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Biathlon
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Hat trick for German biathlete
Germany's Michael Greis claimed his third gold medal of the Torino Olympics by winning the first-ever men's 15-kilometre mass start biathlon race on Saturday.
- Sweden's Olofsson wins biathlon gold
- Russia cruises to biathlon gold
- Doping investigation continues
- Austrians admit to 'illegal methods'
- German men win biathlon relay
- Austrians demand doping-raid evidence
- Biathlon doping documents missing
- Austrian coach crashes roadblock
- Defrasne prevails in men's pursuit
- Police raid finds doping materials
- German women finish 1-2 in pursuit
- Russian biathlete suspended 2 years
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Crib Sheet
First skiing and shooting competition: Norway (1767)
First organized team competition: Swedish-Norwegian border (1776)
First organized modern race: by Norwegian military (1912)
Year competition rules for biathlon were approved: 1956
First World Biathlon Championship: Saalfelden, Austria (1958)
Year the long rifle became the official competition rifle: 1978
First women’s world championship: 1984
Year men’s 20km event made its Olympic debut: 1960 Squaw Valley
Year men’s 4 x 7.5km relay made its Olympic debut: 1968 Grenoble
Year men’s 10km event made Olympic debut: 1980 Lake Placid
Year men’s combined pursuit event made Olympic debut: 2002 Salt Lake City
Year women’s 7.5km, 15km and 4 x 7.5km relay event made Olympic debut: 1992 Albertville
Year women’s combined pursuit event made Olympic debut: 2002 Salt Lake City
Most medals won by a biathlete: 8, Ursula Disl, Germany (1992-2002)
Most gold medals won by a biathlete at one Olympics: 4, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway, 2002 Salt Lake City
First male biathlete to win two gold medals in one Olympics: Nikolai Kruglov, USSR, 1976 Innsbruck
First female biathlete to win two gold medals in one Olympics: Myriam Bédard, Neufchatel, Que., 1994 Lillehammer
Slowest performance by a biathlete: Herman Carazo, Costa Rica, 2:24:59.9 (35 minutes and five seconds behind next-to-last skier), men’s 20km event, 1984 Sarajevo