Germany brought home the first gold in the 2006 Turin Olympics. Michael Greis managed to cross the finish line before Norway’s Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, clinching gold in the biathlon. Bjoerndalen finished 16 seconds behind Greis, whose time was 54 minutes, 23 seconds. Fellow Norwegian, Halvard Hanevold, took the bronze in 55:31.9.
