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The IBU Summer Biathlon is a sporting event organized by the
International Biathlon Union
The International Biathlon Union (IBU; german: Internationale Biathlon-Union) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the ...
(IBU) which combines trail running or
roller skiing and
rifle shooting
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 ...
, 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
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
. The
Summer Biathlon World Championships
The Summer Biathlon World Championships are the world championships in summer biathlon which have been held annually since 1990.
Trail running (until 2009)
Men
Individual (6 km)
Sprint (4 km)
Pursuit (6 km)
This event was not held in 2 ...
have been held annually since 1990. Trail running was part of the world championships until 2009.
See also
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IBU Biathlon
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ISSF Target Sprint
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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 cou ...
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Nordic shooting with cross-country running Nordic shooting with cross-country running or running biathlon (''Norwegian'': skogsløp med skyting, ''Swedish'': springskytte, ''Danish'': terrænløb) is a biathlon sport which combines running and shooting.
Norway
In Norway, "skogsløp med sk ...
, a Nordic biathlon variant using fullbore rifles
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Moose biathlon
Moose biathlon ( fi, Hirvenhiihto) is a variation of the winter sport biathlon comprising cross-country skiing, range estimation of paper targets resembling a moose and rifle shooting at a 10 ringed target using fullbore biathlon rifles. Competiti ...
, another Nordic biathlon variant using fullbore rifles
References
External links
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