Olga Medvedtseva and her teammates from Russia took home the gold medal in the women’s biathlon 4×6 km relay at Whistler Olympic Park on Tuesday. The Russians were sitting in second place after the first two legs of the race, but were able to catch up to their counterparts from France, who won the silver [...]
Despite missing two of the 20 shooting targets, Magdalena Neuner from Germany easily won the 12.5 kilometer mass start biathlon race Sunday, to earn her third medal – and second gold – of the 2010 Games. Neuner overcame two penalty laps and a seven second deficit in the final leg of skiing, as she passed [...]
Germany’s Magdalena Neuner claimed her second medal of the Vancouver Olympic Games, winning gold in the women’s 10km biathlon pursuit on Tuesday morning at Olympic Park. Neuner, who won Germany’s first medal on Saturday narrowly losing to Slovak Anastazia Kuzmina in the 7.5km sprint to take home the silver medal, would hold off Kuzmina finishing [...]
Canada’s hopes for its first gold medal on home soil were put on hold on day two, delayed by poor weather and a strong American performance. The first disappointment occurred early in the day when the men’s downhill race was postponed because of rainy conditions. The race was to feature Manuel Osborne-Paradis, who has skied [...]
Anastazia Kuzmina of Slovakia won gold on Saturday in the women’s 7.5km biathlon sprint event at Whistler Olympic Park. This was the first gold medal for Slovakia since they first competed at the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. Since then, they have only captured one medal, silver, at the 2006 games in Turin. Kuzmina was [...]
