Biathlon
Biathlon (not to be confused with duathlon) is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Another popular variant is summer biathlon, which combines cross-country running with riflery.
 Biathlon pictogram | |
| Highest governing body | International Biathlon Union |
|---|---|
| Characteristics | |
| Team members | Single competitors or relay teams |
| Mixed gender | Yes |
| Equipment | Skis, poles, rifle |
| Presence | |
| Olympic | 1924 (military patrol) 1960 (officially) |
Biathlon Media
Norwegian ski-soldier (Drawing published in 1811).
Transition from downhill at the 2012 World Championships in Kontiolahti
Biathlon coaches use spotting scopes to verify and optimize competitors shot placement
World Cup pursuit race in Oberhof, Germany, 2013.
Related pages
Biathlon's two sports disciplines:
Other multi-discipline sports (otherwise unrelated to biathlon):
Other websites
- Event & Competition Rules Authorized by the IBU Congress, June 1998 Archived 2004-12-04 at the Wayback Machine – The official IBU rule book, with annexes
- Biathlonworld.Com – A cooperation between IBU and EBU; with race results/statistics, TV schedules, live competition results, etc.
- Russian Biathlon Union Archived 2007-08-13 at the Wayback Machine(rus)
- Russian Biathlon Union[dead link](eng)
- Biathlon Canada
- Biathlon Alberta
- U.S. Biathlon Association
- U.S. Archery Biathlon Archived 2007-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- History of Biathlon Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Veltins Biathlon World Team Challenge
- Biathlon on OLN TV Archived 2006-03-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Biathlon on DVD
- Biathlon Russia Archived 2007-08-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Biathlon Ukraine
- BiathlonFrance.com