Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

==== 2002 Winter Olympic Games Biathlon ====

10 km Sprint Men:

1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2. Sven Fischer[?] (GER)
3. Wolfgang Perner[?] (AUT)

Without any misses with the shooting, Bjørndalen wins his second gold of the Games.

12.5 km Pursuit Men:

1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2. Raphaël Poiree[?] (FRA)
3. Ricco Groß[?] (GER)

Bjørndalen wins his third gold of the Games to equal Aleksandr Tikhonov[?] as the most successful biathlete at the Olympics.

20 km Men:

1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR)
2. Frank Luck[?] (GER)
3. Viktor Maigurov[?] (RUS)

After finishing 6th in the 30 km cross country, Bjørndalen wins the gold in the biathlon, where he is by far the best skier.

7.5 km Sprint Women:

1. Kati Wilhelm[?] (GER)
2. Uschi Disl[?] (GER)
3. Magdalena Forsberg[?] (SWE)

Another surprise from Germany, which takes first and second. Forsberg seals a second medal with a late sprint towards the finish.

10 km Pursuit Women:

1. Olga Pyleva[?] (RUS)
2. Kati Wilhelm[?] (GER)
3. Irina Nikulchina[?] (BUL)

After leaders Poiree and Forsberg fail at the last shooting, Pyleva grabs the opportunity to take her first international victory.

15 km Women:

1. Andrea Henkel[?] (GER)
2. Liv Grete Poiree[?] (NOR)
3. Magdalena Forsberg[?] (SWE)

Henkel surprises, while hot favorite Forsberg misses two shots in the last round but wins her first medal.

4 x 7.5 km Women

1. Germany
2. Norway
3. Russia

Major favourites Germany come from behind after the first leg to take the fourth straight gold medal since 1992