Top favourites France recovered from an early blow to claim women's 4x6-kilometre biathlon gold and complete a relay treble at the Milan/Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday. The quartet of Camille ...

Biathlon is one of the most interesting sports to take place at the Winter Olympics. Combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting proves to be an extremely challenging event as athletes go ...

Trace the rich history of biathlon at the Winter Olympics — from its military skiing roots to its modern-day status as one of ...

Discover the basics of Olympic biathlon — learn about event types (sprint, pursuit, relay, mass start, individual, mixed ...

What equipment do Olympic biathletes use? Olympic biathletes use the following equipment: Skis: Biathletes use cross-country skis to move through the course. Cross-country skis are narrow, no more ...

In a biathlon competition, athletes ski distances varying between six and 20 kilometers (about 3.7 to 12.5 miles) and stop to shoot at five targets at the shooting range; athletes shoot two or four ...

MINSK, 26 February (BelTA) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko went to a national junior biathlon and ski race competition for prizes of the president of Belarus on 26 February. The competition ...

Create a free account with NBC 5 DFW to save articles and videos. Skis: Biathletes use cross-country skis to move through the course. Cross-country skis are narrow, no more than around 5cm (2 inches) ...