The race is never over until you cross the finish line.
After being postponed twice due to fog, the men's 15-kilometer biathlon finally got underway Tuesday morning and gave us one of the most improbable and exciting moments of the Sochi Olympics thus far.
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With the snow pouring down and less than 100 meters remaining in the race, Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen appeared to be pulling away from France's Martin Fourcade down the final stretch before the finish line. Svendsen looked back moments before the finish line and thought his victory was safe.
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