The rifle has to be carried by the skier during the race at all times. The biathlete carries a small-bore rifle, which must weigh at least 3.

The rifles use. Each rifle holds 4 magazines with 5 rounds each. Additional rounds can be kept on the stock of the rifle for a relay race.

There are five circular shooting targets to be hit in each shooting round. This translates to angular target sizes of about 1 and 2.

On all modern biathlon ranges, the targets are self-indicating, in that they flip from black to white when hit, giving the biathlete, as well as the spectators, instant visual feedback for each shot fired.

Ear protection is not required during biathlon shooting as the ammunition used is usually subsonic. The biathlete shoots four times at any shooting lane Lanes 1 - 15 are in prone while Lanes 16 - 30 are for standing , [15] in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totaling 20 targets.

For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds.

A variation of the standard individual race, called short individual, was introduced during the —19 Biathlon IBU Cup.

The biathlete shoots twice at any shooting lane, once prone Usually Lanes 1 - 15 and once standing Lanes 16 - 30 , for a total of 10 shots. As in the individual competition, the biathletes start in intervals.

Unlike the traditional sprint race, the Super Sprint is divided into two segments — qualification and final.

The qualification is done like the traditional sprint, but on an 0. During the final the competitors have 3 spare rounds should they miss a target like in relay race , but if not all targets are cleared during shooting instead of going to penalty loop, the biathlete is disqualified from the race.

Also the number of spare rounds was decreased from three to one. In a pursuit, biathletes' starts are separated by their time differences from a previous race, [19] most commonly a sprint.

The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner. The distance is To prevent awkward or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race.

The biathletes shoot on a first-come, first-served basis at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts. In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins.

Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line half that of the Pursuit as here all contestants start simultaneously.

The Mass Start with 60 starters does not replace the current Mass Start with 30 starters. Everyone skis the first lap together, but then only the first 30 stop to shoot and the second 30 keep skiing.

At the end of the second lap the second 30 stop to shoot and the first 30 continue to ski. After the first two shoots are over everyone's first prone then the race continues like a normal one and they all shoot the other prone and two stands together.

Or more simply:. The relay teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski 7. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be single-loaded manually one at a time from spare round holders or bullets deposited by the competitor into trays or onto the mat at the firing line.

The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid changeover.

On the first shooting stage of the first leg, the participant must shoot in the lane corresponding to their bib number Bib 10 shoots at lane 10 regardless of position in race , then for the remainder of the relay, the relay team shoots on a first-come, first-served basis arrive at the range in fifth place, shoot at lane 5.

The most recent addition to the number of biathlon competition variants, the mixed relay is similar to the ordinary relay but the teams are composed of two women and two men.

From Turin in , a new mass-start event was introduced for both men and women. This brings together the 30 best athletes from the World Cup.

PyeongChang Events. Men 10km Sprint Women 10km Pursuit Biathlon combines the power and aggression of cross-country skiing with the precision and calm of marksmanship.

Roots in survival The word biathlon stems from the Greek word for two contests, and is today seen as the joining of two sports; skiing and shooting. Den ganzen Sommer lang wurde an einem Hygienekonzept gearbeitet.

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