Biathlon is snowboarding, skiing and rifle crutches in specialized lines on the taxiway at the same time a certain distance, in the designated area and fired a comprehensive event.

Biathlon was born in 1924, was included in the 1960 Winter Olympics events. Biathlon is the only Olympic projects require athletes in competition in the rapidly from static to dynamic, and the transition from static to dynamic projects in the international sports classification that is independent of the sport.

Shooting-lying posture, the legislature of two, each firing a total of five rounds of ammunition. Short distance out of each game, plus the 150 meters slip lap penalty laps. Long distance out of each game, plus one minute penalty. Shooting from 50 meters, shooting target for the metal target, the target diameter hole for the legislation Radio 115 ± 0.3 mm, radio spot for 45 ± 0.3 mm to 5.6 mm diameter barrel, a rifle trigger weight of not less than 0.5 kg, the total weight of the entire firearms Shall not be less than 3.5 kilograms (not including cartridges and bullets).

The events are :

Men 20 km, 10 km women's 15 km, 7.5 km