Saturday, 8 February 2014

Bjoerndalen wins Biathlon for Norway


Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerdalen won his seventh Winter Olympic goal medal with victory in the biathlon men's 10km sprint today.

Despite picking up a one-second penalty, the 40-year-old finished 1.3 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor with a time of 24 minutes and 33.5 seconds.

Dominik Landertinger of Austria took the silver medal with a time of 24:34.8 and Jaroslav Soukup of the Czech Republic claimed the bronze medal after finishing with a time of 24:39.2.

In winning, the Einar Bjoerdalen has become the joint most decorated Winter Olympian of all time, with 12 medals in total to his name.

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