Elena Meyers Taylor, competing in her fifth Olympic Games, sits in second, just 0.05 seconds behind Germany's Laura Nolte. Kaysha Love, making her Olympic debut, is close behind in third, and Kaillie Humphries is in fourth.

ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) — In her Olympic debut, Maren Kirkeeide of Norway bested two Frenchwomen to take gold in a snowy women's 7.5-kilometer sprint biathlon race at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Saturday.

A biathlete from Norway won a bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics and then made a bizarre, emotional confession about his girlfriend afterwards.

By Philip O'Connor ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Norwegian biathlete Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen took inspiration from his compatriot, cross-country ski king Johannes Klaebo, in Friday's men's 10km biathlon sprint with a lung-bursting drive up the final hill and across the finish line to secure the Olympic silver medal.