Marie Laure Brunet shot clean, and finished 16 sec later to take bronze, France's third biathlon medal.

BBC: Magdalena Neuner gains revenge in pursuit

Biathlon combines cross-country skiing with shooting at targets - with the threat of extra distance to ski or time penalties if a competitor misses.

BBC: Unheralded Vincent Jay wins Olympic biathlon gold

In Italy, where doping is a criminal offence, police raided the lodgings of the Austrian biathlon team during the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006.

BBC: Anti-doping plans worry athletes

In the biathlon nothing is fair.

BBC: Pyleva pounces to take title

In the last two Paralympics the two brothers won two golds and a silver in Salt Lake City in 2002 and repeated the feat in Torino with gold in the 5km and 10km and silver in the 20km, also adding a bronze in the biathlon.

BBC: Blind skier Brian McKeever makes Olympic history