How to Use biathlete in a Sentence

biathlete

noun
  • The number of races a top biathlete will compete in each year.
    — ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Each rifle stock is crafted to fit the biathlete's body - much like a racing bike.
    — ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The best part has been the sideline dramas involving biathletes.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The three biathletes who have sued Rochenkov have not had their cases heard by CAS.
    — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The maximum kilometers per hour a biathlete might hit while skiing downhill in a race.
    — ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • And Barnes the three-time Olympian biathlete also now works as a professional painter.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Nobody has won more gold medals so far at the Pyeongchang Winter Games than the French biathlete.
    — Steve Reed, Houston Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The lawsuit was initially filed on the behalf of three Russian biathletes who were stripped of their medals for doping.
    — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • That idea came from biathlete Kaisa Makarainen, who Koskinin admits is probably one of the best knitters in the group.
    — Laken Litman, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Typically, biathletes can do the 15-minute exercise in a hotel room.
    — Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Maybe this explains the bizarre case of the Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The athletes in limbo are cross country skiers and biathletes, bobsledders and speedskaters, hockey players and figure skaters.
    — Tariq Panja, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018
  • German biathlete Justus Strelow watched his bronze clatter to the floor mid-victory-dance on live television.
    — Eric Sullivan, Scientific American, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Peiffer went through sports school training to become a federal police officer, and then a full-time World Cup biathlete.
    — ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The new conditioning coach is Alexsandr Mikhailovich, who has trained Russian Olympic biathletes.
    — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 17 June 2017
  • Bjoergen broke a tie with Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjourndalen for the most medals ever.
    — Tim Brown, OregonLive.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • The skills required may not equal the rigorous training of a slalom skier or a biathlete, but the focus, determination and consistency are the same.
    — Glenna Christensen, idahostatesman, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Finnish head coach Erik Torneus-Kulstad said in Finland some biathletes will work in the military, but it’s not required or common.
    — ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The number of hours a World Cup biathlete will train each year, according to Finnish head coach Erik Torneus-Kulstad.
    — ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The medal had been won by Evgeny Ustyugov, a Russian biathlete who was later found to have violated anti-doping rules ahead of that race.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • But the military connection is not as strong these days in Norway and Sweden, two of the sport's leading nations, whose biathletes are mostly civilians.
    — ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Lægreid has established himself as one of the best biathletes in the world, winning four-man relay gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2022.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The weather posed another problem early on, as chilling gusts blew from the north, wreaking havoc at mountain venues where snowboarders were blown off balance and biathletes could not feel their numbed trigger fingers.
    — David Wharton, latimes.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Johanna Taliharm, an Estonian Olympic biathlete, said racing on manmade snow comes with risks.
    — NBC News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Russian biathlete Valeria Vasnetsova posted photos from isolation that showed a meal made up of a small portion of pasta, overcooked meat and a few potatoes.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Kuzmina became the second biathlete and the first woman to win an individual medal in all four events on the program in her career, after Ole Einar Bjoerndalen.
    — Steve Reed, chicagotribune.com, 17 Feb. 2018
  • Wind and ice pellets left Olympic snowboarders simply trying to stay upright in conditions that many felt were unfit for competition, the best ski jumpers on the planet dealing with swirling gusts and biathletes aiming to shoot straight.
    — Howard Fendrich, The Seattle Times, 12 Feb. 2018
  • In this Winter Olympics, biathletes are competing for a total of 11 gold medals, which will test shooting accuracy and skiing endurance in a variety of formats.
    — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The phrase was the rallying cry of an anti-flying movement championed by Björn Ferry, an Olympic biathlete, who stopped flying in 2015.
    — The Economist, 19 Aug. 2019
  • The 32-year-old cross-country skier and biathlete won seven medals in seven starts earning her the distinction for the most medals won by a Paralympian in a single Winter Games.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2022

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