Explore Biathletes through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Biathletes meaning
plural of biathlete
Using Biathletes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of biathlete
- In the example corpus, biathletes often appears in combinations such as: biathletes shoot, the biathletes, biathletes start.
Context around Biathletes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Biathletes
- In this selection, "biathletes" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, headline, women, shooting, shoot, start and appealed stand out and add context to how "biathletes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include competition the biathletes start in and however whereas biathletes carry their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "biathletes" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with biathletes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
U.S. biathletes shoot guns to compete. (7 words)
As in the individual competition, the biathletes start in intervals. (10 words)
However, whereas biathletes carry their rifles while skiing, pentathletes do not carry their pistols while running. (16 words)
To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. (33 words)
Relay The relay teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski convert (men) or convert (women), each leg skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing. (30 words)
The trio of biathletes appealed to the CAS following sanctions by the IOC Disciplinary Commission, handed down for their alleged involvement in Russia's state-sponsored doping scheme. (28 words)
Example sentences (11)
The trio of biathletes appealed to the CAS following sanctions by the IOC Disciplinary Commission, handed down for their alleged involvement in Russia's state-sponsored doping scheme.
A version of this article appears in print on February 25, 2018, on Page SP5 of the with the headline: Biathletes From U.S. To Boycott Russia Event.
U.S. biathletes shoot guns to compete.
As in the individual competition, the biathletes start in intervals.
However, whereas biathletes carry their rifles while skiing, pentathletes do not carry their pistols while running.
In 2005 the women biathletes did the first two legs, and the men did the following two, while in 2006 the sequence was woman man woman man.
In case of a miss, the two non-shooting biathletes must ski a penalty loop of 150 m (490 ft).
Mass start In the mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins.
Relay The relay teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski convert (men) or convert (women), each leg skied over three laps, with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing.
The biathletes shoot on a first-come, first-served basis at the lane corresponding to the position they arrived for all shooting bouts.
To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding of the skiing loops, and overcapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race.
Common combinations with biathletes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: