Frances’s Martin Fourcade defended his biathlon title, becoming the first Olympian to do so on Monday evening braving tough conditions to come out on top at Alpensia Biathlon Centre. 

Fourcade put aside the disappointment of finishing eighth in Sunday’s sprint to finish with an impressive time 32 minutes 51.7 seconds 12 seconds ahead of Swede Sebastian Sameulsson and a further 3.1 seconds ahead of Germany’s Benedikt Doll who took bronze. 

This is the French athletes fifth Olympic medal of his career, and follows up on the two golds he claimed at the 2014 games in Sochi.