There is no sport likebiathlon- a blend of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting in one discipline. Endurance, accuracy, speed, and body control make it one of the most demanding sports. Expect all these skills to be on full display as the2023/24 IBU World Cupgains momen...
To see North Americans in the front of the pack, watch the Single-Mixed Relay. One woman and one man each do two short biathlon races, tagging off in between. The Canadian couple of Emma Lunder and Christian Gow have a World Cup best of fourth in the event and Americans D...
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Costas had become the most-respected broadcaster of his generation -- a kind of Walter Cronkite for sports. He believed it was his responsibility to address uncomfortable truths, or "elephants in the room," as he often called them.The release of "...
biathlon race burn s up 1, 026 calories an hour, while a man woul d char through somewhere aroun d 1 , 202.Biathlon isn't just about shooting at targets -you have to have a lot of endurance to ski a c ross-country race with a rifle strappe d on your back.To calculate a rough...
12 Feb 1980: Anatoly Alabyev of the USSR celebrates gold in the 20km biathlon event during the Winter Olympics Games in Lake Placid, NY, USA. \ Mandatory Credit: Tony Duffy /Allsport Lake Placid New York, home of the XIII Olympic Winter Games. ...
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a bit less recognizable.Most of us would be hard-pressed to describe curling as anything other than what your hair does on a muggy day or to come up with a definition for skeleton that has nothing to do with bones.Still, competitors in curling, biathlon, skeleton, luge and snowboarding wi...
Her silver at Worlds in 2022 made her just the second Korean to win a junior world medal – the first beingKim Yuna(2005). Shimada Mao, figure skating (Japan) The 15-year-old, who was named after Vancouver 2010 Olympic silver medallist Asada Mao, has recently defended her junior women'...
Martin Fourcade, right, and brother Simon competed in the biathlon at the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010, where Martin won silver© Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images Hifumi Abe, right, and his sister Uta both won gold in the judo events at their home Games in Tokyo in 2021© Franck Fife...