No longer able to beat Martin Fourcade on his skis alone, Emil Hegle Svendsen has worked hard in the off-season on improving two other skills: shooting and focus. It's paying big dividends as he shot a gutsy race to win his 34th World Cup today, setting up for a golden time at the Olympics. Your move, Fourcade.
Dmitry Malyshko stunned the field on the third leg of the men's biathlon relay when he shot perfectly and skied his way from tenth place to first. With a strong anchor leg by Evgeniy Ustyugov, Russia took a big win in the competition - but journalists complained that the men weren't doing enough for their fans.
Next year’s Olympics could be good news for France and bad news for everyone else, as Martin Fourcade clocked the fastest course time for the second race in a row and picked up a huge 42-second victory in the 10 k sprint.
Martin Fourcade celebrated vocifericously at the finish of today's World Cup sprint in Ruhpolding, Germany, but he clearly didn't expect Andriy Makoveev of Russia to make a late charge from bib 95. While Makoveev didn't get the win, he did make it onto the podium, placing third behind teammate Evgeniy Ustyugov.
ÖSTERSUND, Sweden – After placing a disappointing tenth in yesterday’s 10 k sprint, Martin Fourcade of France was seeking redemption – and to stay in the overall World Cup leaders bib that he had earned after winning Wednesday’s individual race. Last year’s overall champion missed only a single one of his twenty shots in today’s 12.5 k pursuit, which put him on a trajectory towards the front. The penalty came in the second standing stage,...