Hunting Trips, Sex and Cash: How Grooming Biathlon’s Leader Paid Off for Russia

By BY TARIQ PANJA from NYT Sports An investigation accuses biathlon’s longtime president of accepting gifts from Russians and then doing the country’s bidding as a doping scandal swirled.https://nyti.ms/3prEV22

U.S. Looks to an Italian to Put Biathletes on the Olympic Podium

By MATTHEW FUTTERMAN from NYT Sports As the World Cup arrives in Utah, Armin Auchentaller tries to spread the gospel of biathlon to the United States, which has never won an Olympic medal in the sport.https://nyti.ms/2V3u1zX

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, 8-Time Gold Medalist, Retires

By VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports A record-setting Norwegian biathlete hangs up his skis and rifle at 44.https://nyti.ms/2GLcVU7

How to Manage Stress Like an Olympic Biathlete

By TARA PARKER-POPE from NYT Sports The pressure of an intense physical race combined with methodical target shooting gives biathletes a unique perspective on coping with stress.http://nyti.ms/2sHTJ3w

This Time, Martin Fourcade’s Lunge Leads to Biathlon Gold

By REUTERS from NYT Sports Martin Fourcade won the men’s 15 km mass start biathlon by mere millimeters but the history books will show that the gold medal made him France’s greatest Olympian.http://nyti.ms/2EC3Rwq

What Is Biathlon? It’s Cross-Country Skiing With Guns

By VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports Biathlon is a cross-country ski race that is interrupted periodically for the athletes to pull a rifle off their backs, point it at a target and shoot.http://nyti.ms/2Cac09n