Quickly pulling the rifle around from your back, you settle with the first target in sight. The winter Biathlon is a combination of cross country freestyle skiing and rifle marksmanship. Competitors ski with rifles and shoot at small knock down targets fifty meters away. Missed targets add either fixed penalty time to the final time or require penalty laps on a 180 meter loop. The summer Biathlon is a combination of cross country running and rifle marksmanship.
Competitors run without rifles, however.
They leave a rifle at the shooting range, with is either 25 meters or 50 meters in length, and pick it up to shoot during the race. A race will have an even number of shots with prone and standing shooting positions. An average race will have five or ten shots prone then five or ten shots standing. The targets are sometimes smaller in size during the prone shots, to make that position more challenging. Involved Visit my links page, to find out about upcoming races and clubs in your area.