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For a long time I have dissed the biathalon event of the winter Olympics.
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The biathalon is where men combine cross-country skiing with marksmanship, and the juxtaposition of these two sports always struck me as odd, but today Gerardo and I watched the finals of the biathalon, and it was awesome!
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It came down to the very end, where the “legend” was coming from behind against a French competitor, and the Frenchman missed more shots than the legend did on the last shooting round, causing him to take some penalty laps that resulted in the two being neck-and-neck.
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There was only a few kilometers left for them to ski, and it was known that the Frenchman was a better cross-country sprinter than the legend was. They both came together into the stadium, and the legend was barely ahead. On the last turn, the Frenchman stumbled a bit, and it looked like the legend might hold him off, but then the Frenchie poured it on in the last fifty meters and won.
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The fact that they can shoot their rifles so accurately in spite of panting for breath from skiing for miles is impressive, and so I will no longer diss the biathalon.
