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The Olympic, and for that matter, any, biathlon, consists of two events. In the case of the Olympics, these two events are cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
The correct spelling is biathlon instead of biathlon. A biathlon is a contest or sporting event, where two events are combined for athletes to compete in.
skiing and shooting
Biathlon has been competed at every Winter Games since 1960. Women's events were added in 1992.
Nordic Combined and Biathlon.
handball, Nordic, and biathlon
Nordic combined and Biathlon.
Biathlon is a term used to describe any sporting event made up of two disciplines. However, biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Other popular variants include summer biathlon, which combines cross-country running with riflery, modern biathlon and biathle, which combine running with swimming.
Biathlon
There are 15 events in the Winter Olympics.Alpine skiing - Biathlon -BobsledCross‑country skiing - Curling -Figure skatingFreestyle skiing - Ice hockey -LugeNordic combined - Short track speed skatingSkeleton - Ski jumping -SnowboardingSpeed skating
i cannot be certain but if you look at triathlon and biathlon, they are both phisically demanding events, and in biathlon bi means two, ath means compitition, so i have concluded that lon means a phisically demanding event such as running