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ART STEGEN ORIGINS OF BIATHLON

by Tom Kelly

ART STEGEN: ORIGINS OF BIATHLON - Heartbeat Podcast W/ Tom Kelly

New Gloucester, ME.- Biathlon will be one of the most viewed events at the upcoming Olympics in Beijing. And it comes with long history, from the days of hunters on skis with bows and arrows 1,500 years ago to the military patrol event at the first Winter Olympics in 1924. Art Stegen, one of the foremost historians on the sport, joins Heartbeat for some fascinating history taking us from times of old to the modern Olympics and how biathlon forged its pathway as one of the Games' most popular events. Stegen, a New York state native, is the author of Unique and Unknown: The Story of Biathlon in the United States. https://share.transistor.fm/s/dfc75591 to hear Art Stegen take us back in time and explore the origins and history of biathlon.

 

 

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