BiathlonCross country (any style) and rifle shooting (.22 caliber, small-bore, standing and prone). MT indicates missed targets. Medal breakdown (8 events): Nine medals—Germany (3-5-1); Six—Norway (4-2-0); Three—Russia (1-0-2); Two—France (0-1-1) and Sweden (0-0-2); One—Austria (0-0-1) and Bulgaria (0-0-1). Men10–km Sprint
Best USA: 20th, Jeremy Teela (2 MT, 26:36.6). 12.5–km Pursuit
Best USA: 13th, Jay Hakkinen (1 MT, 34:11.8). 20–km Individual
Best USA: 14th, Jeremy Teela (2 MT, 53:56.5). 4 x 7.5–km Relay
NOR—Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen; GER—Ricco Gross, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer, Frank Luck; FRA—Gilles Marguet, Vincent Defrasne, Julien Robert, Raphael Poiree. USA entry: 15th, Jeremy Teela, Jay Hakkinen, Dan Campbell, Lawton Redman (2 MT, 1:30:27.1). Women7.5–km Sprint
Best USA: 49th, Kara Salmela (3 MT, 23:44.1). 10–km Pursuit
Best USA: 45th, Kara Salmela (5 MT, 37:07.7). 15–km Individual
Best USA: 31st, Rachel Steer (2 MT, 51:50.6). 4 x 7.5–km Relay
GER—Katrin Apel, Uschi Disl, Andrea Henkel, Kati Wilhelm; NOR—Ann Elen Skjelbreid, Linda Tjoerhom, Gunn Margit Andreassen, Liv Grete Poiree; RUS—Olga Pyleva, Galina Koukleva, Svetlana Ishmouratova, Albina Akhatova. USA entry: 15th, Andrea Nahrgang, Kara Salmela, Rachel Steer, Kristina Sabasteanski (3 MT, 1:41:16.0). Fact Monster/Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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