With three months until the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, it’s time to shed a little spotlight on a few forgotten winter sports in America—beginning with Biathlon. Like most Americans, I don’t ...
Perhaps no other sport at the 2022 Winter Olympics features more incongruous components than the biathlon: one part cross-country skiing, one part rifle shooting. It’s an event that marries two ...
Biathlon combines two sports – cross-country skiing and shooting – into one race. Athletes race around a closed course carrying a rifle strapped to their backs, and stop at designated spots to shoot ...