World Cup Ruhpolding Live

In the sport of Biathlon, there are World Cup events that set the winners apart from those not quite ready to move onto bigger and better things such as the Olympics and World Championships. Biathlon is a great Winter sport where skiers compete in a combined event of cross country skiing, or skiing on mostly flat surfaces with rifle shooting at targets. This is a sport that is as much fun to watch as it is to play, and the World Cup Ruhpolding will be a perfect example Thursday, January 14^th through Sunday, January 17^th.

The sport began with Norwegian soldiers which began with a club in 1861. The first World Championship event was in 1958 and was first in the Olympics in 1960 even though the sport was demonstrated in 1924, and then again in 1928, 1936 and 1948. The sport is governed by the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Modern et Biathlon and you can watch this particular World Cup event by getting your membership at the banners on this page. You can watch the event live in high quality video.