http://2010.dailyvancouver.com/taxonomy/term/168/0 en http://2010.dailyvancouver.com/blog/boris-mann/darren-loves-biathlon <p>Darren Barefoot explains why <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/Darrenbarefoot?m=1817">Biathlon is his favourite event</a>, and also covers some of the background of how it came to be:</p> <blockquote> After hockey, I think biathlon is my favourite event in the Winter Olympics. I like its peculiar, conflicting combination of activities--cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It's conflicting, of course, because the skiing gets your heart rate up to 180 beats per minute, which isn't particularly conducive to shooting a silver-dollar-sized target half a football field away. I had assumed it had its origins in hunting, but actually we can <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biathlon#History">blame the Norweigians</a>.</blockquote> <p>What's your favourite Winter Olympic sport?</p> biathlon Darren Barefoot winter olympics Sun, 19 Feb 2006 16:06:40 -0800