Biathlon started today with the sprint race, for those that know very little about the sport let me help you out a bit. The sports beginnings are military based, guns and skis, (well guns kill things and rifles shoot at targets).


Athletes in the sprint event start every 30 seconds. During the sprint, women race 7.5 kilometres (3 laps of a 2.5-km loop) and men race 10 kilometres (3 laps of a 3.3-km loop). All competitors must stop twice at the shooting range to take five shots at a target (one standing and one prone) If an athlete misses a shot, he or she must ski a lap around a 150-metre penalty loop. The athlete with the lowest time, including penalty loops, is the winner.
To most Europeans this is the most watched skiing event of all skiing disiplens. Some German races will attract 60,000 in the stands and an other 40,000 around the course, plus television in more than 10,000,000 houses  This is the Nascar of skiing.
I am not an expert of the sport but here are some photos of some of the racers from where I was aloud to snoot from.

Camera in her face