Men’s 10km Sprint: Gold: Norway, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen; Silver: Austria, Dominik Landertinger; Bronze: Czech Republic, Jaroslav Soukup. Women’s 7.5km Sprint: Gold: Slovakia, Anastasiya Kuzmina; Silver: Russia, Olga Vilukhina; Bronze: Ukraine, Vita Semerenko. Men’s 12.5km Pursuit: Gold: France, Martin Fourcade; Silver: Czech Republic, Ondre Moravec; Bronze: France, Jean Guillaume Beatrix. Women’s 10km Pursuit: Gold:Belarus, Darya Domracheva; …
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Olympic Briefing: Biathlon
Paying Attention: Saturday’s Olympic schedule has the first round of Biathlon competition. Biathlon is a “fusion” sport–it combines cross country skiing with target shooting. The key is to move around the course quickly (which uses lots of energy and ramps up the heart rate) and then slow down your heart rate and nerves enough to …