Simon in credit as controversial biathlete wins Olympic gold

The 29-year-old, who had won gold in the mixed relay on Sunday, cried as the Marseillaise rang out at the medals ceremony, her gold elevating her to being France's greatest ever woman biathlete. And well she might have wept, because in October her presence at the Milan-Cortina Games hung in the balance. She was found guilty of stealing and using the credit cards of her team-mate Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and a team physiotherapist. Aside from her prison sentence, she was also fined 15,000 euros ($17,800) and suspended for a month...