France ended the first week of the Winter Olympics with 10 medals – four of them gold, five silver and one bronze – as scandals over credit card fraud and alleged abuse failed to derail its athletes.
French biathlete Julia Simon emerged from a conviction for fraudulently using a teammate's credit card to cover herself in glory with two Olympic titles during the first week of competition at the Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in northern Italy.
