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biathlon
noun [C] /baɪˈæθ.lən/
/-lɑːn/ Definition
› a sports competition that combines skiing and shooting a rifle (= gun) → Compare decathlon, heptathlon, pentathlonAthleticsSkiing
(Definition of biathlon noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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