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References 0–9 2-for-1 A strategy used within the last minute of a period or quarter, in which the team with possession times its shot to ensure that it will regain possession with enough time to shoot again before time runs out. Applicable in competitions that use a shot clock (all except NFHS in most US states). 3-and-D Any player, typically not a star, who specializes mainly in three ...
The modern biathlon is a civilian variant of the old military combined exercise. [3] In Norway, the biathlon was until 1984 a branch of Det frivillige Skyttervesen, an organization set up by the government to promote civilian marksmanship in support of national defence. In Norwegian, the biathlon is called skiskyting (literally ski shooting). [4]
Kronum [8] – a field sport mixing elements of association football, handball and basketball; N. Nashball – a field sport mixing elements of association football, fistball, basketball, ultimate frisbee, and volleyball using horizontal end zone goals and strict no open-hand contact and strike. P. Padbol - A hybrid of soccer, volleyball ...
Beginning at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, women's biathlon debuted with the 15 km individual, 3 × 7.5 km relay (4 × 7.5 km during 1994–2002, and 4 × 6 km in 2006), and 7.5 km sprint. A pursuit race (12.5 km for men and 10 km for women) was included at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City .
The RPI is used to determine seeding in the statewide district tournament draws for girls and boys basketball, which are Feb. 4 for the girls and Feb. 11 for the boys.
The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted Tuesday to unionize — the first Division I college athletics team to hold a public unionization effort.
Most records are subject to ratification by the governing body for that record. On the world level, that is World Athletics.Each body has their own procedure for ratifying the records: for example, USA Track & Field (USATF), the governing body for the United States, only ratifies records once a year at their annual meeting at the beginning of December.
In biathlon, a mixed relay race was first held at the Biathlon World Championships 2005 in Khanty-Mansiysk (4 × 6 km), and it was added to the 2014 Winter Olympics (4 × 6 km / 7.5 km). In road cycling , the 2019 UCI Road World Championships introduced a team time trial mixed relay where first three men and then three women ride together as a ...