Hey, do they still have that Olympic Winter Sport combining cross-country skiiing with target shooting? Was that called the biatholon (sp?)?
Thanks, - Jinx
Yes, biathlon.
www.nbcolympics.com (contains spoilers)
I always thought that I would be good at that if I knew how to ski.
Naw, just shoot the other skiers. Easy gold.
They ration out the bullets however, so the other athletes would shoot back before you could get them all.
IIRC the fisrt medal of the current olympics was for biathelon.
Yesterday (Saturday) NBC showed some of the competition. The best the US has done is 10th. An amaerican was in 6th place with a chance to get into 5th, but he faded at the end and wound up in 13th.
Brian
IIRC Biathlon is much more popoular in other countries than it is here.
I’d imagine so. You beat the Russian army doing something, you’re going to want to keep being good at it. So will everyone else.
I don’t know if this is what you’re hinting at, Love Rhombus - but it’s an interesting topic in any case.
I was thinking of the Winter War, actually, but that one works too. I should had added a link in my other post…sloppy of me.
The picture in yours is definitely getting the point across.
That’s what I always thought would be a way to make this boring sport interesting. Everyone starts from a different place at the same time. Last person standing wins the Gold. Silver and Bronze are awarded posthumously.