Current Events > What's that skiing and shooting thing called? [Olympics]

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IdiotMachine
02/11/18 12:35:08 PM
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They ski self-propelled, change skis, go shooting, and ski more...

What's that called?

And what's the story behind it? Like a marathon's distance is from a historic event of a messenger running from Marathon to Athens to deliver an important message; is there a reason why they shoot targets and stuff?
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Antifar
02/11/18 12:35:30 PM
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Biathlon
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kin to all that throbs
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IdiotMachine
02/11/18 12:36:40 PM
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Antifar posted...
Biathlon

Thanks! That'll help me Google the answer to my questions.
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Jeff AKA Snoopy
02/11/18 12:38:52 PM
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A lot of Winter Olympic sports don't have a deep routed historical aspect to them, more or less just a reflection of what is popular in winter sporting as a whole.
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Captain_CE
02/11/18 12:41:23 PM
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I think biathlon began as a Finnish training exercise.
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