Olympic champions build a house near Minsk, go to football games and ride a BELAZ.
We had a farewell party
More precisely, only Bjoerndalen had a farewell party. Daria announced her retirement from her career later. The event took place in Oslo. Ole invited current and retired athletes to the party. Those with whom the Norwegian competed throughout his career. However, many biathletes were unable to attend the important evening for Bjoerndalen. The Russian side at the event was represented by the “voice of biathlon” Dmitry Guberniev and Match TV correspondent Ilya Trifanov.
In addition to a delicious dinner, guests could enjoy live music, watch a performance by the Royal Norwegian Orchestra and an honor guard company, and study Bjoerndalen's awards, of which he had many. The main entertainment at the party was the dance of Ole and Daria. We have never seen biathletes in this role before.
They are building a house near Minsk
It was planned that the biathletes’ house in the village of Laporovichi, which is located 20 kilometers from Minsk, will be commissioned in 2016. However, construction was delayed. Now only finishing work remains. Athletes will be able to move in this fall.
The house, which locals nicknamed “the ship,” looks unusual in the Belarusian landscape. It is all the more surprising that Domracheva was involved in the design of the building. The mansion will have a gym, swimming pool and cinema. They say that the owners closely monitor the progress of construction and often come to Laporovichi.
Attended the World Cup final
There were many recognizable faces in the Luzhniki stands. Daria and Ole also arrived in Moscow for the final match. Domracheva had the flag of Belarus painted on her cheek, and Bjoerndalen had the flag of Norway. Although their national teams could not make it to the tournament. At the stadium, the couple took a selfie with actors Danila Kozlovsky (AKA Yuri Stoleshnikov) and Oleg Menshikov.
“It was nice to watch beautiful football. The World Championship is well organized. We are happy that we managed to get to the finals. Thank you, Moscow!” – Bjoerndalen said after the game to Match TV correspondent Yegor Kuznets.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlSewo4leRo/?hl=en&taken-by=dadofunDomracheva became an ambassador of the European Games, and Bjoerndalen became an honorary member of the FBN
When Ole Einar announced his retirement, many were sure that the Norwegian would not live long without biathlon. Anders Besseberg called Bjoerndalen his successor as head of the IBU, and in May the NRK publication reported that the eight-time Olympic champion would soon become the head coach of the Russian national team. According to a Norwegian media source, he was supposed to replace Rico Gross. But it seems that for now Bjoerndalen is more interested in his family than in finding a new job. The only biathlon post that Ole currently holds is an honorary member of the Norwegian Biathlon Federation. This appointment took place at the organization's gala in June.
Domracheva was offered the position of ambassador of the European Games, which will be held in Minsk next summer. Her task is to inform people about the competition, maintain and strengthen the tournament brand through her achievements and successes. The biathlete became the first person to be entrusted with the position of star ambassador of the Games.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlnqX1UFA8i/?hl=en&taken-by=dadofunDaria also runs her own clothing brand
The idea for the project came to Domracheva in the summer of 2016, when she was pregnant and could not participate in biathlon. But I missed my favorite sport. He became the inspiration for the first collection. According to Daria, the love of creativity was instilled in her by her architect parents.
Some clothes from Domracheva's line have references to biathlon (five target eyes) and an image of the athlete. My husband also helps promote the brand.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BYU8nH4BIZL/?hl=en&taken-by=shop.daryadomracheva.byEnjoying life in Belarus
The couple celebrated the start of their joint retirement with a day at sea. And then - to Belarus. The biathletes' vacation can be tracked using the hashtag #NorwegianInBelarus, which Daria came up with for her Instagram followers.
My acquaintance with Belarus began with a bathhouse.
The couple also attended the World Helicopter Championships. Daria, Ole, as well as Bjoerndalen’s younger brother and nephew flew over the outskirts of Minsk.
Last weekend, biathletes took a ride in the world's largest car - BELAZ. After the trip, they were awarded a certificate of successful completion of the initial mining dump truck driving course.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Blv7FzllpQf/?hl=en&taken-by=dadofunAfter Belarus, the couple will go to Norway. This trip also has its own hashtag - #BelarusianinNorway.
Photo: globallookpress.com, RIA Novosti/Viktor Tolochko
Anyone who is even slightly interested in biathlon, or just sports life, does not need to explain who Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is. This is probably one of the most titled athletes in the history of biathlon. In addition, this is an athlete completely without age. It seems that he has always been and will always be, will take part in more than one Olympics and receive well-deserved awards. However, he is already 41 years old - a respectable age for any sport.
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, biography.
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen was born in Norway, in Drammen, on a frosty January day on January 27, 1974. Ole also has an older brother, Dag, and a younger brother, Hans Anton, as well as two sisters. There are few Norwegian children who would not take up skiing and whose parents would not send them to skiing. The older brother was the first to go into biathlon and become a shooting skier, Ole followed him. The younger brother did not lag behind his brothers, with whom he and Ole later formed the backbone of the national biathlon team.
Ole has been involved in biathlon since he was 12 years old. His ski training was already good then, so soon Ole began to compete in serious competitions. In principle, Ole also won victories in skiing, but what attracted him to biathlon was the fact that you need to be able to switch from dynamic skiing to calm and balanced shooting. This is very difficult and not for everyone. Although, according to the athlete himself, shooting was not very good for him, there was clearly no talent as a shooter.
Therefore, after working with a psychologist, he simply began to train a lot in shooting - 5 times a week, 2 times a day. Since then, he himself has been giving advice that if you don’t have special abilities for something, then you just need to study a lot and everything will turn out even better than those who have talent.
His debut took place when the athlete was 18 years old. And these were not junior competitions. In 1992, he took part in competitions among serious biathletes. And 2 years later there was the first Olympics in Lillehamer. True, these competitions did not bring Ole any awards, due to his lack of experience. But already in the next season his triumphant ascent to the sports Olympus began.
Ole's finest hour was the Olympic Games in Nagano in 1998, where he took gold and silver.
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However, his greatest triumph awaited him four years later in Salt Lake City. There he became first four times in different races. That same year he won other significant competitions. Then he had more or less successful seasons. Before the Sochi Olympics, Ole stated that it would be the end of his sports career. However, having shown brilliant results at the Olympics, in no way inferior to his young colleagues, he decided that he would still like to feel the taste of victory and remained in the sport until the World Championships in Oslo in 1616.
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is rightly called the king of biathlon; no one else has so many victories and well-deserved awards, and no one else has held the personal championship for so long. But such achievements are a huge effort of the athlete himself. According to him, he constantly monitors the development of the sport, what other, younger athletes bring to it, and learns from them. Moreover, to do this, he just needs to carefully observe their performance style at competitions, and then simply copy it. Therefore, even at the age of forty, he continues to improve and improve his technique.
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, personal life
Ole tries not to talk about his personal life with numerous correspondents. He doesn't like such questions. With his ex-wife Natalie Santer, an Italian biathlete, he met back in 1998, and since then they have been together as much as their busy sports schedule allowed. In 2006 they got married. Despite many years of marriage, they never had children. In 2012, the couple decided to divorce, which they very discreetly reported to reporters, without disclosing details.
Most believe that this happened due to Ole’s romance with the Belarusian biathlete Daria Domracheva. Although some believe that the homewrecker has nothing to do with it, Ole’s difficult character is to blame. Be that as it may, Bjoerndalen is now alone, but surrounded by thick rumors about his upcoming wedding with Daria. Neither Ole nor Daria give comments regarding their future marriage, and reporters were also unable to photograph them together.
However, more recently, Bjoerndalen himself stated in an interview that after the wedding he and Daria intend to settle in Moscow, that it would be more comfortable for both, since Daria would not want to live in Norway, and Ole would not want to live in Minsk. Moscow could become a connecting link for them. Therefore, soon we will see a new beautiful union of outstanding athletes.
UPD: April 5, 2016 It became known that in October of this year Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and Daria Domracheva will become parents.
Bjoerndalen announced this at a press conference.
“I had a good friendship with Daria for a long time. She's been developing a little lately... And it's gotten to the point where we're going to be parents!
We're looking forward to it. And we are very happy,” said Bjoerndalen.
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In the family of Olympic biathlon champions, Belarusians Daria Domracheva and Norwegian Ole Einar Bjoerndalen replenishment - they have . This is the first child for each parent. Daria gave birth in maternity hospital No. 6 in Minsk, in a superior ward. Now the girl and mother are doing well. The baby's name has not yet been announced, but the newborn's weight is known - 3650 g.
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. Photo: RIA Novosti
The athletes met at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, then hid their relationship for a long time. On July 17, 2016, three-time Olympic champion Daria Domracheva and eight-time Olympic gold winner Ole Einar Bjornadalen got married.
AiF.ru provides a biography of the most titled biathlete in history, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen.
Dossier
Born on January 27, 1974 in the Norwegian town of Drammen into a family of farmers. He has two brothers and two sisters.
Since childhood, he has been involved in sports, attending various sections: football, handball, javelin throwing, cycling, athletics.
Since 1984 - engaged in biathlon.
Since 1992 - member of the national biathlon team.
Sports achievements
- 13 Olympic medals;
- 8 Olympic gold medals - shares the record for most Winter Olympic titles with skier Björn Deli;
- the world's only absolute Olympic champion in biathlon - won four out of four possible victories at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City;
- 20 victories at the Biathlon World Championships;
- 6 victories in the overall standings at the Biathlon World Cups;
- 95 personal victories at the Biathlon World Cup and 1 victory in cross-country skiing;
- a total of 133 victories including team disciplines;
- Member of the IOC in 2014 - 2016.
Personal life
Lives in Obertilliach, Austria, in the federal state of Tyrol.
May 27, 2006 - married Belgian biathlete of Italian origin Nathalie Santer.
In October 2012, he divorced his wife after 6 years of marriage. No children.
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen(Norwegian Ole Einar Bjorndalen; born January 27, 1974 in Drammen, Buskerud County, Norway) is the greatest Norwegian biathlete and skier. “King of Biathlon”, and the most titled athlete in the history of the Winter Olympic Games (8-time Olympic champion), Biathlon World Championships (19 victories) and Biathlon World Cups (6 victories overall). Ole Einar won four out of four possible victories in biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and became the world's only absolute Olympic champion in biathlon. Björndalen won 95 victories at the World Cup stages in biathlon and cross-country skiing (94 and 1, respectively).
Winner of the most medals (13) in the history of the Winter Olympic Games in all sports. Shares the record for most Winter Olympic Games titles with skier Bjorn Daly (8 each).
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen was born in the Norwegian town of Drammen, and grew up in the town of Simostranda in the Modum municipality of Buskerud county in a family of farmers. He had little interest in studies and spent quite a lot of time in sports clubs. He played football, went to handball training, threw the javelin, and participated in cycling and athletics competitions in the 3000-meter run. Ole Einar's father was also involved in athletics, but was forced to give up sports to earn a living. He has two brothers and two sisters. The older brother, Doug, was the first in the family to start biathlon. Ole Einar followed in his footsteps. Younger brother - Hans Anton.
Now the biathlete lives in the Austrian Obertilliach in the federal state of Tyrol. On May 27, 2006, Ole Einar married Belgian biathlete of Italian origin Nathalie Santer. No children. In October 2012, it was announced that Natalie and Ole Einar were divorcing after 6 years of marriage.
An interesting fact about Björndalen is that he cares so much about cleanliness and his health that he carries a vacuum cleaner with him and rarely shakes hands. “Vacuum cleaners also occupy a special place in my life,” the athlete noted. “I take this thing with me everywhere.” Björndalen also said that it was not his idea to carry a vacuum cleaner with him, he adopted it from his older teammates.
Personal information
- Languages - Norwegian, English, German, Italian
- Engaged in biathlon - since 1984
- Member of the national team - since 1992
- Sports club - Simostranda IL
- Coaches - Rogger Grubben and Joar Himmle (shooting coach)
- Divorced, in 2006-2012 he was married to Italian biathlete Natalie Santer.
Biathlon career
1. Ole Einar has been interested in various sports since childhood. Following the example of his older brother Doug, he began to engage in biathlon. Distinguished by his good skiing, Ole Einar was noticed by coaches, and from the end of the 1992/1993 season he began performing at the World Cup stages, and in 1994 he took part in the Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. But lack of experience did not allow the young biathlete to show good results. At his first Olympics, he did not win a single medal. He finished thirty-sixth in the individual race, twenty-eighth in the sprint, and seventh in the relay.
The first significant success came in the 1994/1995 season. Björndalen won the first personal podium in his career in the sprint already at the first stage of the World Cup in Bad Gastein, Austria - 2nd place. During the season, he climbed to the podium twice more in a similar race (Oberhof, sprint - 3; Lillehamer, sprint - 3.). He competed at the World Championships in Antholz: individual race - 12th place, sprint - one step away from the podium - 4th place, relay - 5th. Excellent results in the sprint allowed Ole Einar to take the first small sprint world cup in his career and take fourth place in the overall World Cup standings.
In the 1995/1996 season, Björndalen took only one podium in the sprint - 2nd place in Antholz, but in the individual race, at the same stage of the cup (third stage - Antholz), he won the first victory in his career, demonstrating excellent, error-free shooting on four shooting stages at once boundaries. At the World Championships in Ruhpolding, he came closest to a medal in the relay race, where the Norwegian team took fourth place, finished 19th in the individual race, and 6th in the sprint.
In the 1996/1997 season, Ole Einar's results went uphill. He won three personal victories in the season, took prizes eight times, including relays, and at the World Championships in Osrbly he won a bronze medal in the pursuit race and a silver medal in the relay. Björndalen became second in the overall World Cup standings and first in the sprint standings.
In 1998, in Nagano, Björndalen won the sprint and became an Olympic champion, and as part of the relay team he took a silver medal. Moreover, he won the sprint only on his second run. On the originally scheduled day, Björndalen showed the best result, but the organizers were forced to cancel the competition due to a sudden snowstorm. “Then I got angry. - he says, “but after five minutes he was ready for a new race.” And indeed, the next day he became an Olympic champion. At the end of the season, Björndalen took his first World Cup.
In the 1998/1999 season, Ole Ainar failed to repeat the success of the Olympics at the World Championships, becoming only a bronze medalist in the mass start and relay. We also failed to win the World Cup; Ole took second place.
In the 1999/2000 and 2000/2001 seasons, they again failed to win the World Championship. Björndalen won two silver and two bronze medals in the mass start and relay. And in general, Ole Ainar was still in the shadow of his main rival Raphael Poiret, to whom he lost the World Cup, missing one stage in each season.
Since the beginning of the 2001/2002 season, Björndalen has been systematically preparing for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, where, unexpectedly for everyone, he won four gold medals and became the absolute Olympic champion. Such a resounding success still did not allow him to win the overall standings, since the Norwegian missed two stages of the World Cup at once, Ole became third.
The 2002/2003 season brought the eminent biathlete the second World Cup in his career. At the World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Björndalen finally won the sprint and won the mass start.
The 2003/2004 season was not so successful. At the World Championships in Oberhof, Ole-Einar won four medals: three bronze in individual races, silver in the relay. Raphael Poiret once again celebrated victory in the overall standings.
In subsequent years, Björndalen set an absolute record for the number of Crystal Globes won, winning four more World Cups in the 2004/2005, 2005/2006, 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 seasons. During these years, Björndalen won many medals and world titles. The world championships in Austrian Hochfilzen 2005 and Korean Pyeongchang 2009 turned out to be especially brilliant, where they managed to take four golds each.
In 2007, at the World Cup stage in Holmenkollen, the famous farewell race of Raphael Poiret took place. The Frenchman initially stated the mass start in Holmenkollen as a priority goal for the end of the season - he wanted to end his brilliant career on a victorious note. However, Björndalen thwarted his main rival, beating the famous Frenchman in a photo finish by just one tenth of a second. Bjoerndalen's perennial rival, Poiret lost his last race in what turned out to be a stunning battle.
In 2007, Ole-Ainar took part in the Russian Open Championship in Novosibirsk, then he managed to win the 15 km race from the general start. In the sprint I took 7th place, and in the pursuit I managed to rise to 4th place.
In 2008, Ole Einar took part in the Russian Open Biathlon Championship in Uvat. In the sprint he took 9th place, in the pursuit 13th. Ole did not run the race from the general start.
Björndalen has repeatedly taken part in the Christmas Star Race, where he became the winner four years in a row. From the 2003/2004 season to the 2006/2007 season - first place, 2007/2008 - second place.
The 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin, the fourth in his career, were less successful for the Norwegian biathlete: he won 3 medals, including not a single gold one.
In 2010, at the Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada, Björndalen won silver in the 20 km individual race (showing the same time with the Belarusian biathlete Sergei Novikov), losing in a bitter struggle to his compatriot Emil Hegle Svendsen, and in the relay in brilliant style, performing in the last stage , led his team to victory.
After the Olympics in Vancouver, Björndalen's results began to decline, the situation was aggravated by a back injury, however, he did not retire. At two consecutive world championships, he won gold medals in relays: two golds in the mixed relay and two in the men's relay. He eventually became one of only two double mixed relay champions in the world. The second two-time world champion is Nikolai Kruglov.
In March 2011, Ole Einar was awarded the Holmenkollen Medal. The athlete received it at the last stage of the World Cup in Norway of the 2010/2011 season.
In 2011, Bjoerndalen came to Kamchatka, where every year after the end of the season competitions for the prize in memory of Vitaly Fatyanov started. But Ole Einar did not show up at the start of the sprint race, explaining that he had not been feeling well in the last two days. Since he did not take part in the sprint, he could not compete in the pursuit race, which determined the winner.
In the 2011/2012 season in Kontiolahti, Finland, Björndalen won the pursuit race, having previously taken fourth place in the sprint. Having made two mistakes at the first shooting range, Ole Einar made three accurate shooting ranges and took advantage of the misfires of leaders Fourcade and Svendsen at the last firing line. After the victory, Ole Einar became the oldest biathlete (38 years and 16 days) to win an individual race in the World Cup.
He took part in the Race of Champions in 2012. The main part of the commercial competition program consists of shooting, based on the results of which the starting list for mass starts is determined. Based on the results of the 6.5 km mass starts, the athletes form pairs for the mixed relay (11.7 km in total), which closes the competition. In the mass start, Björndalen showed the eighth result, and in the mixed relay paired with O. Zaitseva - 6th.
At the World Championships in Nove Mesto 2013, Ole Ainar was close to winning the sprint, but one miss with the last shot deprived him of even the podium, Ole became fourth. Björndalen again won his gold in the men's relay.
In the summer of 2013, Ole-Ainar made the final decision to retire after the Olympic Games in Sochi. Thus, the 2013-2014 season will be the last for the great Norwegian.
Ending his career with the Olympics in Sochi turns out to be successful for Ole Ainar. Already in the first start (sprint), he becomes the owner of the next, seventh Olympic gold, beating his closest pursuer by a little more than one second.
2. Season 2013-2014.
Pre-season training for the Norwegian National Team, including Björndalen, was very successful. The qualifying competitions in Shushen showed that the Norwegian National Team is very strong in this Olympic season and there is incredible competition in it. Björndalen passed the selection with honor, becoming second in the sprint and first in the mass start. The results showed that Ole is in excellent form and the season should be more successful than in previous years, when the Norwegian had back problems.
Mixed relay in Ostersund Björndalen skipped and was preparing for personal races. However, the season for Ole Einar, as well as for the entire Norwegian National Team, did not start according to plan: in the individual race in Östersund, Ole became 31st, and in the sprint, demonstrating a good performance, he became 12th. Bjoerndalen and the rest of the Norwegian team felt great during the move, but there were problems in shooting. Due to severe weather conditions, the pursuit races were cancelled.
The team's results overall improved in Hochfilzen: in the sprint, under difficult conditions, Björndalen was able to take 3rd place with 1 penalty, losing to Lars Berger and Martin Fourcade, but winning on the track against Svendsen and the same Fourcade. This medal was the first for Ole Einar after winning the pursuit in Kontiolahti. The successful stage continued with a victory in the relay, where, speaking in the second stage, Bjørndalen led the Norwegian team ahead and took another relay gold. Björndalen once again demonstrated that he is in excellent physical shape, showing the absolute best move in the relay, and this at almost 40 years old! In the pursuit race, Björndalen was in an advantageous position to attack, but inaccurate shooting again prevented Ole Einar from showing results. Three misses allowed him to be only fifth.
Stage in Annecy Bjoerndalen, like the rest of the leaders of the Norwegian team, missed out in order to conduct another high-altitude preparation for the Olympics in Sochi.
Oberhof. The weather conditions in Oberhof, Germany were far from the best. It was raining and there was fog all around. But for Ole Einar it was to his liking and just right.
In the sprint, Björndalen started seventh, but already at the first cutoff he managed to lose about 7 seconds. Nevertheless, he got a running start and after the second shooting with two misses (1+1) he led the race. Heavy fog prevented all the leaders from shooting; many opponents made two or even three misses, which worked to Björndalen’s advantage. Two misses in this race and an excellent ski move (3rd in the race, +11.1) allowed me to take second place. The winner of the sprint, Emil Hegle Svendsen, with two penalties (2+0), losing several seconds along the course, managed to roll to the finish line and beat Björndalen by only 0.4 seconds.
Björndalen commented on the achieved result: “I was a little upset until I realized that it was Emil (compatriot). Very happy with my race. The skiing was good and the shooting was normal. I'm on the right track now. Finally conditions I love.”
In the pursuit race, Ole Einar started with Svendsen, but after the first accurate shooting line he led the race, while Svendsen missed. On the next two stages, Björndalen, like his teammate Svendsen, again shot cleanly, but Svendsen gradually made up his gap. At the last shooting stage, Björndalen lost his rhythm (the wind changed) and immediately made two mistakes, while Svendsen shot to zero and won the race again. Martin Fourcade, who was third, also made one mistake and could not catch up with Ole Einar, who missed out on the victory, but won his second silver in a row.
After silver success in the sprint and pursuit, Björndalen could count on a good performance in the mass start, which, however, was the third intense race in three days. Perhaps this prevented me from performing properly. Ole Einar's move didn't lose that much, only about 30 seconds, but the shooting was terrible. Despite the fast shooting, 6 misses on four firing points is the worst result in the race, and only 21 results.
Ruhpolding. Björndalen decided to skip the stage because, in his opinion, it was not possible to do all the work planned in the mountains - Ole was a little sick then. Therefore, having qualified for the Olympics in advance, Björndalen received permission to skip the stage and went to the mountains for 2000 meters in order to better prepare for Sochi.
Antholz. In the sprint, Björndalen performed poorly: not the fastest move (6th place +35.2), poor shooting (3 misses (1+2)), and only 20th place. But in the pursuit race, Ole Einar already looked great: he managed to cope with shooting (1 miss (0+0+1+0)), and skiing by 10 seconds. faster (9th place+25.3). As a result, we managed to rise from 20th to 4th place - the best result in pure pursuit. Moreover, Björndalen even left third in the last lap, and then ran second - after he was ahead of the slow Krasimir Anev. However, the Norwegian was still not enough for the finishing meters; he lost first to second place to Frenchman Beatrix, and then third to compatriot Henrik Labe-Lunn. Björndalen did not run in the relay race.
Olympic Games in Sochi.
“The King” approaches the games in optimal condition. The Norwegian trained and prepared for games separately from the team at altitude in Antholz, and used all his wealth of experience to serve as his own coach. Preparations followed the same scenario as in preparation for the 2002 games. This was primarily due to the same heights at the 2002 Olympic Games and the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. Björndalen was very serious about the sprint, as it was his favorite race. In the end, Ole Einar made the right decision and performed very strongly in the sprint. The “King of Biathlon” showed his best form of the season, and thanks to this he managed to win. 40-year-old Björndalen walked almost on par with Martin Fourcade and Anton Shipulin. Bjoerndalen, like Fourcade, Shipulin and Svendsen, made a mistake. However, Fourcade and Shipulin lost time during shooting and both were a little short on the last lap, resulting in a lag of 12 and 6 seconds, respectively, at the finish line. Svendsen was ahead by exactly a second after the shooting range, but on the last lap he was incredibly tired and lost more than 20 seconds.
The real fight was with the Austrian Landertinger (0+0), who literally went through the last lap like a whirlwind. Ole beat him by 8 seconds, but at the finish line there was literally a second advantage. Nevertheless, the race turned out to be extremely successful and Björndalen becomes a seven-time Olympic champion! At the same time, Ole Einar writes himself into history as the oldest winner of an individual race in biathlon, including at the Olympic Games.
The next races for Ole Einar, who was in excellent physical condition, were unsuccessful, largely due to poor shooting. In the pursuit race, he made three mistakes, which did not allow him to fight for victory - a disappointing 4th place. In the individual race - 4 misses (1+1+1+1) and only 34th place. Björndalen entered the race from the general start as number one thanks to his first position in the sprint. But already on the first prone, 2 unacceptable mistakes were made, which threw Björndalen far down. Then, however, Ole passed two stages cleanly, which allowed him to get out of the basement and fight for victory again, but this time the shooting was a complete failure - 4 misses and only 22 results.
In both the mixed and men's relays, the Norwegian team was the clear favorite. Björndalen managed to correct his shooting (0+0) in team competitions: in the mixed relay as part of the Norwegian team, he spent his stage in brilliant style and became the winner, winning the 8th gold medal and breaking the record of his compatriot Björn Deli for the total number of awards at the Winter Olympics . in the men's relay, Ole Einar could have counted on another 9th gold medal, but it didn’t work out... At first, everything turned out great: the Boe brothers had brilliant stages, using only one additional cartridge between them and securing a 20-second advantage. Then Björndalen, despite accurate and fast shooting, managed to lose this handicap by letting the German approach him. Finally, Svendsen and the German Simon Schempp, after the first shooting, at their stage also allowed the Russian Shipulin and the Austrian Landertinger to approach them, and so they went on as four until the second decisive shooting. As a result, Svendsen turned out to be inaccurate and, exhausted from shooting, went to run the penalty loop. The Norwegian team remained in fourth place, thereby failing the relay.
At the closing ceremony of the Olympics, Björndalen deservedly carried the flag of his country and was officially elected to the IOC commission
Bjoerndalen and Belarusian biathlete Daria Domracheva were named the best athletes of the last Olympics.
Ski racing
Ole Einar has excellent ski training, which allowed him to take part in cross-country skiing and even achieve success. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, in addition to biathlon competitions, he took part in cross-country skiing at a distance of 30 kilometers with a freestyle mass start and took sixth place (after the disqualification of the German skier Johan Muehlegg, who competed for Spain - fifth), losing 13.5 seconds to the winner from Austria, Christian Hoffmann.
Ole Einar competed in two world ski championships. In 2005, he took part in the World Championships in Oberhof, Germany, and took 11th place in the 15 km freestyle race. Bad weather conditions at the 2007 World Championships in Sapporo, Japan also did not allow Björndalen to show a good result in a similar race, where he took only 13th place.
Ole Einar took part in fifteen races at the Cross-Country World Cup, where he stood on the podium three times in individual races:
- November 25, 2001 at the World Cup in Kuopio, Finland - 2nd place in the 10 km freestyle race
- December 22, 2001 at the World Cup in Ramsau, Austria - 2nd place in the 30 km mass start freestyle race
- November 18, 2006 at the World Cup in Gällivare, Sweden - 1st place in the 15 km freestyle race
In addition, he twice won prizes in the Norwegian relay team:
- November 23, 2003 at the World Cup in Beitostolen, Norway - 3rd place
- On December 17, 2006, at the World Cup stage in La Clusaz, France - 2nd place.
In ten races, Ole Einar failed to take podium places:
- November 28, 1998 at the World Cup in Muonio, Finland - 23rd place in the 10 km freestyle race
- January 12, 1999 at the World Cup in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic - 18th place in the 30 km freestyle race
- November 23, 2002 at the World Cup in Kiruna, Sweden - 18th place in the 10 km freestyle race
- November 22, 2003 at the World Cup in Beitostolen, Norway - 13th place in the 15 km freestyle race
- November 27, 2004 at the World Cup in Kuusamo, Finland - 10th place in the 15 km freestyle race
- December 18, 2004 at the World Cup in Ramsau, Austria - 7th place in the 30 km mass start freestyle race
- February 12, 2005 at the World Cup in Reit im Winkle, Germany - 40th place in the 15 km freestyle race
- November 19, 2006 at the World Cup in Gällivare, Sweden - 4th place in the Norwegian relay team
- December 16, 2006 at the World Cup in La Clusaz, France - 16th place in the 30 km mass start freestyle race
- November 24, 2007 at the World Cup in Beitostolen, Norway - 5th place in the 15 km freestyle race
Ole Einar Björndalen - quotes
I am a Norwegian from a simple peasant family where there were nine cows and five children, and where the cows were sometimes given more attention than the children. 
There is nothing more fickle than being first.
Sometimes I regret that there are some things that no one knows about me. For example, I’m amazingly good at walking a tightrope, and as a child I dreamed of becoming not a skier, but a sports photographer. I even bought a camera.
As a child, I was taught to be precise. So I get nervous if I'm even five minutes late for an interview.
The most risky moments in my life are the ones I spend in the saddle on the back of a horse. Some may find this funny, but for me this is a real risk. After all, I still cannot understand how you can control an animal that, in my opinion, is only slightly smaller than an elephant.
Oley Einar was born on January 27, 1974 in Drammen, Norway. Already in childhood, in the biography of Ole Bjoerndalen, sports were given an important place, and little time was devoted to study. Ole was involved in athletics, cycling, handball, football and many other disciplines. The athlete took up biathlon in 1984, and Bjoerndalen’s ski training has been at the highest level since childhood.
He first took part in the World Cup in 1992, and in the Olympic Games in 1994. Bjoerndalen's education was received at the Norwegian Ski Academy. In 1994-1995, the athlete achieved his first significant victories - he took 4th place at the World Cup.
1998 was a favorable year for the biathlete. Thanks to the training and experience gained, the athlete earned his first medal at the Olympic Games in 1988, and also became first at the World Cup. Since then, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen has won 89 victories in biathlon. No other biathlete in the world has managed to surpass this figure.
Ole is a five-time Olympic champion (he received 4 medals in 2002 in Salt Lake City, one in 1998 in Nagano). Also, the biography of Einar Bjoerndalen is known as a 14-time world championship winner. He won gold in 1998, then two medals in 2003, four medals in 2005, two in 2007, one in 2008, four in 2009. The athlete's shooting accuracy is 83%.
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