BACKGROUND Biathlon at the 2018 Olympics

Berlin (dpa) - Biathlon events at the Pyeongchang Olympics, with day and time (in GMT), 2014 champions and athletes to watch.Saturday, February 10, 1115: women‘s 7.5km sprint (Anastasiya Kuzmina, Slovakia) Sunday, February 11, 1115: men‘s 10km sprint (Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Norway) Monday, February 12, 1010: women‘s 10km pursuit (Darya Domracheva, Belarus) Monday, February 12, 1200: men‘s 12.5km pursuit (Martin Fourcade, France) Wednesday, February 14, 1105: women‘s 15km (Darya Domracheva, Belarus) Thursday, February 15, 1100: men‘s 20km (Martin Fourcade, France) Saturday, February 17, 1115: women‘s 12.5km mass start (Darya Domracheva, Belarus) Sunday, February 18, 1115: men‘s 15km mass start (Emil Hegle Svendsen, Norway) Tuesday, February 20, 1115: mixed relay 2x6m/2x7.5km (Norway) Thursday, February 22, 1115: women‘s 4x6km relay (Ukraine) Friday, February 23, 1115: men‘ss 4x7.5km relay (Russia)-----Athletes to watch: Martin Fourcade (France), Johannes Thingnes Boe (Norway), Emil Helge Svendsen (Norway); Anastasiya Kuzmina (Slovakia), Laura Dahlmeier (Germany), Kaisa Makarainen (Finland)