Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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nl:Olympische_Winterspelen_2002/Biathlon==== 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

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