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France’s Michelon wins Olympic gold in women’s biathlon mass start

Oceane Michelon of France (C) celebrates winning gold, along silver medalist Julia Simon (R) and Tereza Vobornikova of Czech Republic who took bronze. REUTERS - Eloisa Lopez

Oceane Michelon found reserves of energy to power to the Olympic gold medal in the women's biathlon 12.5-km mass start race at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Saturday. Her teammate Julia Simon took silver and Tereza Vorobnikova of the Czech Republic bronze.

With the snow falling heavily and low visibility, 23-year-old Michelon surged through the final lap to pass Tereza Vorobnikova of the Czech Republic to win her second gold of the Games.

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