Biathlon-Sixteen years on, Fourcade finally tastes sweet Vancouver gold

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ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 15 : Sixteen years after coming second to Evgeny Ustyugov in the biathlon 15km mass start at the Vancouver Games, Frenchman Martin Fourcade was finally awarded the gold medal following the disqualification of the Russian for anti-doping violations. Stripped of his competitive results, Ustyugov's final appeal was rejected by a Swiss court in 2025, resulting in the Frenchman's medal being upgraded from silver to gold, and on Sunday it was finally hung around his neck

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Biathlon-Sixteen years on, Fourcade finally tastes sweet Vancouver gold https://www.channelnewsasia.com/ - 15.02.2026 18:24