Olympic biathletes shoot at targets using .22-caliber rifles while racing on cross-country skis. Here’s a closer look at the combined sporting event. (Photo: AP)

Biathlon combines two sports – cross-country skiing and shooting – into one race. The biathlon first made its debut 66 years ago in the 1960 Winter Olympics at the renamed Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley near Lake Tahoe. This year, the Winter Olympic biathlon games will be held in Antholz (Anterselva), Italy.

Discover the basics of Olympic biathlon — learn about event types (sprint, pursuit, relay, mass start, individual, mixed relay), how skiing and shooting are combined, how athletes are timed and scored,

The world’s best marksmen and markswomen are setting their sights on gold in Paris. The 2024 Olympics will feature 15 shooting events. From rifles and pistols to shotguns, there is plenty of equipment involved across the sport. How do shooting events ...

Luci Anderson likens the crowd at a German biathlon meet to the kind one might find at a NASCAR race stateside. They’re both wildly passionate fan bases clinging to sports in which the outcome can be determined in a split second.

India, Feb. 4 -- India will host next year's Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship in Delhi where eight quota places for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will be up for grabs, marking a historic first for the country's shooting calendar which already features an Olympic qualifier in the World Cup.

India will host the 2027 Asian Rifle/Pistol Championship in Delhi, offering eight quota places for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. This event, alongside an Olympic qualifying World Cup, marks a significant moment for Indian shooting,