ArticleFrontiers in physiology2018
The Olympic Biathlon - Recent Advances and Perspectives After Pyeongchang.
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- Unveiling the impact of varied load intensities on para-biathletes' performance in rifle shooting.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
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- Kernel Density Estimation: a novel tool for visualising training intensity distribution in biathlon.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Sex Differences in Performance and Performance-Determining Factors in the Olympic Winter Endurance Sports.Sports medicine - open · 2024Review
- Psychological Determinants in Biathlon Performance: A U23 National Team Case Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Discrepancies in internal and external training load measurements during low-intensity biathlon training.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- School's out for summer-Differences in training characteristics between adolescent biathletes of different performance levels.PloS one · 2023Article
- Long-term development of performance, physiological, and training characteristics in a world-class female biathlete.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- A Scientific Perspective on Reducing Ski-Snow Friction to Improve Performance in Olympic Cross-Country Skiing, the Biathlon and Nordic Combined.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- The Effect of Rifle Carriage on the Physiological and Accelerometer Responses During Biathlon Skiing.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Article
- Preparing for snow-sport events at the Paralympic Games in Beijing in 2022: recommendations and remaining questions.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2022Review
- Preparing for the Nordic Skiing Events at the Beijing Olympics in 2022: Evidence-Based Recommendations and Unanswered Questions.Journal of science in sport and exercise · 2021Article
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- Laboratory-Based Factors Predicting Skiing Performance in Female and Male Biathletes.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
- Analysis of a Biathlon Sprint Competition and Associated Laboratory Determinants of Performance.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2019Article
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Abstract
The biathlon, combining cross-country ski skating with rifle marksmanship, has been an Olympic event since the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, United States, in 1960. As a consequence of replacing the classical with the skating technique in the 1980s, as well as considerable improvements in equipment and preparation of ski tracks and more effective training, the average biathlon skiing speed has increased substantially. Moreover, the mass-start, pursuit, and sprint races have been introduced. Indeed, two of the four current individual Olympic biathlon competitions involve mass-starts, where tactics play a major role and the outcome is often decided during the last round of shooting or final sprint. Biathlon is a demanding endurance sport requiring extensive aerobic capacity. The wide range of speeds and slopes involved requires biathletes to alternate continuously between and adapt different skating sub-techniques during races, a technical complexity that places a premium on efficiency. Although the relative amounts of endurance training at different levels of intensity have remained essentially constant during recent decades, today's biathletes perform more specific endurance training on roller skis on terrain similar to that used for competition, with more focus on the upper-body, systematic strength and power training and skiing at higher speeds. Success in the biathlon also requires accurate and rapid shooting while simultaneously recovering from high-intensity skiing. Many different factors, including body sway, triggering behavior, and even psychology, influence the shooting performance. Thus, the complexity of biathlon deserves a greater research focus on areas such as race tactics, skating techniques, or shooting process.
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