Men 10 km Sprint Competition

Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe despite a single standing penalty led the Beijing Men’s Olympic 10 km Sprint from start to finish taking the Gold medal in 24:00.2. The Norwegian’s wire-to-wire victory was the three-time World Cup Total Score titlist his first Championship sprint title since winning at the 2019 IBU World Championships. Today’s Gold medal was the Norwegian’s sixth career OWG medal and his second Gold medal of these Games. He anchored Norway’s mixed relay to victory last Saturday and also won the Bronze medal in the men’s 20 km individual earlier this week. France’s Quentin Fillon Maillet, also with one penalty won the Silver medal, 25.5 seconds back, after winning the 20 km Individual Gold medal on Tuesday. JT’s older brother Tarjei, with one penalty completed the podium taking the Bronze medal, 38.9 seconds back. Tarjei’s Bronze medal was the first individual OWG medal in 33-year-old’s career. He previously won a Relay Gold medal at the 2010 Vancouver Games, Relay Silver at Pyeongchang in 2018 and Mixed Relay Gold at these Beijing OWG.