Germany's Michael Greis claimed his third gold medal of the Games on Saturday when he won the men's 15km biathlon mass start event.

The race, which takes in only the best competitiors of the Games so far, was won by Greis in 47mins 20.0secs, with Pole Tomasz Sikora 6.3secs back.

Norwegian great Ole Einar Bjoerndalen ended a poor Games for him with the bronze, poor shooting costing him the chance of gold.

Greis had won the very first gold of the Games in the 20km individual event and also triumphed as part of Germany's 4x7.5km relay team.

In the women's equivalent event, over 12.5km, Anna Carin Olofsson, of Sweden, was a comfortable winner.