The sport of biathlon involves many different types of races, with the commonality being contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds called bouts. The shooting rounds do not have a time limit, but depending on the competition, missed shots result in extra distance or time being added to the contestant's total.

History

According to Encyclopædia Britannica, biathlon "is rooted in the skiing traditions of Scandinavia,

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