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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
biathlon/bʌɪˈaθlən/

▶noun a sporting event in which the competitors combine cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.

– derivatives
biathlete noun.

– origin 1950s: from bi- + Gk athlon ‘contest’, on the pattern of pentathlon.

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