Men 12.5 km Pursuit Competition

France’s Quentin Fillon Maillet overcame windy and snowy conditions, shooting clean in the last standing stage as well as in the other three stages to secure the Gold medal in this evening’s men’s 12.5 km pursuit at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games in 39:07.5. The Olympic Pursuit Gold medal was Fillon Maillet’s second of these Games after earlier winning the men’s 20 km individual. Today’s Gold medal was his fourth medal here following Sprint Silver yesterday and Mixed Relay Silver last Saturday; his four medals in a single OWG is a French all-time record. Norway’s Tarjei Boe with one penalty won the Silver medal, finishing 28.6 seconds back for the second individual Olympic medal of his career after Sprint Bronze yesterday. ROC’s Eduard Latypov, with one penalty won the Bronze medal, 35.3 seconds back. The Bronze medal was Latypov’s second at the Beijing OWG; he also won a Bronze medal in the mixed relay.