Norwegian biathlete, eight-time Olympic champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen will miss the 2018 Winter Olympics in Phenchkhan. This is reported by the portal VG. 43-year-old athlete was not included in the final team of Norway. He failed to qualify for the Games, showing not high enough results in the preparatory competitions. January 10 Bjoerndalen finished 42nd in the individual race at the fifth stage of the World Cup in Ruhpolding and lost the chance to fulfill the conditions for selection for the 2018 Olympics. He needed to get into the top six in one of the personal World Cup races or twice hit the top 12, but he never managed to rise above the 18th place. Bjoerndalen - eight-time Olympic champion and 20-time world champion, Games in Pyeongchang could become for him the seventh in his career. He invariably participated in the Olympics since 1994.