It’s Day 5 of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, with eight gold medals on the line. The first went to Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen, who added Alpine skiing’s super-G to his downhill and team combined titles.
Johan-Olav Botn hit all 20 targets to claim gold for Norway in the Olympic 20 kilometres biathlon race on Tuesday. Botn, the early season World Cup leader, was 14.
Watch and follow Winter Olympics action, with Team GB's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson going for a figure skating medal later on day five.
Here is how the Biathlon works, including its rules, scoring and history in the Olympics.
Norway's Sturla Holm Lægreid won a bronze medal in the 20km biathlon and used his post-race interview to reveal that he had cheated on his girlfriend. Speaking to Norway's NRK, Lægreid said that he told his partner last week about his unfaithfulness.
Here's is the full Olympic biathlon schedule for the 2026 Winter Games
Biathlon combines two sports – cross-country skiing and shooting – into one race. The biathlon first made its debut 66 years ago in the 1960 Winter Olympics at the renamed Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley near Lake Tahoe. This year, the Winter Olympic biathlon games will be held in Antholz (Anterselva), Italy.
ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) — Johan-Olav Botn of Norway shot perfectly in his Olympic debut to secure the gold medal in the men’s 20-kilometer individual biathlon at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Tuesday.
From the events to the format, here's everything to know for the biathlon action at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
Sturla Holm Laegreid, one of Norway’s top biathletes, finished third in the 20-kilometer individual race, but was full of remorse when he spoke to Norwegian broadcaster NRK at the Milan Cortina Games
Sondre and Ukaleq Slettemark usually make up Greenland's biathlon team, despite a lack of facilities. But they are competing for Denmark at the Winter Olympics and, unlike Donald Trump, they want it to stay that way.
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