Biathlon combines two sports – cross-country skiing and shooting – into one race. The biathlon first made its debut 66 years ago in the 1960 Winter Olympics at the renamed Palisades Tahoe in Olympic Valley near Lake Tahoe. This year, the Winter Olympic biathlon games will be held in Antholz (Anterselva), Italy.

Olympic biathletes shoot at targets using .22-caliber rifles while racing on cross-country skis. Here’s a closer look at the combined sporting event. (Photo: AP)

One biathlete admitted infidelity. Another won gold months after stealing her teammate's credit card. It's been a week at Olympic biathlon.

For biathletes at the Winter Games, the task is clear - ski as fast as you can, hit all your targets from 50 metres with your heart bursting out of your chest and then tear off again with the best in the world hot on your heels in pursuit of glory.

When Norway's Johan-Olav Botn crossed the line to win Olympic gold in the men's 20km individual race on Tuesday, he did so with an emotional cry of "Sivert, we did it!" in honour of Sivert Guttorm Bakken,

ANTERSELVA, Italy (AP) — Johan-Olav Botn of Norway shot perfectly in his Olympic debut to secure the gold medal in the men’s 20-kilometer individual biathlon at the Milan Cortina Winter Games on Tuesday.

Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler will be able to compete in the Olympics despite failing a doping test last month, the Italian Winter Sports Federation (FISI) said on Friday, after she argued that any offence had been accidental.

TMJ4's Ashley Washburn tries cross-country skiing in another edition of 'Testing the Torch' at the Ariens Nordic Center in Brillion, which serves as a U.S. Biathlon National Training Center.