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Unofficial Olympic Guidebook: Biathlon
Unofficial Olympic Guidebook: Biathlon
Unofficial Olympic Guidebook: Biathlon
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Unofficial Olympic Guidebook: Biathlon

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Nothing quite matches the excitement of the Winter Olympics! This book will be your guide to biathlon. Learn about the history of the sport and get a recap on all the drama from Vancouver before the Sochi Games begin. Find out how the format is changing in 2014 and who will likely be the athletes on the podium when the Games are done! Enjoy this book to better understand biathlon, how it works and what to look for at the Sochi 2014 Games.
BONUS: Info on how to get started in Biathlon!

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Release dateDec 18, 2013
ISBN9781310563171
Unofficial Olympic Guidebook: Biathlon
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Kyle Richardson

Kyle Richardson is an Olympic fanatic. During the 1996 Games he gave himself a bladder infection because he did not want to leave the couch. Overshare? Maybe. Or maybe it is just a preview of all of the amazing Olympic facts that you will find in his guide books. Be brave, buy a book, and find out for yourself.

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    Introduction

    The Olympics are once again upon us! The Winter Olympics only come around once every four years. It’s a magical two weeks filled with heartwarming and heart wrenching stories that remind us all what it is like to try, practice and give something our all. Plus, there are 15 sports contested by the best athletes in the world. It doesn’t get better than that!

    This book will be your guide to biathlon. Learn about the history of the sport and get a recap on all the drama from Vancouver before the Sochi Games begin. Find out how the format is changing in 2014 and who will likely be the athletes on the podium when the Games are done!

    Don’t forget to read all the way to the end of this book to get tips and hints for spectators, whether you will be watching at home or in person. Want to be an Olympian? There’s also a section on how to get started.

    Nothing quite matches excitement of the sports-apolooza that is the Olympics. The culture, the drama, the patriotic fans and the best athletes of the world coming together for two weeks of competition. It cannot be imitated or duplicated. Enjoy this book to better understand biathlon, how it works and what to look for at the Sochi 2014 Games.

    History

    Biathlon started as a survival skill in the snow-covered forests of Scandinavia, where people hunted on skis with rifles slung over their shoulders. This tradition became a soldier’s exercise in Norway as an alternative for military training and was used by civilians to promote national defense at the local level.

    Official biathlon-type events have been contested since the early 1900’s. The first modern biathlon, was comprised of a 17km cross-country course with two-minute penalties incurred by misses in the shooting part of the competition. This competition was held in 1912 in Oslo, Norway.

    Originally called military patrol, the combination of skiing and shooting was demonstrated at the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924, and then again in 1928, 1936, and 1948. Biathlon was not officially contested because a number of competing countries disagreed on the rules and the number of disciplines included therein. The 1948 demonstration went so far as to include cross-country and downhill skiing, shooting, fencing and equestrian events. During the mid-1950s, however, modern

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