biathlon
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lɒn noun
1.
a contest in which cross-country skiers, carrying rifles, shoot at targets at four stops along a 12.5-mile (20 km) course.
2.
an athletic contest comprising any two consecutive events.
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| —n | |
| sport a contest in which skiers with rifles shoot at four targets along a 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) cross-country course | |
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Biathlon
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Example sentences
The remaining two, biathlon mixed team relay and luge team relay, would use athletes already entered in individual events.
Biathlon is a combination of cross-country skiing and shooting.
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