Biathlon Worlds: 3rd gold medal for Julia Simon, again titled in the pursuit. With this fifth world gold medal, his third at these Worlds after the mixed relay and the sprint, Simon, 27, joins his elder Marie Dorin-Humbert in the number of planetary titles.

More information to follow.... Frenchwoman Julia Simon won the pursuit of the Biathlon World Championships in Nove Mesto on Sunday, her third title in the Czech Republic, ahead of Italian Lisa Vittozzi.