the men’s biathlon 20km individual event.

Denise Herrmann secured Germany’s second gold medal of the 2022 Winter Olympics in the women’s biathlon 15km individual event.

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