What does "biathlon" mean?

Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.

Biathlon

Common synonyms include: competition format, event format, ski shooting competition, ski shooting sport.

/baɪˈæθlən/ noun

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Noun

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Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race. uncountable

"Ole Einar Bjoerndalen from Norway won the biathlon 10km sprint."

PIE word *dwóh₁ From bi- (prefix meaning ‘two; both’) + -athlon (suffix meaning ‘contest’), modelled after pentathlon.