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Biathlon debuted at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California with the men's 20 km individual event. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, the men's 4 × 7.5 km relay debuted, followed by the 10 km sprint event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
Learn everything you need to know about the biathlon competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, including the top athletes, events, format and history of the sport. Find out when and where the biathlon events will take place, and how to watch them live.
Feb 5, 2022 · The biathlon competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics features 11 events: five each for men and women, plus one mixed team event. Thirty-three medals are up for grabs in this challenging sport.
The word "biathlon" stems from the Greek word for two contests, and is today seen as the joining of two sports: skiing and shooting. Biathlon has its roots in survival skills practised in the snow-covered forests of Scandinavia, where people hunted on skis with rifles slung over their shoulders.
Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held at the National Biathlon Centre, in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, 180 kilometres (110 mi) north of Beijing, at an elevation of 1,665 metres (5,463 ft), from 5 to 18 February 2022.
Feb 18, 2022 · Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Biathlon summary. The biathlon program did not change from the last two Winter Games, after the introduction of the mixed relay at Sochi in 2014. The results of the Olympic competitions did not count towards the World Cup for the 2021/22 season.
Feb 8, 2022 · Results from the men's 20km individual biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
