1960
The biathlon first appeared in the 1960 Winter Games in Squaw Valley, CA.
skiing and shooting
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Biathlon has been competed at every Winter Games since 1960. Women's events were added in 1992.
Darya Domracheva from Belarus won the gold medal in Women's Individual Biathlon at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Anastasiya Kuzmina from Slovakia won the gold medal in Women's Biathlon Sprint in the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Dominik Landertinger from Austria won the silver medal in Men's Biathlon Sprint at the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
Vita Semerenko from Ukraine won the bronze medal in Women's Biathlon Sprint in the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Olympics biathlon
Biathlon refers to the winter sport that combines cross country skiing with rifle shooting. Triathlon refers to the warm weather sport that conbines swimming, cycling, and marathon. Biathlon is competed in the Winter Olympics. Triathlon is competed in the Summer Olympics.
The country that won the gold medal in the Women's Biathlon Relay in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics was Ukraine.