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Topic: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics


  
  Biathlon History and Description
In a typical Winter race, a Biathlete is required to ski with his or her rifle over a set distance to a shooting range, where five shots at five knockdown targets 50 m down range are taken from prone position.
The first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix, France included a military ski patrol race as a demonstration sport, and it was included as a demonstration sport again in 1928, 1936 and 1948.
It was not until the 44th session of the International Olympic Committee in Rome in 1949 however that a proposal by Sweden to include a combination of cross-country skiing and shooting as an individual competition open to civilian competitors was accepted.
www.biathlon.net /intro.html   (735 words)

  
 INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - OLYMPIC GAMES
The 1992 Albertville Olympic Games were the last Winter Games to be staged in the same year as the Summer Games.
Albertville, 8 February 1992 : Dancers and acrobats.
An Olympic gold medallist in the slalom and giant slalom in 1988, charismatic Alberto Tomba (ITA-Alpine skiing), nicknamed "La Bomba", finished first again in the giant slalom.
www.olympic.org /uk/games/past/index_uk.asp?OLGT=2&OLGY=1992   (259 words)

  
 CBC.CA - Torino 2006
Germany's Michael Greis claimed his third gold medal of the Torino Olympics by winning the first-ever men's 15-kilometre mass start biathlon race on Saturday.
Biathlon Canada's Roger Archambault discusses the program's 12-year Olympic medal drought.
A biathlete must be able to transform from a rabbit to a rock in 15 seconds.
www.cbc.ca /olympics/sports/biathlon   (433 words)

  
 Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Biathlon competitions were held at Les Saisies, about 40 km from host city Albertville.
Biathlon Bobsleigh • Cross‑country skiing • Curling (demonstration) • Figure skating • Freestyle skiing • Ice hockey • Luge • Nordic combined • Short track speed skating • Ski jumping • Speed skating • Speed skiing (demonstration)
See also: List of Olympic medalists in biathlon
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Biathlon_at_the_1992_Winter_Olympics   (205 words)

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