RPT-INTERVIEW-Olympics-Defrasne shoots for more gold
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PARIS, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Having defeated the greatest biathlete of all time is not enough for Vincent Defrasne; he wants another Olympic title next year in Vancouver and says shooting well will be the key to getting it.
Nearly four years ago in Turin, the Frenchman beat five-times Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjorndalen of Norway to claim the Olympic pursuit title.
The 32-year-old soldier has achieved relatively little since then but, as the only Olympic champion in the squad France will send to British Columbia, he is already feeling the pressure.
"I don't tell myself that I'm the only Olympic champion in the squad but others tell me about it and it does bring a sense of responsibility," Defrasne told Reuters in an interview.
"That said, when I think about the Games, I think about Vancouver, not Turin. I'm preparing myself to win another title, not to defend the one I've got."
His victory over Bjorndalen, the most successful athlete of all time in this mixture of cross-country skiing and shooting, was a highlight of the 2006 Games, with the Frenchman making up for a slow start with flawless shooting before outsprinting the awe-inspiring Norwegian on the final straight.
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