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| Biathlon |
| Men |
| 10k sprint |
Raphaël Poiree,
France |
 Frank Luck,
Germany |
 Ole-Einar Bjorndalen,
Norway |
| Poiree will become the first Frenchman to win an Olympic biathlon
event |
| 12.5k
pursuit |
| Raphaël Poiree,
France |
| Pavel Rostovtsev,
Russia |
| Frank Luck,
Germany |
| Poiree still has a plate in his left arm from a 1999 motorcycle
crash |
| 20k
individual |
| Pavel Rostovtsev,
Russia |
| Frank Luck,
Germany |
| Halvard Hanevold,
Norway |
| Hanevold made up 15 meters in the final two kilometers to win gold in
Nagano |
| 4x7.5k
relay |
| Germany |
| Russia |
| Norway |
| The USSR, Russia or Germany has won every gold since event debuted in
'68 |
| Women |
| 7.5k
sprint |
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Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poiree,
Norway |
| Olena Zubrilova,
Ukraine |
| Magdalena Forsberg,
Sweden |
| Liv Grete and Raphaël Poiree will be the first married couple to win gold
for different
countries |
| 10k
pursuit |
| Magdalena Forsberg,
Sweden |
| Olena Zubrilova,
Ukraine |
| Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poiree,
Norway |
| In the off-season Forsberg works part-time as a tax
adviser |
| 15k
individual |
| Magdalena Forsberg,
Sweden |
| Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poiree,
Norway |
| Gunn Margit Andreassen,
Norway |
| Scandinavians will sweep the women's individual events for first
time |
| 4x7.5k
relay |
| Germany |
| France |
| Norway |
| Even the great Forsberg can't beat Germany, with five of the world's top nine
sprinters |
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