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Have Gun, Will Triumph
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Only two shots from winning the 15-km individual race, Sweden's Magdalena Forsberg, 34, the most successful biathlete of her generation, could not stop her legs from shaking. It was partly nerves she had never won an Olympic medal and partly the shiveringly fast pace she was making around the track. She missed those last two shots and ended up with a bronze. "I'm very happy that I finally have an Olympic medal," said Forsberg, though she was clearly disappointed it wasn't a gold. Later in the week, she came in third again, this time in the 7.5-km sprint....