Biathlon

This is one of my favorite events in Winter Olympics.

The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race where the contestant with the shortest total time wins. Depending on the competition, missed shots result in extra distance or time added to the contestant's total running distance or time.

Germany and Norway dominate the sport. The U.S. only recently has become competitive.

 The U.S. Biathlon Team will look to ride the wave of its history-making performance at last year’s world championships and capture its first-ever Olympic medal at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018. The U.S. team boasts a wealth of experience with six returning Olympians, including all five members of the Sochi 2014 men’s squad.