February 4, 2007 (Antholz, Italy) – Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway picked up two gold medals and won his eighth world cup event today in Antholz, Italy. The real battle was for second place, one minute and nine seconds back, where Russian Maxim Tchoudov edged out Vincent Defrasne of France. Michal Slesingr of the Czech Republic, who was the surprise second-place winner yesterday, finished fourth today. USA’s Jay Hakkinen was the top North American in 18th.

On Saturday, Feb. 3, Bjoerndalen also won the 10km men’s sprint, 4.8 seconds ahead of Slesingr. Ukranian Andrej Dery, another surprise winner, rounded out Saturday’s podium. Tim Burke (USA) was the top North American in 35th.

Pursuit Men – 12.5 km
Sunday, February 4, 2007 – Antholz, Italy

1. Ole Einar Björndalen (NOR) 32:21.2
2. Maxim Tchoudov (RUS) 1:09.8
3. Vincent Defrasne (FRA) 1:09.9
4. Michal Slesingr (CZE) 1:14.7
18. Jay Hakkinen (USA) +2:24.1
32. Tim Burke (USA) 3:45.3
46. Jeremy Teela (USA) 5:44.0
50. Lowell Bailey (USA) 6:04.2
55. Jaime Robb (Can) 7:40.0
DNS Robin Clegg (Can)

Sprint Men 10 km
Saturday, February 3, 2007 – Antholz, Italy

1. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (NOR) 26:18.8
2. Michal Slesingr (CZE) 4.8
3. Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR) 25.8
4. Björn Ferry (SWE) 34.4
5. Tomasz Sikora (POL) 39.2
6. Mattias Nilsson Jr. (SWE) 40.4
7. Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 48
8. Raphael Poiree (FRA) 50.1
9. Rene Laurent Vuillermoz (ITA) 53.7
10. Matthias Simmen (SUI) 56.5

35. Tim Burke (USA) 1:57.8
46. Jeremy Teela (USA) 2:31.6
48. Lowell Bailey (USA) 2:45.3
53. Jaime Robb (Can) 3:05.2
60. Robin Clegg (Can) 3:24.5
64. Jean Philippe Leguellec (Can) 3:42.4
66. David Leoni (Can) 3:47.5