Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The Men’s 4 x 7.5 kilometre biathlon relay competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Italy was held on 21 February at Cesana San Sicario. Each national team consisted of four members with each skiing 7.5 kilometres and shooting twice once prone and once standing.At each shooting station a competitor has eight shots to hit five targets; however only five bullets are loaded in a magazine at one – if additional shots are required the spare bullets must be loaded one at a time.