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The Soldier Hollow Nordic Center, which is 45 minutes away in the Heber Valley, has continued to host cross-country ski and biathlon events.
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Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 24 Apr. 2024
So in between enjoying curling, the luge, the biathlon, and hockey, take a gander at our rundown.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 29 July 2024
The next Invictus Games will be held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada in February 2025, and winter sports like alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling will be introduced for the first time.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
Skiers and snowboarders have seen firsthand the changes that, according to a 2022 Canadian study, could render all but one of the previous 21 Winter Olympics cities too warm to reliably host downhill races, biathlons and halfpipe competitions by the end of the century.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
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Christopher Kamrani, The Athletic, 24 Apr. 2024
So in between enjoying curling, the luge, the biathlon, and hockey, take a gander at our rundown.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 29 July 2024
The next Invictus Games will be held in Vancouver and Whistler, Canada in February 2025, and winter sports like alpine skiing, snowboarding, biathlon, Nordic skiing, skeleton and wheelchair curling will be introduced for the first time.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
Skiers and snowboarders have seen firsthand the changes that, according to a 2022 Canadian study, could render all but one of the previous 21 Winter Olympics cities too warm to reliably host downhill races, biathlons and halfpipe competitions by the end of the century.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biathlon
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Last summer, trailing by 14 seconds with 2.5km remaining of the triathlon’s run remaining, the British athlete overhauled New Zealander Hayden Wilde to claim victory.—
Matt Woosnam,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Cycling routes from these triathlon events will also be rolled into the Rouvy platform — handy for those training for one of the 194 future triathlons currently listed on the Ironman website.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Meet of Champions pentathlon champion (3,378) also placed fourth in New Englands with a 14.81 in the 100-meter hurdles.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
19 July 2024
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The game is a six-legged pentathlon that takes place on a rainbow track.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
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In many ways, support for the decathlon and heptathlon is not trending in the right direction.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
27 July 2024
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Grenada: The island nation in the eastern Caribbean needed just six athletes to win a medal, taking bronze in the men’s decathlon for an average of 0.1667 medals per athlete.—
Mark Puleo and John Bradford,
The Athletic,
6 Aug. 2024
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And festivals—not to mention tennis tournaments—require food.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The league also is holding a 1-on-1 tournament in February and the winner will be paid $250,000.—
Doug Feinberg,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Jan. 2025
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Anna Hall celebrates after finishing her last event of the Olympic Trials heptathlon.—
Mark Dent,
thehustle.co,
27 July 2024
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Since falling short of qualifying for the U.S. team in the heptathlon after a fall in the Olympic Trials before the 2020 games, Anna Hall has received regular encouraging calls from Joyner-Kersee while preparing for the 2024 Games.—
Melissa Lockard,
The Athletic,
18 July 2024
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Making better use of A.I., Mr. Burns said, is crucial to the U.S. competition with China.—
Julian E. Barnes,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Howe’s men will share the club record of nine consecutive victories across all competitions with Kevin Keegan’s vintage (May to September 1994) and Rafa Benitez’s Championship-winning side (September to November 2016).—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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Each of the two men’s tourneys operated under a one-year contract.—
Glae Thien,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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This year, Cleveland hosts the first and second rounds of the men's tourney.—
Troy Smith,
Axios,
10 Jan. 2025
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Kelce – who had another massive playoff game under the sport’s brightest lights – picked up an 18-yard gain down to the Texans’ eight-yard line, setting up a first-and-goal.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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The Kansas City Star 816-234-4868 Vahe Gregorian has been a sports columnist for The Kansas City Star since 2013 after 25 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Biathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biathlon. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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