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A biathlon miss costs a 150-metre penalty loop
In most events each missed target adds a loop of that length to the race Biathlon combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting at five targets from prone and standing positions. The rifle travels on the skier's back and is a small-bore weapon. In the pursuit and mass start formats a miss adds a penalty loop, while in the individual race it adds a minute to the time. It sits in Mondo's sports collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.
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A biathlon miss costs a 150-metre penalty loop: the short answers
- Where does this come from, and can I check it?
- In most events each missed target adds a loop of that length to the race. The figure is taken from International Biathlon Union, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
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- Yes. It sits on the Sports shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
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