Mass Start Biathlon Results
Tim Burke just couldn’t get in the groove this Olympics. He’d hoped the 15km mass start would bring him and the US a long sought-after Olympic medal. But it was no dice; Burke missed a total of 4 targets in the shooting stages, adding 600 penalty meters and bringing him in 1 minute 9 seconds behind the gold medallist, Evgeny Ustyugov of Russia. France’s Martin Fourcade finished 10.5 seconds later for silver and Pavol Hurajit 6.1 seconds behind him for bronze.
Magdalena Neuner of Germany won the women’s 12.5km mass start, giving her a second gold medal. She already had gold for the 10km pursuit and silver in 7.5km biathlon. Though shaky shooting in prone position put her at 17th at one point, she pushed ahead and finished in 35 minutes, 19.6 seconds. Olga Zaitseva of Russia took silver 5.5 seconds later, and Simone Hauswald, also from Germany, placed bronze. No US biathletes qualified for the mass start which is limited to 30 competitors.
