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Ole Einar Bjoerndalen eyes 7th Olympics, starting family with Darya Domracheva

Norway biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time with 13 medals, plans to continue competing through the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics.

That wasn’t the only news the 42-year-old Bjoerndalen broke on Tuesday.

He also said that he and Belarusian biathlete Darya Domracheva, who won three golds at the Sochi Olympics, are expecting a baby in October, according to Norwegian media.

Bjoerndalen previously announced after he earned two golds at the Sochi Olympics that he would not retire until after the 2016 World Championships at home in Oslo.

At the Oslo Worlds last month, Bjoerndalen captured medals in three of four individual races in a stunning success and then said he would take the offseason to decide his future.