Laura Dahlmeier won the world title in the women’s 12.5-kilometer mass start on Sunday, becoming the first biathlete to win five gold medals at a single world championship. The overall World Cup leader from Germany overtook Susan Dunklee, who led most of the race, on the final kilometer and finished in 33 minutes, 13.8 seconds to beat the American by 4.6 seconds.
Category: Olympic Biathlon
Police raid Kazakh biathlon team lodgings ahead of worlds
The Austrian federal criminal agency said Thursday it raided the lodgings of the Kazakh national biathlon team on the eve of the world championships on suspicion of doping. Police said they seized medical equipment, drugs and mobile phones late Wednesday, adding that criminal authorities were investigating whether Austrian anti-doping laws have been breached.