The Boe Brothers of Norway almost went 1-2 but took two-thirds of the podium at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Saturday night. Johannes Thingnes Boe and Tarjei Boe took gold and bronze respectively in the men’s 10km sprint at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre. France’s Quentin Fillon Maillet split the brothers to win the silver for his second in the sport this year.
94 competitors took off at 30-second intervals on the 3.3km route for three laps and two visits into the range. Simon Desthieux of France set a time of 8:37 after going clean on the first shoot. J.T. Boe was in the action and came to the range shooting clean with a time of 8:05.9. Fillon Maillet, who won the individual, missed one that put him behind Boe and his teammate Desthieux. He returned for the second shoot and missed two, taking him back significantly. His time of 17:55 at the 6.6km mark stood until Maxim Tsvetkov of the ROC finished clean posting a time of 17:01.
Tarjei Boe went clean like his brother in the first shoot but was 26.7 behind. When his brother returned for the second shoot, he had a 90-second gap to work with but missed once. When he completed the penalty loop, he had a 30-second lead finishing two laps in 15:11.5. Fillon Maillet ran slightly behind J.T. Boe and finished clean during his second visit. He was 50 seconds back and not likely to cover the gap. Tarjei Boe was 47.7 from his brother, setting him up for a chance to come to close to his finishing time.
Tsvetkov came to the finish line, with the best time of 24:41, but despite his best efforts, didn’t stay at the top for long. J.T. Boe came across the line 40.6 seconds ahead of Tsvetkov, with a time of 24:00.4. Fillon Maillet came in 25.5 behind J.T. Boe in second, but it was still too early to determine his final placement. Tarjei Boe came in just short of the silver medal by 14 seconds but sat in bronze medal position with a time of 24:39.3.
The top 60 finishers of the sprint qualified for the pursuit that would take place Sunday.
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