Martin Fourcade of France claimed the gold in the Men’s Biathlon 12.5 km Pursuit.
Ondrej Moravec of the Chezh Republic took the silver while Jean Guillaume Beatrix of France claimed the bronze.
You may remember Fourcade from his tweets prior to the Olympics:
I needed time to find it but I do! Here we were ! #WC #share #lastyear #sochi @BBCSteveR pic.twitter.com/44Tdl9VYvP
— Martin Fourcade (@martinfkde) February 2, 2014
Ole Einar Bjoedndalen of Norway finished fourth, a medal would have given him a record 13th for now he will be tied with fellow Norwegian cross country legend Bjorn Dahlie with 12. He will compete in the men’s 4×7.5km and mixed relays as well as the 15k mass start and 20k individual races.
Results for the Men’s Biathlon 12.5 km Pursuit
| Rank | Country | Name | Start Behind | Shooting | Total Penalties | Time | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FRA | Martin FOURCADE | 0:12 | 0+0+1+0 | 1 | 33:48.6 | 0.0 |
| 2 | CZE | Ondrej MORAVEC | 0:15 | 0+0+0+0 | 0 | 34:02.7 | +14.1 |
| 3 | FRA | Jean Guillaume BEATRIX | 0:39 | 0+0+1+0 | 1 | 34:12.8 | +24.2 |
| 4 | NOR | Ole Einar BJOERNDALEN | 0:00 | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | 34:14.5 | +25.9 |
| 5 | RUS | Evgeny USTYUGOV | 0:46 | 0+1+0+0 | 1 | 34:25.3 | +36.7 |
| 6 | GER | Simon SCHEMPP | 0:43 | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | 34:27.7 | +39.1 |
| 7 | NOR | Emil Hegle SVENDSEN | 0:29 | 0+1+0+0 | 1 | 34:28.8 | +40.2 |
| 8 | AUT | Simon EDER | 0:14 | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | 34:28.9 | +40.3 |
| 9 | LAT | Andrejs RASTORGUJEVS | 0:47 | 0+0+1+0 | 1 | 34:36.9 | +48.3 |
| 10 | AUT | Dominik LANDERTINGER | 0:01 | 0+0+1+2 | 3 | 34:37.5 | +48.9 |
| 11 | CAN | Nathan SMITH | 0:36 | 0+0+1+0 | 1 | 34:37.7 | +49.1 |
| 12 | AUT | Christoph SUMANN | 0:52 | 0+0+0+0 | 0 | 34:43.0 | +54.4 |
| 13 | SWE | Fredrik LINDSTROEM | 0:48 | 0+0+1+2 | 3 | 34:45.7 | +57.1 |
| 14 | RUS | Anton SHIPULIN | 0:06 | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | 34:47.1 | +58.5 |
| 15 | RUS | Evgeniy GARANICHEV | 1:10 | 0+0+1+0 | 1 | 34:47.7 | +59.1 |
| PF 16 | GER | Erik LESSER | 0:53 | 1+1+0+1 | 3 | 34:53.1 | +1:04.5 |
| PF 17 | ITA | Lukas HOFER | 0:35 | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | 34:53.1 | +1:04.5 |
| 18 | FRA | Simon FOURCADE | 1:31 | 0+0+1+0 | 1 | 35:15.0 | +1:26.4 |
| 19 | GER | Arnd PEIFFER | 1:28 | 0+0+1+0 | 1 | 35:21.4 | +1:32.8 |
| 20 | CZE | Jaroslav SOUKUP | 0:06 | 0+0+2+2 | 4 | 35:35.0 | +1:46.4 |
| 21 | FRA | Simon DESTHIEUX | 1:45 | 0+0+1+0 | 1 | 35:35.6 | +1:47.0 |
| 22 | USA | Tim BURKE | 0:50 | 1+0+0+1 | 2 | 35:37.0 | +1:48.4 |
| 23 | SVK | Matej KAZAR | 1:31 | 1+0+1+1 | 3 | 35:38.4 | +1:49.8 |
| 24 | SLO | Klemen BAUER | 1:07 | 0+1+2+1 | 4 | 35:39.8 | +1:51.2 |
| 25 | ITA | Dominik WINDISCH | 0:34 | 1+0+2+1 | 4 | 35:40.0 | +1:51.4 |
| 26 | CAN | Jean-Philippe LE GUELLEC | 0:10 | 0+0+2+1 | 3 | 35:45.3 | +1:56.7 |
| 27 | NOR | Tarjei BOE | 1:37 | 0+1+0+1 | 2 | 35:50.5 | +2:01.9 |
| 28 | SWE | Tobias ARWIDSON | 1:38 | 0+0+0+0 | 0 | 35:51.2 | +2:02.6 |
| 29 | KAZ | Yan SAVITSKIY | 1:40 | 0+1+0+0 | 1 | 35:57.0 | +2:08.4 |
| 30 | SWE | Bjoern FERRY | 1:03 | 1+0+2+0 | 3 | 36:06.9 | +2:18.3 |
| 31 | SLO | Jakov FAK | 0:33 | 2+1+1+2 | 6 | 36:11.2 | +2:22.6 |
| 32 | NOR | Johannes Thingnes BOE | 2:18 | 1+0+0+0 | 1 | 36:12.4 | +2:23.8 |
| 33 | RUS | Dmitry MALYSHKO | 1:15 | 0+1+1+0 | 2 | 36:17.0 | +2:28.4 |
| 34 | SWE | Carl Johan BERGMAN | 1:02 | 0+1+0+2 | 3 | 36:20.9 | +2:32.3 |
| 35 | CAN | Brendan GREEN | 0:58 | 2+1+1+0 | 4 | 36:21.2 | +2:32.6 |
| 36 | UKR | Andriy DERYZEMLYA | 0:56 | 0+0+1+2 | 3 | 36:21.5 | +2:32.9 |
| 37 | AUT | Daniel MESOTITSCH | 1:33 | 1+0+1+1 | 3 | 36:23.4 | +2:34.8 |
| 38 | USA | Lowell BAILEY | 1:31 | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | 36:34.8 | +2:46.2 |
| 39 | UKR | Serhiy SEMENOV | 1:37 | 0+2+1+0 | 3 | 36:48.1 | +2:59.5 |
| 40 | LTU | Tomas KAUKENAS | 1:53 | 1+0+0+2 | 3 | 36:49.8 | +3:01.2 |
| 41 | BLR | Vladimir CHEPELIN | 1:16 | 0+0+1+0 | 1 | 36:57.2 | +3:08.6 |
| 42 | ITA | Christian DE LORENZI | 1:52 | 1+1+0+0 | 2 | 36:58.2 | +3:09.6 |
| 43 | GER | Christoph STEPHAN | 2:22 | 0+0+0+1 | 1 | 37:18.8 | +3:30.2 |
| 44 | UKR | Artem PRYMA | 1:24 | 0+1+2+1 | 4 | 37:39.3 | +3:50.7 |
| 45 | EST | Indrek TOBRELUTS | 2:13 | 0+0+2+1 | 3 | 38:00.5 | +4:11.9 |
| 46 | EST | Kauri KOIV | 2:14 | 1+0+0+2 | 3 | 38:10.2 | +4:21.6 |
| 47 | ROU | Cornel PUCHIANU | 1:17 | 0+2+1+3 | 6 | 38:19.8 | +4:31.2 |
| 48 | BUL | Krasimir ANEV | 1:55 | 0+1+3+1 | 5 | 38:47.6 | +4:59.0 |
| 49 | SLO | Janez MARIC | 2:08 | 0+1+0+2 | 3 | 38:58.4 | +5:09.8 |
| 50 | BLR | Sergey NOVIKOV | 1:27 | 0+1+1+1 | 3 | 38:59.5 | +5:10.9 |
| 51 | BLR | Evgeny ABRAMENKO | 2:22 | 0+0+4+1 | 5 | 39:11.5 | +5:22.9 |
| 52 | SVK | Pavol HURAJT | 2:12 | 1+0+0+0 | 1 | 39:14.3 | +5:25.7 |
| 53 | USA | Leif NORDGREN | 1:44 | 3+2+1+1 | 7 | 39:31.4 | +5:42.8 |
| 54 | UKR | Serguei SEDNEV | 1:43 | 1+0+1+1 | 3 | 39:33.8 | +5:45.2 |
| 55 | BUL | Vladimir ILIEV | 2:22 | 3+1+2+1 | 7 | 39:44.6 | +5:56.0 |
| 56 | BLR | Yuryi LIADOV | 2:22 | 1+1+0+2 | 4 | 39:46.2 | +5:57.6 |
| 57 | SUI | Serafin WIESTNER | 1:37 | 2+1+3+1 | 7 | 39:48.1 | +5:59.5 |
| 58 | KAZ | Sergey NAUMIK | 2:22 | 1+0+2+1 | 4 | 40:06.5 | +6:17.9 |
| 59 | EST | Danil STEPTSENKO | 2:07 | 1+1+1+4 | 7 | 40:52.0 | +7:03.4 |
| CZE | Michal SLESINGR | 1:18 | DNS |
