A back injury, and a sudden drop in accuracy, blighted the 22-year-old's form last winter, but she seems to be hitting her stride in time for the Olympics.

Besides Neuner, Kati Wilhelm of Germany won four medals, two golds and two silver, during the recent World Championships in South Korea. Wilhelm is currently ranked fourth in the world. Russia's Olga Zaitseva won the mass start event and was a member of the winning relay team. The top-ranked woman biathlete is Helena Jonsson of Sweden.

Poor in the shooting part, Chinese biathlon team sent six athletes to Vancouver including the most competitive Liu Xianying, who aims at entering the top eight in the Games.

The biathlon competition begins on Saturday, February 13, with the women's 7.5 km sprint, and concludes on Friday, February 25 with the men's 4x7.5km relay.

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