( CNN ) -- Athletes will use rifles , stones , skis and blades Monday in their quest for Olympic glory . Here are five things to look for on the fifth day of the Sochi Winter Olympics : . Biathlon . Keep an eye on Norway 's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen , the Michael Phelps of the Winter Games . He competes in the biathlon , in which cross country skiers pause at appointed spots to shoot rifles at targets . The sport has origins in the hunting practices of northern Europeans . Bjoerndalen , 40 , became the oldest individual gold medalist in Winter Games history on Saturday by winning the men 's biathlon 10km sprint . He tied cross country skier Bjorn Daehlie of Norway for a record 12 Olympic Winter medals . He could become the outright record-holder if he wins a 13th medal Monday in the men's12.5-km pursuit . Who else to watch : Dominik Landertinger of Austria and Jaroslav Soukup of Czech Republic have the second and third starting positions behind Bjoerndalen . Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway has won world titles in all the biathlon events . Curling . For people who do n't know anything about winter sports , curling is a hoot . It 's a lot like shuffleboard on ice , relying on strategy more than strength or quickness . Two teams of four players each slide heavy polished stones across the ice toward a circular target . Points are scored by placing stones closest to the center of the target . The U.S. men will compete against Norway . The United States won bronze at the 2006 games but finished poorly in 2010 . Team members John Shuster and Jeff Isaacson competed in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Games for the United States . The U.S. women will face Switzerland on Monday . One of the United States ' top players is Ericka Brown , 41 , who comes from a curling family . Her husband , father , mother and brother have all competed on the Olympic or national level . Who else to watch : Canada has dominated men 's curling for the past decade and won gold at the 2010 games in Vancouver . Sweden won gold for the women at the last Olympics . Women 's Alpine Skiing . Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein hopes to follow in her mother 's ski tracks . Mom Hanni Wenzel won gold in the alpine skiing slalom at Lake Placid in 1980 , making her the only woman from Liechtenstein to ever win an Olympic gold medal . Two of the five alpine skiing events will take place Monday . In the downhill , the athletes will cover the longest distance of any event and hit the highest speeds , sometimes close to 75 mph ( 120 kph ) . In the slalom , athletes ski through a course marked with tightly placed flags and gates . Who else to watch : Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany won gold in two events at the 2010 games . Teenager Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States is a favorite in the slalom . Short track skating . This is one of the Winter Games ' newest and most exciting events . It did n't become an official Olympic competition until 1992 . With extremely tight turns , each race presents the possibility of collisions and spills . Charles Hamelin of Canada is the favorite to win the 1,500 meters . In the 2010 games at Vancouver , he won gold in the 500-meter event as well as the 5,000-meter relay . Viktor Ahn of Russia could also win the event . J.R. Celski of the United States won bronze in 2010 and is a threat . The Olympic races include 500m , 1000m , and 1500m races ( for both men and women ) , and relay races at 3000m ( women ) and 5000m ( men ) . Who else to watch : Some other contenders in the 1,500 include Lee Han-Bin and Sin Da Woon , both of Korea . Freestyle skiing . This is going to get bumpy . In perhaps the most jarring of all winter sports , mogul skiers try to fly through a course while bouncing over huge mounds of snow . Oh , and they throw in some flips and aerial turns in between , too . On Monday , a new king of the mounds will be crowned . Canada 's Mikael Kingsbury is a favorite to win the gold . The 21-year-old has been skiing moguls since he was 8 years old . Who else to watch : Another Canadian , Alex Bilodeau , and American Patrick Deneen are also strong contenders .
Keep an eye on Ole Einar Bjoerndalen , the Michael Phelps of the Winter Games . The U.S. men 's team competes against Norway in curling . Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein hopes to follow in her mother 's ski tracks . A new king of the mounds will be crowned in freestyle skiing .