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Target Sprint
The Target Sprint is a summer shooting sport discipline that combines running and air rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants running 3 x 400 meters with two 10m rifle shooting sessions in between. The shooting rounds are not timed per se, but missed shots result in time being added to the contestant's total. The athletic sports is run under ISSF See also * IBU Summer Biathlon * Nordic shooting with cross-country running, a Nordic combined running and shooting sport using fullbore rifles * Biathlon orienteering * Modern pentathlon * Roller skiing Roller skiing is an off-snow equivalent to cross-country skiing. Roller skis have wheels on their ends and are used on a hard surface to emulate .Bryhn, Rolf and Knut Are Tvedt (eds.): ''Kunnskapsforlagets idrettsleksikon''. (Norwegian Encyclopedi ... References External links Target Sprint , British Shooting {{Shooting-sport-stub International Shooting Sport Federation ...
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Shooting Sport
Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as handguns, rifles and shotguns) and bows/crossbows. Shooting sports can be categorized by equipment, shooting distances, targets, time limits and degrees of athleticism involved. Shooting sports may involve both team and individual competition, and team performance is usually assessed by summing the scores of the individual team members. Due to the noise of shooting and the high (and often lethal) impact energy of the projectiles, shooting sports are typically conducted at either designated permanent shooting ranges or temporary shooting fields in the area away from settlements. History Great Britain The National Rifle Association (NRA) was founded in 1859 to raise the funds for an annual national rifle meeting "for the encourag ...
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International Shooting Sport Federation
The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of Shooting at the Summer Olympics, Olympic shooting events. It also regulates several ISSF shooting events, non-Olympic shooting sport events. The Federation's activities include regulation of the sport, managing Olympic qualification events and quota places, and organisation of tournaments like the ISSF World Cup, World Cup and ISSF World Shooting Championships, World Championships. The ISSF was founded in 17 July 1907 This international shooting federation was dissolved in 1916. After World War I the international body was founded as Union Internationale de Tir (abbreviated as UIT, in English translated as International Shooting Union) by among others Gerard van den Bergh. The name changed to its current name in 1998. The Federation affiliates more than 150 National Shooting Federation. The ISSF headquarters is in Munich, Germany. Since 2022, the ISSF Presidency has been held by , a former Italian Senator ...
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IBU Summer Biathlon
The IBU Summer Biathlon is a sporting event organized by the International Biathlon Union (IBU) which combines trail running or roller skiing and rifle shooting, or sometimes trail running and rifle shooting. It is modeled after the IBU (winter) biathlon, which is an Olympic sport that combines rifle shooting with cross-country skiing. The Summer Biathlon World Championships have been held annually since 1990. Trail running was part of the world championships until 2009. See also * IBU Biathlon * ISSF Target Sprint * Biathlon orienteering * Nordic shooting with cross-country running, a Nordic biathlon variant using fullbore rifles * Moose biathlon Moose biathlon ( Finnish: ''Hirvenhiihto'') is a winter sport variation of biathlon, which combines cross-country skiing, range estimation of paper targets resembling a moose, and rifle shooting using fullbore biathlon rifles. The Finnish Hun ..., another Nordic biathlon variant using fullbore rifles References External ...
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Nordic Shooting With Cross-country Running
Nordic shooting with cross-country running, also known as running biathlon (, , ), is a biathlon discipline combining running and shooting sports, shooting. Norway In Norway, ''skogsløp med skyting'' (literally "running with shooting") is a summer variant of the Nordic field biathlon, where competitors run and shoot using fullbore rifles. Events are organized by Det frivillige Skyttervesen. The running distance typically ranges from 2 to 3 kilometres, and competitors shoot two to three times during the race. Unlike the winter biathlon, athletes do not carry their firearms while running; instead, rifles are stored in racks near the shooting range. Competitions are held in either the "normal" or "sprint" formats. The Norwegian ''normal program'' championship is part of the annual Landsskytterstevnet, while the ''sprint'' championship is held later in the autumn. Unlike other disciplines in the organization, Nordic shooting with cross-country running and Nordic field biathlon divi ...
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Biathlon Orienteering
Biathlon orienteering or orienteering shooting is a multisport consisting of shooting and orienteering. The sport is organized internationally by the International Biathlon Orienteering Federation (IBOF), and is mainly practiced in the Nordic countries as well as a few other European countries. Competitions are organised in Denmark by Danish Military Sports Association (DMSA), in Sweden by the civilian Swedish Multisport Association and in Finland by the Finnish Reservist Sports Federation (FRSF). Name In other languagages the sport is known by names such as: Norwegian: ''orienteringsskyting'', Swedish: ''orienteringsskytte'', Danish: ''biathlon orientering'' and Finnish: ''ampumasuunnistus''. Competition rules An orienteering competition consists of a shooting part as well as an orienteering part. The orienteering format can either be freestyle (classic) and/or point orienteering. Freestyle/classic orienteering In freestyle orienteering the participant must follow a g ...
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Modern Pentathlon
The modern pentathlon is an Summer Olympics, Olympic multisport that consists of five events: fencing (one-touch épée followed by direct elimination), freestyle swimming, obstacle course racing, Laser pistol (sport), laser pistol shooting, and cross country running. The sport was first held in 1912, inspired by the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, traditional pentathlon held during the ancient Olympics, and designed to model skills needed by a soldier of that time. It has been a continuous part of the Summer Olympics since 1912, and a world championship has been held annually since 1949. The rules of the modern pentathlon have changed several times, especially in recent decades. Most notably, Show jumping, equestrian show jumping was one of the five events for more than 100 years, but was replaced by obstacle course racing in senior competitions as of 2025. The event has been condensed from five days to one day, and further down to two hours. The latest structure, as of the 2024 S ...
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Roller Skiing
Roller skiing is an off-snow equivalent to cross-country skiing. Roller skis have wheels on their ends and are used on a hard surface to emulate .Bryhn, Rolf and Knut Are Tvedt (eds.): ''Kunnskapsforlagets idrettsleksikon''. (Norwegian Encyclopedia of Sports). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget, 1990. The skiing techniques used are very similar to techniques used in cross-country skiing on snow. First created as a summer training exercise, roller skiing grew into a competitive sport in its own right. Annual championships are held in various locations around the world. Most, if not all, national cross-country ski teams around the world roller ski during the off-season for specific physical training simulating winter skiing. In Norway, separate roller ski facilities have been constructed to allow exercise off public roads. History The first roller skis were built in the mid-1930s in Italy and North Europe. In the early 1950s, when cross-country skiing started to evolve to a serious competitio ...
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