How to Use biathlete in a Sentence

biathlete

noun
  • The three biathletes who have sued Rochenkov have not had their cases heard by CAS.
    Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Nobody has won more gold medals so far at the Pyeongchang Winter Games than the French biathlete.
    Steve Reed, Houston Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2018
  • That idea came from biathlete Kaisa Makarainen, who Koskinin admits is probably one of the best knitters in the group.
    Laken Litman, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2018
  • And Barnes the three-time Olympian biathlete also now works as a professional painter.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 8 Feb. 2018
  • The lawsuit was initially filed on the behalf of three Russian biathletes who were stripped of their medals for doping.
    Scooby Axson, SI.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The new conditioning coach is Alexsandr Mikhailovich, who has trained Russian Olympic biathletes.
    Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 17 June 2017
  • Bjoergen broke a tie with Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjourndalen for the most medals ever.
    Tim Brown, OregonLive.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The phrase was the rallying cry of an anti-flying movement championed by Björn Ferry, an Olympic biathlete, who stopped flying in 2015.
    The Economist, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The 32-year-old cross-country skier and biathlete won seven medals in seven starts earning her the distinction for the most medals won by a Paralympian in a single Winter Games.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Typically, biathletes can do the 15-minute exercise in a hotel room.
    Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The athletes in limbo are cross country skiers and biathletes, bobsledders and speedskaters, hockey players and figure skaters.
    Tariq Panja, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The skills required may not equal the rigorous training of a slalom skier or a biathlete, but the focus, determination and consistency are the same.
    Glenna Christensen, idahostatesman, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Kuzmina became the second biathlete and the first woman to win an individual medal in all four events on the program in her career, after Ole Einar Bjoerndalen.
    Steve Reed, chicagotribune.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Russian biathlete Valeria Vasnetsova posted photos from isolation that showed a meal made up of a small portion of pasta, overcooked meat and a few potatoes.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Wind and ice pellets left Olympic snowboarders simply trying to stay upright in conditions that many felt were unfit for competition, the best ski jumpers on the planet dealing with swirling gusts and biathletes aiming to shoot straight.
    Howard Fendrich, The Seattle Times, 12 Feb. 2018
  • The weather posed another problem early on, as chilling gusts blew from the north, wreaking havoc at mountain venues where snowboarders were blown off balance and biathletes could not feel their numbed trigger fingers.
    David Wharton, latimes.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Johanna Taliharm, an Estonian Olympic biathlete, said racing on manmade snow comes with risks.
    NBC News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Among those missing were 2014 gold medalists including cross-country skier Alexander Legkov and skeleton slider Alexander Tretiakov, plus top speedskaters and biathletes.
    James Ellingworth, The Seattle Times, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Two professional soccer players from Ukraine, as well as a celebrated former junior biathlete, have been killed while protecting their country in the ongoing Russian invasion.
    Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 2 Mar. 2022

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