The upcoming Olympic program includes races with distances ranging from six kilometers to 20 kilometers per person.

Biathlon is back at the Winter Olympics. Here's a look at all the equipment that biathletes will use for Milan Cortina 2026: Olympic biathletes use the following equipment:

By Philip O'Connor and Vincent Daheron ANTERSELVA, ITALY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Quentin Fillon Maillet is hoping to improve his shooting to give himself a chance of beating Martin Fourcade's total of seven Winter Olympic medals for France when the biathlon competitions get underway with the mixed relay at the Milano Cortina Games on Sunday.

The United States has the most athletes competing in the Winter Olympics, but is not favored to win the gold medal race.

ROME (AP) — Italian biathlete Rebecca Passler tested positive for doping and was provisionally suspended Monday from competing in her hometown at the Milan Cortina Olympics. Italy’s anti-doping agency said Passler tested positive for letrozole in an out-of-competition sample ahead of the Olympics that open Friday.

The biathlon made its debut in the 1960 Winter Olympic Games, but it was not until 1992 that women's events were added. It remains the only Winter Olympic event in which the United States has not won a medal.

Russia's sports minister Mikhail Degtyarev believes that the Milan/Cortina Winter Olympics could be a turning point. "We are returning to world sports," Degtyarev has said in the run-up to Friday's opening ceremony.