Among winter sports, there are several that are considered the most exciting and common. In addition to ice hockey, many lovers of a healthy lifestyle are interested in biathlon. The number of fans of this sport in Russia is growing every day.
There are a number of winter sports. One of these is biathlon. The popularity of biathlon is evidenced by the fact that this species is included in the program of the Olympic Winter Games. In biathlon, cross-country skiing and shooting with a rifle at targets are combined in an interesting way.
The history of the emergence of biathlon has deep enough roots, but finally this sport won the love of the viewer after it was included in the 1954 Winter Olympic Games. Until this year, fans of this sport could only enjoy some semblance of biathlon, which was called a military patrol competition. This is what biathlon was called until 1954.
Today, this sport includes many types of races, each of which has its own rules. There are individual races, and pursuit races, sprints, mass starts, relay races, both regular and mixed.
Many fans of winter sports competitions consider biathlon one of the most exciting, gambling and interesting sports, because it is not only the splendor of cross-country skiing, but also the excitement and fuse of screw shooting at targets, where every millimeter can play its fatal role and become the decisive point for determining the winner …
