February 26, 2010 (Whistler, BC) – Norway was on top again as the men’s 4×7.5km relay team lead by legendary won gold with Austria taking the
silver and Russia claiming bronze. Canada had a fine day in Whistler as Robin Clegg, Marc-Andre Bedard, Brendan Green, and Jean Philippe Le Guellec placed 10th overall while the US Biathlon team of Lowell Bailey, Jay Hakkinen, Tim Burke and Jeremy Teela finished in 13th. It was Bjoerndalen’s 6th Olympic gold medal and 11 total during his career. “This feels so good,” said Bjoerndalen. “The most important is we won today.Full results here.
Results (brief)
1. Norway (Halvard Hanevold, Tarjei Boe, Emil Hegle Svendsen, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen) 1:21:38.1
2. Austria (Simon Eder, Daniel Mesotitsch, Dominik Landertinger, Christoph Sumann) 1:22:16.7
3. Russian Federation (Ivan Tcherezov, Anton Shipulin, Maxim Tchoudov, Evgeny Ustyugov) 1:22:16.9
10. Canada (Robin Clegg, Marc-Andre Bedard, Brendan Green, Jean Philippe Leguellec) 1:24:50.7
13. USA (Lowell Bailey, Jay Hakkinen, Tim Burke Tim, Jeremy Teela) 1:27:58.3