06 Biathlon

Biathlon is one of the most popular winter sports, and probably the number one winter sport for betting. It is the winter sport with the fastest growing audiences and TV viewers. Top athletes come from Europe, North America and Asia. With the combination of skiing and shooting, the result can be in the balance until the very end of the race, as a missed target in one of the last shots or declining speed in the finishing stages of the cross-country section can lose an athlete several places in the race.

Introduction

Betfair Education / 25 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Biathlon is a sporting event made up of two disciplines; cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. A biathlon competition consists of a race in which contestants ski around a cross-country track, with the total distance is broken up by either two...Read more »

Competitions/Markets

Betfair Education / 25 March 2008 / Leave a comment

The biathlon season lasts from November until mid-March. World Cup races make up much of the schedule, where the biathlete with the most points awarded during a season is the overall winner. The Olympic Games has four biathlon competitions for...Read more »

What to look for

Betfair Education / 25 March 2008 / Leave a comment

There are two skills you need to be a successful biathlete: fast cross-country skiing and precise shooting....Read more »

Who are the big names to look out for?

Betfair Education / 19 March 2008 / Leave a comment

Ole Einar Bjørndalen is the biggest name in biathlon. At the 2002 Winter Olympics, he won four gold medals, becoming the first biathlete to win all singles races at one Olympics, and only the third winter athlete to win four...Read more »

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06 Biathlon

Introduction

Competitions/Markets

What to look for

Who are the big names to look out for?