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/ 18 December 2006
Britain’s top female biathlete, Emma Fowler, is in Hochfilzen, Austria, for the second biathlon World Cup event of the year. But outside her hotel, the sun is beating down and her competitors are wandering around in T-shirts. "It’s a bit weird," she says. "We’re used to wearing thermals and Lycra, but when the temperature hits 10°C, you just want to strip off."