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dc.contributor.authorLaaksonen, Marko S
dc.contributor.authorJonsson, Malin
dc.contributor.authorHolmberg, Hans-Christer
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-02T09:05:51Z
dc.date.available2019-04-02T09:05:51Z
dc.date.issued2018-07-02
dc.description.abstractThe biathlon, combining cross-country ski skating with rifle marksmanship, has been an Olympic event since the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, United States, in 1960. As a consequence of replacing the classical with the skating technique in the 1980s, as well as considerable improvements in equipment and preparation of ski tracks and more effective training, the average biathlon skiing speed has increased substantially. Moreover, the mass-start, pursuit, and sprint races have been introduced. Indeed, two of the four current individual Olympic biathlon competitions involve mass-starts, where tactics play a major role and the outcome is often decided during the last round of shooting or final sprint. Biathlon is a demanding endurance sport requiring extensive aerobic capacity. The wide range of speeds and slopes involved requires biathletes to alternate continuously between and adapt different skating sub-techniques during races, a technical complexity that places a premium on efficiency. Although the relative amounts of endurance training at different levels of intensity have remained essentially constant during recent decades, today’s biathletes perform more specific endurance training on roller skis on terrain similar to that used for competition, with more focus on the upper-body, systematic strength and power training and skiing at higher speeds. Success in the biathlon also requires accurate and rapid shooting while simultaneously recovering from high-intensity skiing. Many different factors, including body sway, triggering behavior, and even psychology, influence the shooting performance. Thus, the complexity of biathlon deserves a greater research focus on areas such as race tactics, skating techniques, or shooting process.en_US
dc.descriptionSource at: <a href=http://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.00796> http://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.00796 </a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationLaaksonen, M. S., Jonsson, M. & Holmberg H.-C. (2018). The Olympic biathlon - Recent advances and perspectives after pyeongchang. <i>Frontiers in Physiology, 9</i>(796), 1-6. http://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.00796en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1624193
dc.identifier.doi10.3389/fphys.2018.00796
dc.identifier.issn1664-042X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/15134
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherFrontiers Mediaen_US
dc.relation.journalFrontiers in Physiology
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medical disciplines: 700::Sports medicine: 850::Exercise techniques: 851en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Medisinske Fag: 700::Idrettsmedisinske fag: 850::Treningslære: 851en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::History: 070::Other history: 089en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Historie: 070::Annen historie: 089en_US
dc.titleThe Olympic biathlon - Recent advances and perspectives after pyeongchangen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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