USATODAY.com - Bjoerndalen Wins Mass Start For Second Gold Fivetime olympic champion and World Cup champion Ole Einar Bjoerndalen won the World Championships biathlon. Bjoerndalen closes with another gold http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/winter/2003-03-23-biathlon-finale_x.htm
Extractions: OAS_listpos = "PageCount,NavBottom120x90,Top728x90,Zaplet1,FloatBottom,Bottom468x60,VerticalBanner,Poster3"; Classifieds: Cars Jobs Dating USA TODAY ... Weather Olympic sports Olympics home Winter sports Future Games Athens 2004 Full coverage Results Multimedia Salt Lake 2002 Full coverage International Index Tools Game matchups Sheridan's odds Live odds Sagarin ratings Indexes Scores Columnist index Sports briefs TV listings ... Sports index Posted 3/23/2003 12:42 PM RELATED STORIES World Championships: Biathlon Bjoerndalen closes with another gold Russian women 1-2 in mass start Germany edges Russia in men's relay Russia wins women's relay ... Preview Olympic recap Results Index More winter sports Winter sports glance OAS_AD("VerticalBanner"); Bjoerndalen wins mass start for second gold Bjoerndalen was the only biathlete in the race to hit all the targets on a windy day. He beat runner-up Sven Fischer of Germany by 49.1 seconds. Fisher had three shooting mistakes. Raphael Poiree of France, who dominated the mass start event for three consecutive years, missed four targets and finished third, 1 minute, 4.3 seconds behind.
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Extractions: Baseball: (Nov. 9) Following two successful fundraising card set releases, Upper Deck and USA Baseball announced that they have teamed to compile a 204-card 25th Anniversary USA Baseball Box Set featuring 180 of the organization's most distinguished alumni. Celebrating USA Baseball's quarter-century existence as the national governing body for amateur baseball, the set will provide collectors with an opportunity to acquire authentic signature and game-used jersey cards in addition to the regular issue cards. For more information, log on to www.usabaseball.com. Biathlon: (Nov. 9) As some light snow hit the eastern United States this week, many of the top U.S. biathletes are in Beitostolen, Norway, preparing for the kickoff of the international biathlon season. Most of the developmental team, which is based at the Maine Winter Sports Center in Fort Kent, Maine, as well as the athletes training with Coach Algis Shalna in Jericho, Vt., are in Beitostolen. For more information, log on to www.usbiathlon.org.
Biathlon Announcer Adds Excitement - 2002 Winter Olympics Coverage biathlon Announcer. Several olympic sports always draw large crowds, while others Chad Salmela/olympic biathlon Announcer If you understand the sport, http://deseretnews.com/oly/view/0,3949,65000190,00.html
Extractions: Think biathlon and cross-country races are boring? Think again. Chad Salmela, the announcer for Biathlon races at Soldier Hollow hopes you will change your mind. View Real Video - Click On Desired Bandwidth Biathlon Announcer Several Olympic sports always draw large crowds, while others seem to attract only loyal fans.
Sports - Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Games Coverage 02/25/2002 Skating controversy has forever changed sport for good or ill 02/11/2002 - Women s biathlon Forsberg ends wait for olympic medal with http://deseretnews.com/oly/spo/0,3977,,00.html
Biathlon The first olympic biathlon was held in Squaw Valley, California, in 1960.Changes in the Sport Technology continues to improve biathlon. http://2002.uen.org/html/sports/lessons/biathlon.html
Extractions: Biathlon originated long ago. Examples of ancient people using skis and weapons abound. Ancient hunters and warriors discovered that they could preserve energy and increase efficiency by combining skiing and shooting. Rock paintings dating to around 3000 BC show hunters with bow and arrows moving on wooden sliders. Hunting on skis was practiced in Northern Europe, Asia and North America. Chinese hunters tracked wildlife using "winged horses" on the feet as they moved through the snow. During the Middle Ages shooting on skis became a popular form of warfare and by the end of the 19th century, soldiers were being trained on skis in Scandinavia, Russia, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Biathlon Competition Competitions combining skiing and shooting were first organized in 1776 in Norway, where participants fired rifles while racing. The 1st Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix, France included a ski patrol race on its program. This event was organized as a demonstration and was repeated at the 1928, 1936, and 1948 Winter Games. It was not until 1949 that the International Olympic Committee decided to accept Sweden's proposal to include a combination of cross country skiing and shooting in the Olympic program as an individual competition open to civilian competitors. The first Olympic Biathlon was held in Squaw Valley, California, in 1960.
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Biathlon -- Facts, Info, And Encyclopedia Article Categories biathlon, olympic sports, Winter sports, Racing sports, Rifle shootingsports, Crosscountry skiing The name biathlon may be used, http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/b/bi/biathlon.htm
Extractions: The name biathlon may be used, in principle, to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines, but usually the (Click link for more info and facts about winter sport) winter sport which combines (The sport of skiing across the countryside (rather than downhill)) cross-country skiing and (Click link for more info and facts about rifle shooting) rifle shooting is meant. A measure of where biathlon is most popular lies in the extent to which the sport is covered by mass media: nations where biathlon events are regularly shown on TV include (A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990) Germany (Click link for more info and facts about ARD) ARD (Click link for more info and facts about ZDF) ZDF (A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905) Norway (Click link for more info and facts about NRK) NRK (Republic in northern Europe; achieved independence from Russia in 1917)
Olympic Sports -- Facts, Info, And Encyclopedia Article sports held as a demonstration, or of which the olympic status is disputable (Click link for more info and facts about biathlon) biathlon (19602002) http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/o/ol/olympic_sports.htm
HickokSports.com - History - Olympic Sports & Disciplines Winter olympic sports and Disciplines. biathlon (1960); Bobsleigh (1924).Bobsleigh (1924); Skeleton (1928, 1948, 2002). Curling (1998); Ice Hockey (1920)* http://www.hickoksports.com/history/olsports.shtml
Extractions: Table of Contents The question of how many sports are included in the Olympics is a bit tricky, because the International Olympic Committee doesn't define a sport in quite the same way that most people do. The IOC recognizes a hierarchy of sports, disciplines, and events. To the IOC, a sport is represented by a single international governing body. To look at a concrete example, most people would say that swimming, diving, synchronised swimming, and water polo are four separate sports. However, the international governing body for all three is the Federation Internationale de Natation. In Olympic terms, therefore, the sport is aquatics. Swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, and water polo are aquatics disciplines. An event, in Olympic terms, is any competition for which medals are awarded. So men's platform diving is an event, diving is the discipline, and aquatics is the sport. It should be noted that, for many sports, the sport is also the discipline. That's true, for example, of badminton, baseball, and basketball. It's not true of archery, though; the sport is archery and the discipline is target archery. Target archery happens to be the only archery discipline included in the Olympics, but the International Archery Federation also governs competition in field archery and ski archery, which are considered separate disciplines.
Olympics - EnchantedLearning.com Invent A New olympic Sport There are many unusual olympic sports, likeskeleton (running and then sledding), biathlon (skiing plus shooting), http://www.enchantedlearning.com/olympics/
Extractions: Athens, Greece, will host the 2004 Summer Olympics. For information on Greece, click here . For a page on Greece's flag, click here The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad are being held in Athens, Greece. The opening ceremonies are on August 13, 2004. The closing ceremonies are on Sunday, August 29, 2004. The Ancient Olympics The ancient Greeks dedicated the Olympic Games to the god Zeus. The original games were held on the plain of Olympia in Peloponnesos, Greece. The Greeks held the first Olympic games in the year 776 BC (over 2700 years ago), and had only one event, a sprint (a short run that was called the "stade"). The race was run by men who competed in the nude. A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head (in Greek, this is called a kotinos). The olive tree was the sacred tree of Athens, Greece. Women were neither allowed to compete in the games nor to watch them, because the games were dedicated to Zeus and were therefore meant for men.
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Extractions: Olympic Biathlon Links 2002 SLC Biathlon This page has links that will help you find the latest news and best sites about the Biathlon at the Winter Olympic Games. Visit our Olympic Games Stuff Links to find cool Olympic gear Official Olympic Biathlon Sites Biathlon Canada US Biathlon Association Olympic Biathlon News and Guides BBC Olympic Biathlon News Canoe 2002 Biathlon Guide CBS 2002 Biathlon Guide Deseret News and KSL Radio, SLC Coverage ... Washington Post Olympic Biathlon News Olympic Biathlon Schedule - 2002 Salt Lake Tribune Biathlon Schedule Olympic Biathlon History CBS Sports Olympic Biathlon History Hickock Sports - Biathlon History Slam! 1998 Biathlon Coverage Other Biathlon Sites Allen's Biathlon Page Biathlon Internet Search Salt Lake Tribune - Biathlon Tutorial US Biathlon Association Biathlon Stuff 2002 Salt Lake City Biathlon Store 2002 Salt Lake Winter Games Playstation 2 Game Ebay - Olympic Biathlon High Velocity Skiing and Biathlon ... Team Store 2002 Salt Lake Games Biathlon Gear Check out the other Winter Olympic themes: Alpine Skiing Bobsled Cross Country Skiing Figure Skating ... Speed Skating and Summer Sports: Baseball Basketball Boxing Cycling ... Visit our Olympic Games Stuff Links to find cool Olympic gear Search the Net See Also 2000 Sydney Olympic Games Links 2002 Salt Lake Games Links Olympic Games Links Michael Johnson Links This site is not affiliated with NBC Network or any official Olympic Committee var site="s12sirlinksalot"
Canadian Olympic Committee sports biathlon. Origins. biathlon, derived form the Greek word meaning The sport was dropped from the olympic schedule after WWII because of strong http://www.olympic.ca/EN/sports/biathlon.shtml
Extractions: Biathlon, derived form the Greek word meaning 'two test', combines cross country skiing and rifle shooting. Its roots go back over 4,000 years when Norwegian hunters with spears and arrows chased their prey on skis. In the mid-16th century, troops on skis played major roles in Scandinavian wars and battles, helping give the sport a strong military connection, which it kept until after WWII. The sport was dropped from the Olympic schedule after WWII because of strong anti-military sentiment, but was included again in 1960.
Olympics Olympic Sports At A Glance Jay Hakkinen, who became involved in biathlon when he went to Norway as a foreign THROUGH THE YEARS Freestyle moguls became an olympic sport in 92 and http://www.sptimes.com/2002/02/08/Olympics/Olympic_sports_at_a_g.shtml
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Extractions: @import url(style/default.css); kiat.net where are you :: home Olympics Sports Biathlon OLYMPIC SPORT SINCE 1960 BIATHLON was originally a tactic of survival rather than a sport. Northern Europeans skied to hunt for food and, later, skied with weapons to defend their countries. The word "biathlon" stems from the Greek word for two contests. Today it is interpreted as a joining of two sports: cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. In 1960, Biathlon joined the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM). But in 1993, an agreement was made to retain the Union as an umbrella body under which the UIPM and the IBU could act autonomously. It took effect in 1998, but the two sports maintain relations in various projects. Biathlon consists of eight events in the Olympic program. Men and women compete in a sprint, pursuit, individual and relay. Although all biathlon disciplines combine skiing and marksmanship, the sport features several distinct events. Sprint
Women Warriors - Sports - Biathlon The sport remained on the olympic program until 1948, when postwar The firstolympic gold medal for an individual biathlon race was presented to Klas http://www.womenwarriors.ca/en/sports/profile.asp?id=47
Sports biathlon is a sport combining CrossCountry Skiing and Shooting. Over the pastfew years, the olympic and Paralympic biathlon has become one of the most http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/IPD_2005/Sports/
VANOC Name Director Of Nordic Sports Paralympic Nordic Skiing (CrossCountry and biathlon) and the olympic sportsof biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined. http://www.paralympic.org/release/Main_Sections_Menu/News/Current_Affairs/2005_0
Extractions: Welcome to the International Paralympic Committee web portal. Jump to side navigation Begin of navigation Path Home Main Sections Menu News Current Affairs End of navigation path Begin of main content This week, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in 2010 (VANOC) announced, that John Aalberg has been named Director of Nordic Sports. His responsibilities will include managing the sport input in the venue development of the Whistler Nordic Center as well as overseeing Paralympic Nordic Skiing (Cross-Country and Biathlon) and the Olympic sports of Biathlon, Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined. Mr. Aalberg has an extensive background with Games, both as an athlete and as part of an Organizing Committee. As part of the US National Cross-Country Team he won numerous competitions and participated in Olympic Games and World Championships. In 1997, Mr. Aalberg joined the Salt Lake Organizing Committee (SLOC), designing and developing the Soldier Hollow Cross-Country and Biathlon venues as well as directing all 2002 Nordic events. Mr. Aalberg has been involved in the International Ski Federation (FIS) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) as a World Cup, World Championship, Olympic and Paralympic Games Technical Delegate.
