Monday, 5 February 2018

With Few Fans And Little Funding, U.S. Biathlon Team Hopes For First Olympic Medals

Skiing was second nature for Dunklee, but shooting a rifle at first felt alien to her. In the wake of mass shooting tragedies in the U.S., she has wrestled with ambivalence over using rifles for sport.

Biathlon is the only winter sport in which the U.S. has never won an Olympic medal. But hopes are high for Pyeongchang. "I've never seen our team in such high spirits," says biathlete Lowell Bailey.

(Image credit: John Tully for NPR)



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