What is biathlon?

Biathlon is cross-country skiing and shooting.

1. Cross-country skiing: Cross-country skiing is a snow sport in which athletes travel through ski equipment (usually sledding or snowboarding). Cross-country skiing is one of the traditional events of the Winter Olympics, including different distances and styles, such as individual pursuit race and relay race.

2. Shooting: Shooting is a sport with guns, and shooting events usually include the use of rifles or pistols. In biathlon, shooting is usually combined with cross-country skiing. Athletes need to shoot many times, stand or lie on the shooting range during skiing, and hit the target as accurately as possible. The result of shooting will affect the performance of athletes.

Interpretation and Key Information of Winter Olympics

I. Interpretation of the Winter Olympics

Known as the Winter Olympic Games, it is a part of the Olympic Games and an international comprehensive sports event specially aimed at winter events. The purpose of the Winter Olympics is to promote the friendship and unity of all countries in the world and show the talents of athletes in winter sports through competitive sports.

Second, the key information of the Winter Olympics

1, periodicity: The Summer Olympic Games is held every four years with odd years (such as 2020, 2024 and 2028). The Winter Olympics is held every four years, even years (such as 2022, 2026 and 2030). The Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics are staggered. This means that there will be an Olympic Games every two years.

2. Events: The Winter Olympics includes various winter sports, such as skiing and ice and snow events (such as ice hockey, speed skating and figure skating). ), snowmobiles, sledding, biathlon (two biodiversity events), freestyle skiing, snowboarding, etc.

3. Venue: The venue of the Winter Olympics will be selected in different cities around the world in turn. Candidate cities need to go through the evaluation and election procedures of the International Olympic Committee.

4. History: The first Winter Olympics was held in Chamonix, France in 1924. At first, the scale of the Winter Olympics was small, but with the passage of time, the number of participating countries and athletes gradually increased, and the events also expanded.

5. Cultural activities: In addition to sports competitions, the Winter Olympics also includes a series of cultural and artistic activities, such as the opening ceremony, closing ceremony, literary evening and so on. To promote the communication between different cultures.

6. Olympic Village and medals: Athletes usually live in the Olympic Village specially built for the Olympic Games to promote exchanges and friendship among athletes. Medals are symbols in the Winter Olympics, which are divided into gold, silver and bronze, representing the first, second and third place respectively. The design of these medals usually reflects the culture and traditions of the host country.