How to Use biathlon in a Sentence
biathlon
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Die-hard fans of biathlon can choose that and nothing else.
—Anick Jesdanun, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2018
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Snow sports, like skiing and biathlon, will be held in the mountains in Pyeongchang.
—Andrew Keh, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
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Ukraine won all six medals in Tuesday's biathlon events.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2022
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Time to get reacquainted with the biathlon, luge and Nordic combined.
—Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 7 Feb. 2018
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Her 17 medals are also for rowing, cycling and the biathlon.
—Emily Bobrow, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
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On Sunday morning, Cnossen added a silver medal in the 15K biathlon race.
—Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2018
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Or as the tactic is better known in Olympic circles, the aquatic biathlon.
—Dwight Perry / Sideline Chatter, The Seattle Times, 30 Mar. 2019
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The biathlon is the only current Winter Olympic sport in which the United States has never won a medal.
—Sally Bronston, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2018
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Kjell was there with a small group, watching a Norwegian biathlon race on TV.
—Stuart Stevens, Outside Online, 11 Dec. 2019
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Norway has won 11 medals so far, seven in cross country and biathlon.
—Author: David Segal, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2018
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Just a few days later, Gretsch won gold in the 10K sitting biathlon and Masters took home silver.
—Christa Sgobba, SELF, 11 Mar. 2022
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The only American to win a world championship in the sport of biathlon fell short of the podium in the third try of his final Olympics.
—David Wharton, latimes.com, 15 Feb. 2018
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Many fans turn their attention to sports such as archery, luge, diving and biathlon only when the Olympic Games come around.
—David Wharton, latimes.com, 14 July 2017
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Has the United States ever won an Olympic biathlon medal or a Paralympic medal?
—Johanna Gretschel, SELF, 4 Feb. 2022
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In a sense, yes. Don't forget the biathlon, the event with both intense amounts of cross country skiing and target shooting.
—NBC News, 11 Feb. 2018
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With the Winter Olympics rapidly approaching, the question of what is a biathlon is a pretty common one.
—Johanna Gretschel, SELF, 4 Feb. 2022
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But other medals were scheduled to be awarded in the men’s 10-kilometer sprint in biathlon, the ladies’ moguls in freestyle skiing and men’s luge singles.
—Dennis Waszak Jr., The Seattle Times, 11 Feb. 2018
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But other medals were scheduled to be awarded in the men's 10-kilometer sprint in biathlon, the ladies' moguls in freestyle skiing and men's luge singles.
—USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2018
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The Russian billionaire was the head of the country’s biathlon federation during the last Olympics.
—Dan Gartland, SI.com, 20 Feb. 2018
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In biathlon, Johannes Thingnes Bo could win all five individual events plus the team gold.
—Mark Zeigler, sacbee, 9 Feb. 2018
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Luge, ski jumping and biathlon events will take place at night, under floodlights, according to the Games' website.
—Robert Jimison, CNN, 2 Feb. 2018
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She was forced to withdraw from Tuesday's middle-distance biathlon event after falling in the race.
—Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2018
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Bailey, 36, competes in the biathlon, which combines skiing and shooting.
—Jenna West, SI.com, 17 Feb. 2018
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Soule, an Army veteran, also won bronze in South Korea in the biathlon middle-distance race.
—Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2018
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Germany, which had three gold medals in the biathlon coming into the event — including one by Peiffer — finished off the podium in fourth place.
—Steve Reed, Houston Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2018
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All of the skiing events (except alpine) and biathlon will take place in Zhangjiakou, and bobsled, skeleton, luge and alpine skiing will happen in the Yanqing zone.
—Alix Langone, Time, 15 Feb. 2018
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Elsewhere, the Americans finished seventh in the mixed relay biathlon.
—Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2022
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In 2015, Swedish Olympic biathlon gold medalist Björn Ferry committed to stop flying.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 1 Aug. 2019
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By contrast, there was not a single Russian who qualified for the men’s 15-kilometer mass start biathlon.
—David Segal, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2018
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In individual biathlon races, athletes shoot at one target after the first four of five bouts.
—Dania Haughton, SI.com, 15 Feb. 2018
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