jk31 wrote:UcanUwill wrote:Pachinko_ wrote:Ι'd never heard of biathlon before... cross-country skiing and rifle shooting apparently.
Biathlon stadium in Germany:

I hear about Biathlon all the time, and I kind off know what it is, but not exactly.
basically thats skiing on the flat (lets say "inline skating in the snow using ski") and after each round you have to shoot targets. for each miss you get a time penalty or must run penalty laps.
Yes, thats the thing, I would say it is pretty popular, I do find it stunning that there would be person who havent even heard of Biathlon. I mean popular the same way gymnastics is popular, I know its a thing and we watched it number of times, but not like athletes themselves are stars, they aren't. We did have decent Biathlon performers, but I never really knew them at all.