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BIATHLON
Overview
The competition is open to athletes with a physical disability and
blindness/visual impairment. It consists of a 7.5km route divided into three
2.5km stages. Between the two stages athletes must hit two targets located at a
distance of 10 metres. Each miss is penalised by an increase in the overall
route time.
The most important success factor lies in the capability of alternating the
skills of physical endurance and shooting accuracy during the competition.
Athletes with blindness/visual impairment are assisted by acoustic signals,
which depending on signal intensity, indicate when the athlete is on target.
Events
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Men race over 12.5km and 7.5km
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Women race over 10km and 7.5km
Classification
Athletes are classified dependant on their disability in one of 15 classes.
These athletes are separated dependant on their functionality into classes LW2 –
LW12, and vision impaired classes B1 – B3.
The percentage-system is an adjusted time formula, which is used to determine
overall place of each competitor relative to all other disabled racers. This
formula assigns a percentage to each competitor based on each individual’s
particular disabled race class. The athlete’s actual time is multiplied by this
percentage to determine his/her adjusted finishing time.
Each disability class has a different percentage for the different techniques,
classic and free technique. The percentages are evaluated after every season and
changes are made if necessary.
Links
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Snow Sports New Zealand
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IPC Nordic
Skiing
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International
Paralympic Committee
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