Martin Fourcade wrote himself into the French history books with a second biathlon gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Sunday, snatching victory by a whisker in a dramatic photo finish. The 29-year-old also won the pursuit title on Monday to add to his two golds at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and with his tally of four now holds the record for the most Winter Olympic golds won by a Frenchman.

Fourcade triumphed in the 15km mass start in the most thrilling of fashions. He thought that he had lost to Germany's Simon Schempp after the two men battled towards the line in a lung-bursting sprint for glory.

They sprawled across the finish and Fourcade slammed his ski stick into the snow and shook his head in frustration, clearly thinking he had lost. But anguish switched to delight when the photo finish gave him the gold despite clocking both their times at 35min 47.3sec. Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen claimed the bronze a distant 11.2sec adrift.

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