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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.
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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
But if that’s not enough, the swimming portion of the race will be canceled entirely, turning it into a summer biathlon with only running and biking.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
Prominent national figures, including actors, doctors, the Olympic biathlon champion Darya Domracheva, and the former tennis champion Victoria Azarenka, have recorded videos and signed petitions calling for an end to the violence and respect for the demands of the demonstrators.
—Maryia Sadouskaya-Komlach, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2020
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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
But if that’s not enough, the swimming portion of the race will be canceled entirely, turning it into a summer biathlon with only running and biking.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 28 July 2024
Prominent national figures, including actors, doctors, the Olympic biathlon champion Darya Domracheva, and the former tennis champion Victoria Azarenka, have recorded videos and signed petitions calling for an end to the violence and respect for the demands of the demonstrators.
—Maryia Sadouskaya-Komlach, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biathlon
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Cycling is one of the three legs of triathlon, after all.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
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Those sports are tennis, golf, swimming, track and field, wrestling, gymnastics, skiing, fencing, women’s bowling, indoor and outdoor cross country, women’s triathlon, women’s equestrian, rifle, and skiing.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Oct. 2024
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The final new event is also unconventional: Obstacle courses are coming to the Olympics in 2028 as part of the existing pentathlon.Justin Klawans, The Week US, theweek, 14 Aug. 2024
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The obstacle courses will join running, swimming, shooting and fencing as the five events that make up the Olympic pentathlon.Justin Klawans, The Week US, theweek, 14 Aug. 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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That was Markus Rooth, who took gold in the men’s decathlon.Mark Puleo and John Bradford, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
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With Wales qualifying for their first major tournament, Wiegman said her side was looking forward to their rivalry with the neighbors.Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Glendora 67, Bishop Amat 56: Colton Grey scored 32 points in the championship game of the Glendora tournament.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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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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Once the initial shock subsides, Kit and Theo decide this is the perfect opportunity to prove who won the breakup – with a hookup competition.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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While Kelly and Chrissy still lost, even after dominating in competitions, Rachel’s win appeared pretty secure at this point, with the only real question being: Who would lose to her at the end?Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
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However, her unbeaten ended in the finals of the 2022 PFL lightweight tourney when Pacheco scored a unanimous decision win over Harrison.Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
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The French earned silver in the men’s basketball tourney after dropping the gold-medal game to the U.S. Yabusele was drafted 16th overall in the 2016 draft and played for the Celtics from 2017-19.Zach Harper, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
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Thank you for reading The Bootleg, our high school sports newsletter.Tom Kreager, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Netflix’s pickup of the two Women’s World Cup tourneys for U.S. members is its latest push into live sports.Todd Spangler, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Biathlon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biathlon. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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