Julia Simon wins biathlon gold but credit card fraud conviction involving beaten teammate causes controversy

By Frank Nunns OConnell, Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN (CNN) — Gold medal winners are usually the most popular people at the Winter Olympics but Julia Simon, who clinched gold in the women’s biathlon 15km individual race on Wednesday, is currently surrounded by controversy. It all stems from when the 29-year-old French biathlete was convicted of