Boe wins 4th gold in men's Biathlon 15km mass start Norway Lead Medals

Winter Olympics: Johannes Thingnes Boe Wins 4th Gold at 2022 Olympics in Biathlon 15km Mass Start at Beijing 2022.

Johannes Thingnes Boe used a little lane discipline to deliver Norway a record 15th gold medal at a single Winter Olympics when he triumphed in the men's biathlon 15km mass start on Friday, grabbing his fourth title in Beijing.


This is the fourth gold for the 28-year-old Boe, who also won the mixed relay 4x6km, men's 4x7.5km relay and 10km sprint, and a bronze in the men's 20km individual.

• Thingnes Boe became the first biathlete to win four gold medals at a single Games since countryman Ole Einar Bjoerndalen in Salt Lake City,

Despite four misses from his 20 shots, Boe was able to use his powerful skiing to stay ahead of the field and claim the gold.


 Sweden's Martin Ponsiluoma finished second - Silver - with one miss in prone and one in last standing, 40.3 seconds back.

 Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen of Norway won the bronze medal, one minute and 12.5 seconds behind the winner.


Boe was part of a Norwegian team that won six golds, two silvers and six bronze medals.

"Yeah, it was difficult (conditions) but on the second prone (shooting) I managed to get lane one, there's less wind there," Boe told Reuters.

"For my standing shooting I had less wind, so today I was quite lucky with the conditions compared to the pursuit (race) when I was unlucky," he said.

"It (the Olympics) went better than I expected, so now I can really relax, I get I get a good feeling thinking about this -- I wanted relay gold and individual gold, so yeah, I'm pumped," he said.

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Reuters - Reporting by Philip O'Connor,