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.
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| 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 team-member 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
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- 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