Ole Einar Bjoerndalen cannot hide the disappointment in his eyes. As five- time Olympic champion, he got no gold from the Turin Winter Olympics.

The Norwegian ranked third in Saturday's biathlon mass start, wrapping up his Turin journey with two silvers and a bronze.

Once again, the biathlon "King" was beaten by German soldier Michael Greis, who became one of the most-titled athletes in Turin with triple golds.

Bjoerndalen lost the gold to Greis in their first competition in the 20km individual on Feb. 11. In Saturday's 15km mass start, which was the last biathlon event in the Games, Bjoerndalen missed targets three times and handed the gold to Greis again.

"Normally one should be happy with a bronze medal, but I'm not today," the 32-year-old said after the race.

The three missed shots gave Bjoerndalen a total of 450m penalty loop, which made him impossible to catch up with Greis, who was fast in skiing and only lost one shot.

Bjoerndalen was reluctant to compare his performance in Turin with his triumph in the Salt Lake City Games, where he swept all four gold medals on offer.

"It is really dangerous to say that you are not satisfied if you don't get a gold medal. It is more important to focus on the races, and I've done good races, just not good enough," he said.

Bjoerndalen had trained hard after the Salt Lake City Games, in a hope to break his countryman Bjoern Daehlie's eight-gold record in Turin. He moved to Austria to live at altitude (1,600m) in preparation for the competition in Cesana San Sicario, which was about 1,400m above the sea level.

But things don't go the way he thinks. The dream of setting a new record seemed to slip away after the Turin Games.

"To beat Bjoern Daehlie is a goal for me, but it is not easy. I will go on with my career and then we will see," Bjoerndalen said at a press conference.

Having experienced the up and down, Bjoerndalen also tried to advise Greis to keep cool and be ready for future changes.

"Life changed after Salt Lake, so I think Greis just has to stay the same guy he is today. The normal days come soon after the Olympics," he said.

Source: Xinhua