Biathlete

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An athlete who competes in biathlons and is thus usually in excellent physical condition

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"Maybe, thinking about that made me a little more relaxed on the shooting range."The second place went to Italy's Lisa Vittozzi, who crossed the finish line 11.5 seconds after the Slovak biathlete.

Biathlete Kuzmina triumphs in the women's 10km sprint

Kuzmina won ahead of Fialkovaacute in today's World Cup race.For the first time in history, two Slovak biathletes won podium positions at a top biathlon event.

Slovak biathletes achieve an historic result

Stocksfield Avenue Primary School pupil Mutch has enjoyed a memorable 12 months during which he represented Great Britain in the European Biathlete Championships in Portugal - a continuous-format run/swim/run race.

Holyrood success just Great for North's trio[...]; JUNIOR ATHLETICS

As revealed in last week's Journal, Stockton biathlete Lee Jackson will appear in his second Games.

Matthew is confident he is right man for the Olympics

BIATHLETE Lee Jackson admits he has been made to feel old before his time after becoming the first ever Briton to compete in the men's 12.5km pursuit at an Olympic Games.

Lee's the old head - at the age of just 29; WINTER OLYMPICS

Bjorndalen, widely regarded at the best biathlete of all time, surprisingly missed three targets in the first round of shooting before finishing 17th as the later starters all struggled in the deteriorating weather.

Frenchman Jay takes shock gold

Biathlete Ole Einar Bjorndalen should win a third gold today

Winter Olympics: Evens Eberharter; so laid back

The Stocksfield Avenue Primary School pupil represented Great Britain in the European Biathlete Championships in Portugal - a continuous-format run/swim/run race.

A double gold winner with Mutch to savour; Biathlete Kieron claims two GB golds at Euros BIATHLON

. DOUBLE gold medallist German biathlete Magdalena Neuner hit out at anti-doping officials telling German newspaper Bild that athletes were treated "worse than pigs going to the slaughterhouse" in the post-competition drug tests.

'Couscous' flavours up Games; DIARY

STOCKTON biathlete Lee Jackson admitted his Winter Olympic debut couldn't have gone more to plan after matching his personal best in the men's 10km sprint.

Teessider Jackson's delight at Olympics

The most successful female biathlete ever, with 12 World Championship medals to her name, finished third behind Andrea Henkel and Liv Grete Poiree on Monday.