Women’s Biathlon Pursuit upset win

[HeadJunter]

Another upset in Biathlon. Ninth place starter comes from behind to win Women's Pursuit.

Marksmanship, or lack thereof, hurt the US team badly. Susan Dunklee noted that she had a momentary lapse of concentration going into the fourth shoot and then missed three targets for a total of four. It would have been close but that may have cost her the Bronze. The medalists each missed only one target.

There are a number of lessons to be learned from the Olympians. They didn't get where they are by whistling Dixie.

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[majortoo]

Biathlon

Biathlon is such a cool sport. Pardon the pun. It is especially nice because it is pure, with no judges awarding style points or other subjective criteria. You win because you are incredibly fit, and can ski and shoot....I just wish that we put more emphasis on this great sport.

 

[HeadJunter]

Biathlon is such a cool sport. Pardon the pun. It is especially nice because it is pure, with no judges awarding style points or other subjective criteria. You win because you are incredibly fit, and can ski and shoot....I just wish that we put more emphasis on this great sport.

I agree. It's pure competition. Places change easily and one miss can knock the athlete off the podium. Two misses is doom for the most part.

 

[Speedo66]

Who knows how long it will last?

With the Olympic committees dropping sports like wrestling and adding who knows what next, air hockey maybe, there's no telling if it will remain.

The Olympics were designed around martial activities, but that's certainly not the case anymore. Biathlon makes way too much sense for them to keep it. And it involves shooting, which we all know is dangerous. And scary too.

 

[armoredman]

We'll lose biathalon, (already under fire, pun intended, from many liberals), for something truly stunning, like Olympic Lying. Finally politicians will have their own event.