Ole Einar Bjoerndalen picks up 12th Olympic medal with biathlon 10km sprint

Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerdalen won his seventh Winter Olympic goal medal with victory in the biathlon men's 10km sprint today.

Despite picking up a one-second penalty, the 40-year-old finished 1.3 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor with a time of 24:33.5.

Dominik Landertinger of Austria took the silver medal with a time of 24:34.8 and Jaroslav Soukup of the Czech Republic claimed the bronze medal after finishing with a time of 24:39.2.

In winning, the Einar Bjoerdalen has become the joint most decorated Winter Olympian of all time, with 12 medals in total to his name.