Former Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool football coach Jürgen Klopp enjoyed his visit to the Olympic biathlon on Tuesday and even rang the bell for the final lap. He watched the men's 4 x 7.
Biathlon combines two sports – cross-country skiing and shooting – into one race. The biathlon first made its debut 66 years ago in the 1960 Winter Olympics at the renamed Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley near Lake Tahoe. This year, the Winter Olympic biathlon games will be held in Antholz (Anterselva), Italy.
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ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) — In the final biathlon event of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, France's Oceane Michelon overcame a missed target in the final shooting stage in the 12.5-kilometer mass start race to take gold.
But what is special about biathlon, is you have to be an all-rounder. You need balance, patience and stamina. And that is just the fans. “What’s important to remember is the a
Julia Simon didn’t need to shoot fast when she entered the range on the last leg of the women's 4x6-kilometer biathlon relay race at the Milan Cortina Olympics.