Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen takes biathlon gold

Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen has narrowly beaten Martin Fourcade to clinch the gold medal in the 15km mass start biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Fourcade, who already has two golds in these Games, finished strongly to be awarded the same time as Svendsen, but the photo finish revealed that the Frenchman was just short.

Ondrej Moravec from the Czech Republic crossed the line in third to complete the podium.

The event had been due to take place on Sunday, but was twice postponed because of fog.