The Toronto Observer

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 [...]

  Canada will be sending its youngest-ever biathlon team to this year’s Olympic Games in Vancouver. The high flying group of skiier/shooters is looking to follow in the footsteps of three-time Canadian Olympic medallist Myriam Bedard, who herself at age 23, won a bronze in her first Olympic appearance almost 20 years ago. Canada’s women’s team [...]