Biathlon facts for kids

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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Biathlon's two sports disciplines:

• Cross-Country Skiing
• Rifle shooting

Other multi-discipline sports (otherwise unrelated to biathlon):

• Duathlon
• Nordic Combined
• Triathlon
• Pentathlon
• Modern pentathlon
• Heptathlon
• Decathlon

Images for kids

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  Olympic gold medalists Olga Zaitseva and Andrea Henkel at the World Cup pursuit race in Oberhof, 2013.

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  United States biathlete Jeremy Teela at the 2002 Winter Olympics.