North Conway's Sean Doherty, at 18, is the youngest member of the US Olympic Biathlon team. While most people know the Biathlon combines skiing with shooting, the finer points are a little elusive.

Biathlon is a unique Olympic event that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. Since its debut at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, Calif., biathlon has been a fixture of the Games.

I lay sprawled on my stomach on a rubber mat spread across the snow, my knees bent, the toes of my boots still locked into my cross-country skis. Fifty meters away, a series of five circles that ...

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. — It’s 17 degrees outside and I’m lying on my stomach in the snow with my cheek against a rifle, focusing through concentric circles on a small black dot 50 meters away. I take ...

Biathlon star Julia Simon will be allowed to compete at next year's Winter Olympics after receiving a six-month ban, ...

Biathlon is on the rise across the United States and it’s coming to the La Plata County Fairgrounds this summer. Durango Nordic Ski Club is hosting a summer laser biathlon clinic and race on Saturday ...

French biathlon world champion Julia Simon was handed a six-month ban, including five months suspended, after being convicted ...

Voters statewide approved a proposition to use land in the Adirondack Park to upgrade Nordic skiing and biathlon trails in ...

Utah is the relatively new home of the U.S. biathlon team, a sport that combines cross-country skiing with rifle marksmanship ...

Rifle shooting and cross-country skiing in a single event? That's the biathlon for you. It's not for the faint of heart, that's for sure -- and there were more than a few epic performances from the ...

Cross country skiing is a full-body activity that places extraordinary demands on your arms, shoulders, legs, core and lungs. Nordic ski racers also must master the fine art of picking the perfect ski ...