The judges add one minute for every time the skiers miss their target. So if someone crosses the finish line first but missed a lot of their snipes (targets), they probably won't win. Biathlon was invented by the Norwegians. Norway took the top two spots in the men's 20 km race today.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Today we went to see an Olympic biathlon competition. The Winter Games biathlon is a race where a skier will ski a race course and then shoot a rifle at targets five times, and then will repeat the same thing four more times.
The judges add one minute for every time the skiers miss their target. So if someone crosses the finish line first but missed a lot of their snipes (targets), they probably won't win. Biathlon was invented by the Norwegians. Norway took the top two spots in the men's 20 km race today.
The judges add one minute for every time the skiers miss their target. So if someone crosses the finish line first but missed a lot of their snipes (targets), they probably won't win. Biathlon was invented by the Norwegians. Norway took the top two spots in the men's 20 km race today. 









Yeah. I think so too.