Overview
- Norway won the 4x7.5 km relay in Tesero ahead of France and Italy, giving Johannes Høsflot Klæbo his ninth Olympic gold and a fourth title at these Games.
- Germany’s 2014 men’s biathlon relay (Lesser, Böhm, Peiffer, Schempp) received reallocated Olympic gold in a ceremony at Antholz after Russia’s disqualification tied to state‑sponsored doping, with Austria and Norway moved to silver and bronze.
- Sweden’s Martin Ponsiluoma captured the men’s biathlon pursuit for his country’s first biathlon medal of these Games, finishing ahead of Sturla Holm Lægreid and Emilien Jacquelin.
- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won the giant slalom in Bormio, delivering Brazil’s first Winter Olympic medal and the first Winter Olympic gold for any South American, beating Marco Odermatt by 0.58 seconds.
- Finland lodged a protest over Norway’s use of an approved electric waxing device in an earlier classic sprint, the FIS apologized for poor communication, and Finnish officials are weighing an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.