Monday, 28 July 2008

Biathlon

Its Carnival week in Swanage and tomorrow there is a Biathlon. I asked the boss what a Biathlon involved and he said ‘See Austen’, so I asked Austen who said ‘See Ian’. I suspect neither of them knew.

So using a search function on the interweb I have found out that:-

‘…biathlon usually refers specifically to the winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting’. Source: Wikipedia


Austen Rockett - World Champion


Perhaps I’m missing something, but Swanage is hardly in the running as a venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics. As for the rifle shooting, I’m not sure the fluffy bunny rabbits up on Ballard Down will be best pleased!

Well I suppose all will be revealed on the Quay at 18:00 Tuesday.

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