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Competition format for biathlon
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
U.S. biathlete Jeremy Teela at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Individual The 20 km Individual race (15 km for women) is the oldest biathlon event. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting station, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, [...]
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Rules and equipment of biathlon
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Andrea Nahrgang prepares to shoot from the prone position at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The complete rules of biathlon is given in the official IBU rule book. However, the concise description given below, along with the section on competition format, should be enough for a spectator to understand what is going on at a biathlon [...]
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Governing body and Champions of Biathlon
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Governing body In 1948, the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon (UIPMB) was founded, to standardise the rules for biathlon and modern pentathlon. In 1993, the biathlon branch of the UIPMB created the International Biathlon Union (IBU), which officially separated from the UIPMB in 1998. Presidents of the UIPMB/IBU: 1948–1949: Tom Wiborn (Sweden) 1949–1960: [...]
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Biathlon history
Friday, March 13th, 2009
The sport has its origins in an exercise for Norwegian soldiers. The first known competition took place in 1767 when border patrol companies competed against each other. Gradually the sport became more common throughout Scandinavia as an alternative training for the military. Called military patrol, the combination of skiing and shooting was demonstrated at the [...]
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Cross-country skiing
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Tartu Marathon 2006 cross-country ski race in Estonia. Cross-country skiing (also known as XC skiing) is a winter sport popular in many countries with large snowfields, primarily Northern Europe and Canada. The popularity of the sport has been quickly growing in the United States. Finnish soldiers on skis. Like most of the other Fennoscandinavian armies, [...]
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Biathlon
Saturday, February 7th, 2009
Biathlon (not to be confused with duathlon) is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. Biathlon, however, 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.Unsurprisingly, biathlon events are broadcast most regularly [...]