Biathlon | How They Train | TIME

TIME's Sean Gregory gets a shooting lesson from U.S. Olympic favorite Tim Burke as he trains for the games in Vancouver.
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Biathlon | How They Train | TIME
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[@syrif96]

This is actually an extremely difficult sport. I'm a Canadian biathlete myself. Thanks for the "respect". :) Feels good to know people appreciate the sport.

[@Ja99prod]

How s your career? Hope u succeeded ! Damn, 11 years

[@Summitseeker110]

i've raced in biathlon at the national level and it is insane! i know all the people in the video personally and they're training is so much more than this. eating healthy during their meals, all this training and maintaining a good sleep schedule is unreal. This sport is the hardest sport ive competed in because of the skiing with such a high heart rate going to trying to get your rate under 80 for shooting. they'll practice just holding the gun in the offhand (standing) position for hours!

[@kyougurlie57]

i thought this was the weirdest olympic sport ever when i saw it on TV! these guys are amazing

[@williamnicholson8133]

Norwegian driveby

[@LoyaFrostwind]

I'd be doing penalty laps for the rest of my life. I'm not a good shot. But I'd love to try out the roller skis!

[@BobbenxdMusic]

5:30 love his shooting technic

[@wacky.racoon]

very smart way to shoulder a rifle that's for sure... /s

[@aleksiusbutilkinas1063]

Looks like a brilliant sport.The show give a great inside.

[@Coyote-wm5op]

I had never seen or heard of the biathlon until I saw an older James Bond movie. Probably my favorite Olympic sport now.

[@colerobertson8743]

I can’t imagine the challenge in shooting after pushing your way through snow and mountainous terrain, that’s impressive!

[@RodrigoRangel1]

What a beautiful sport

[@Airforce807]

yah im a biathlete, and let me tell you, it's a challenge but if you have the right mindset for it and your determined, you will do well!!

[@MeepMeep88]

whoa.... This is the first time I ever heard of such a sport existing

[@GoPro96Prod]

You should visit my channel, and you will find more Biathlon videos filmed with GoPro

[@jl983]

:D i'm in a biathlon team as well. had a competition today at the Callaham Whistler Olympic park. it's my first time racing but i came in 5th place. on my first round of shooting hit 2 targets, 2nd round 1, and last unfortunately none but my arm was shaking so much because i was tired. i love biathlon!!!

[@saysflushable]

Its been 9 years since you wrote this are you still involved in the sport?

[@bellla08]

Good luck U.S.A!! You guys are amazing!

[@Thisabadusername]

Biathlon is the most difficult sport

[@OoOoOo-we3dn]

??? Not really , there are a lot of very difficult sports out there

[@VulcanOps]

I want roller skis.

[@zaknafein641]

It's ok to shoot a .22 without ear protection outside, indoors without ear protection is damaging...

[@RingoFreakingStarr]

If you ever cross one of these guys in a snow storm, you are so fucked.

[@Maui_waves]

Looks Super Fun! And Exciting!

[@AliShooting]

I love this game .. Good luck

[@minibill73]

It's the other way around. Your muscles recover faster after xc skiing than running.

[@C4RTMiLL]

yeah TIm, he used to be my neighbor in New York!!!!

[@pdubs7069]

halfway thru this video, Sean hasn't embarrassed himself yet.... WAITING!!

[@DANTICVS]

new favorite winter sport

[@farmboyjad]

Great question! Biathlon is a pretty small community, so donations and support are always appreciated. A good place to start would be at USA Biathlon's website. If you want to support the sport at a more grassroots level, many states have biathlon associations that form the backbone of the community. These independent associations provide opportunities for people to try biathlon as well as putting on races and helping to support developing athletes.

[@TheGuyWho3415]

Great standing position Sean.

[@CyberdyneSystemsSkynet]

Biathlon is the #1 televised winter sport in Europe. Which means Europeans have guns. Just saying.

[@crazy_Fred]

Nope. It means we like shooting confined safely in the shooting range. And it's the competition as a whole we like, its great difficulty, the balance between skiing fast and being still while shooting, not the shooting as a concept.

[@freeBOOTshine]

It's great to see sports that people of varying ages can compete in.

[@toocool2beat]

The sport has its origins in an exercise for Norwegian soldiers, as an alternative training for the military. The world's first known ski club, the Trysil Rifle and Ski Club, was formed in Norway in 1861 to promote national defence at the local level.

[@1cerda]

anyone knows what´s the name and model of the Helm?

[@ElectricJellyDonut]

i love snowboarding but this sport is tough!

[@TheACacello]

@Chingster22, I disagree, I think there's more impact while running, and it's much harder to go up and down the hills.

[@ijuldzulfadli903]

Big question of my life since i lived in tropical country.

[@junkevin]

i agree. this looks like it HURTS. respect to all of them. you need to be a champion to do this shit every day

[@MrJcubed247]

This is really cool!

[@SpikeBoarding]

SpikeBoarding is headed right into this big time!

[@MelElise123]

@puparoni you can get them anywhere but it depends on where you live.

[@random234]

How do they score? It's a combination of speed (skiing) and accuracy (shooting)? So do they subtract time if they shoot accurate or use points or what?

[@robertleary6230]

You have to ski longer as a penalty if you miss around a small oval at the end of the course.

[@tomasdiaz1974]

@@robertleary6230 Or they add penalty time for each shot missed. It depends which event. Some do penalty laps some do penalty times.

[@pancaiks_]

i gotta do a project about this sport lets see where this goes

[@womanbeater101]

Same i had to also 💀

[@harris1001]

Go TEAM USA!!!

[@frantiseksmetana9640]

in sport shooting u can go almost from any leading possition to 20th place in one shot...

[@mojofish1]

OK 2 lunches and a nap. Count me in. Seriously I'm 42 missed my mark on this great shooting sport, but does anyone know where to contribute money to it?

[@larshenrik91]

Biathlon really is a great sport! Too bad the Fortner-actioned rifles are so expensive

[@boxlock2009]

Not random at all. I believe there was a US Army Ranger unit in WWII that did just that, except they didn't shoot at paper targets.

[@MichaelGuzzo]

good luck!

[@Jammed_Toast]

Goooood lord. Shoulder at 5:39. Could nobody teach this poor guy to run a straight pull action? Fack.

[@chamoco1]

what roller skis are you guts using?

[@meatmissilef111]

do these guys shoot without ear protection?

[@captaincannabis3321]

probably, .22lr is only slightly louder than a firecracker.

[@scorpioninpink]

i still love curling...

[@catmixplayz]

Half the race I am always stuck in the penalty loop lol

[@messi9991]

Oh come on, as much as I dread the US discovering European sports and dominating (they have like 4 times as many people as the most populated European countries so they could do this), it's nice to see the sport recognised for the beauty it is. Don't be a hater.

[@timothymorris3601]

It's cool..

[@ArrowSmith95]

@kaos3124 it is weird . but its really hard .

[@messi9991]

Are you American? I always wonder why this sport isn't more popular there, given that Americans love their guns.

[@dead9697]

@stengevarsel I am from Trysil :D haha awesome ^^

[@ashleyreed3115]

never seen this before

[@gamrkidd]

how random is that! skiing and shooting????

[@StephanieHill]

@Invisus944 yeah, cuz they had firearms in the middle ages....

[@ElectricJellyDonut]

@mikey41297 its also so the people watching the competitors compete dont go deaf

[@phxrsx]

No need for ear protection?

[@saysflushable]

I was wondering the same although sub sonic 22 caliber ammunition is relatively quite.

[@Mountaineer3615]

5000 calories? I am almost training like an Olympic athlete. I just dont do the actual exercise part.

[@guyfromthe80s92]

"biathlon started as a Scandinavian military exercise" Yeah that should be Norwegian military exercise, but I guess we all look alike.

[@scruggs6633]

Norway is in Scandinavia...

[@guyfromthe80s92]

Scandinavia is not a country, nor a single entity.

[@scruggs6633]

Scandinavia is a single entity referring to the region including Denmark, Norway, and Sweden AKA Northern Europe or the Scandinavian Peninsula. A Norwegian tradition or invention could be referred to as Scandinavian, as well as a Swedish one.

[@Chingster22]

@SelinaJR running puts less strain on your muscles than skiing does. 18 miles skiing is a lot harder than 18 miles running

[@knightstalker1369]

Anshcutz rifle?

[@mmike01]

Was anyboy else watching this during the olympics and then all of a sudden thought they were watching a ski race when all of a sudden you thought "Wait, what the fuck are they shooting at?"

[@MelElise123]

@junkevin Heyy. I do biathlon. It does kind of hurt XD

[@fran1514]

u still do it? lol

[@apexgamer4534]

Nice video

[@GoPro96Prod]

You should visit my channel, and you will find more Biathlon videos filmed with GoPro

[@toocool2beat]

lol quoted exactly

[@electronikita]

Fuck! The first thing I am gonna do in September is sign up for biathlon team!

[@guymorris1963]

The US seriously needs Winter Olympics medals in biathlon. Call the Department of the Army, go up to Fort Drum in New York State and recruit team members from the Tenth Mountain Division (winter troops). Problem solved, get the podium ready, unseat the Europeans. Until then, the US can forget it because the Europeans have owned that sport for a long time.

[@deadstump4970]

Not knocking the Tenth Mountain, but they tend to have a lot more on their plate than just training for shooting and skiing. Plus the shooting they do in the army is quite a bit different than the competition shooting they do on course (not saying that it is fundamentally different, but the techniques used in each area are honed for their specific need... you just would not shoot a military chambered rifle the way the biathetes do, your recoil compensation would be poop). Then there is the skiing. Competitive cross country skiing is fairly far divorced from wilderness cross country skiing and it takes a lot of effort to get as good at either. But you already knew this.

[@taffelost6221]

LOL. You really have no clue about the level international athletes are at, do you.

[@rgz_drippel2klh137]

Tf you doing at 5:40

[@elliemclennan5977]

I think you are cool!!!!

[@DANTICVS]

i am. It really should be bigger here. I do love my guns.

[@User-1543]

Why’d they let that man hold the rifle like a 10 year old girl??

[@pete5668]

I think they should do that with 80 pounds of combat gear on lol

[@pdubs7069]

Now this is grueling.... looks totally exhausting and completely boring if it weren't for the gun!

[@SaraPinegar]

Anschütz target rifles 🙌

[@cobrakillernico]

you have to be ex military or police to do this :)

[@ParlaneArtShed]

...or an American citizen in good standing. Kids can start pistol shooting class at 8. I'm looking at doing biathlon as a winter hobby by following mountain roads, tracking grouse or hare tracks off the road, and taking home dinner!

[@MarkARhodie]

They are supposed to be the fittest athletes going.

[@junkevin]

it'd be better if they somehow worked the shooting part into shooting opponents lol

[@HHalcyon]

Biathlon and cross-country training routines are agonizing, especially the season's toughest training periods. You've got to love torturing yourself in order to do such things. Body has to have all-around physical capabilities to do such a demanding sport on high levels.

[@pete5668]

U S A! U S A!

[@Ares5901]

they dont use AR15's in Biathalon thats why.. lol Any if you look at all the olypmic shooting sports the americans seem to be really under represted.

[@Kefloo]

Im sorry but I dont see the point of this sport??? It looks funny though

[@noneofmynameswork1]

the editing of this video is so 2010

[@mattpkp]

would be a much better sport if they were shooting 308

[@Afghani_Kush]

FromTheIsland Different calibers don't have different accuracy statuses. They probably use .22 because it is way more quiet and not as much recoil. You need to get your facts right the caliber doesn't matter its the man behind the gun and also the gun quality.

[@Afghani_Kush]

FromTheIsland so since an airsoft BB is smaller are you telling me it is more accurate?

[@mattpkp]

At 50 yards the wind effect on 22 is about twice as much as a 308. You have to realize the velocity and size of the projectile matter more to stabilizing and preventing drift.

[@DriftmafiaNet87]

mattpkp I think the researchers designing these guns have a bit more knowledge about what rifle and round is right for this sport than you. If 308 was better I am sure they would be using it.

[@bpm990d]

The sport use to be centerfire. I think it would be better if they brought back the centerfire matches like the 300M and the running deer and running boar matches.

[@BHLCaptainDja]

i only searched this because of russia is doing it with tanks.

[@Yupiyeahs]

@kaos3124 Actually, that sounds like a great idea. Who wants to join me?

[@3bertface01]

at least they're not campers

[@dominuspastor7097]

European influence on the sport? What?

[@martinhovden5207]

why tim burke?;( You all know Norway is that best:P

[@GabberHeadzNL]

THEY DO NOT KNOW THAT THEY NEVER HEARD OF EINAR OLE BJORDALEN AND HIS EPIC RACES BUT YET THEY THING SOME YANKEE IS GOOD AT BIATHLON IT IS PURE DISRESPECT TO THE SPORT

[@ClaireEmilia]

Germany, France and Sweden are just as good

[@thebaws7289]

ClaireEmilia 2003 Germany yes, Sweden hahahaha lol

[@amnesiakdotcom]

@cliffcox66 Anschutz 1827

[@toocool2beat]

lol

[@plaady]

nuts

[@idbs1984]

why are these guns even legal? they have no place but on the battlefield ban all guns now!

[@HrHaakon]

They're legal because the population wants them to be legal. It's called Democracy. You should look into it.

[@XzanderVillo]

idbs1984 Your a complete idiot the guns they use have so little power they would do little to nothing in a battle.

[@tjc5774]

Ppppfff. Shut up

[@AndyYankee17]

lol, great trolling. Look how many people took you seriously. Of course no one would actually think a .22 bolt action rifle has any use outside of a shooting range.

[@AndyYankee17]

headshots are particularly nasty. Too weak to punch through the other side of the skull, they rattle around the skull like a bb in a can.

[@ShadowOfLight3000]

Go Iraq- Oh wait...

[@random234]

Sometime design auto-aim for real life..

[@BobbenxdMusic]

@cliffcox66 Anschütz

[@zaknafein641]

Yeah, that's just the silliest way to shoot a rifle...

[@mikey41297]

They also use .22 ammo also probably because of the low recoil so they can make fast follow up shots.