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The modern biathlon is a civilian variant of the old military combined exercise. [3] In Norway, the biathlon was until 1984 a branch of Det frivillige Skyttervesen, an organization set up by the government to promote civilian marksmanship in support of national defence. In Norwegian, the biathlon is called skiskyting (literally ski shooting). [4]
The IBU Summer Biathlon is a sporting event organized by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) which combines trail running or roller skiing and rifle shooting, [1] [2] or sometimes trail running and rifle shooting. [3] It is modeled after the IBU (winter) biathlon, which is an Olympic sport that combines rifle shooting with cross-country skiing.
A miss results in a penalty lap or an added penalty time. The target sizes correspond to those used in biathlon, which means a diameter of 45 mm for prone and 115 mm for standing shooting, which equates to angular sizes of 0.9 mrad and 2.3 mrad respectively. The firearm is usually placed at the firing line during the orienteering part.
In Norway, "skogsløp med skyting" (literally shooting with cross-country running) is a summer variant of the Nordic field biathlon where contenders compete in running and shooting with fullbore rifles. Competitions are held within Det frivillige Skyttervesen. [1] The length of the running part is usually between 2 and 3 kilometers, and during ...
Three-time Olympian Jeremy Teela practices shooting with his Anschütz Fortner rifle at a summer biathlon event in Utah, USA. German Tina Bachmann with her Anschütz Fortner biathlon rifle in .22 Long Rifle. Notice her support hand holding against a raiser block. A biathlon rifle is a specialized rifle designed for use in a biathlon event.
In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In this 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) competition, the distance is skied over five laps; there are four bouts of shooting (two prone and two standing, in that order) with the first shooting bout being at the lane corresponding to the competitor's bib number (bib #10 shoots at lane #10 regardless of ...