2. First official biathlon competitions were held in 1767,in Norway

4. In 1960 the sport was included in the Olympic Games.

6. Today at the largest international biathlon competitions the six kinds of races:  Relay  Sprint  Pursuit  Mass Start  Mixed Relay  Individual pursuit

8. in various forms, there is a certain amount of firing line

9. Soviet biathlete, four-time Olympic champion,eleven fold world champion, a fourteen-champion of the USSR Alexander Tikhonov

11. I WISH OUR TEAM RUSSIA BIATHLON VICTORIES!!!