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(Fog forced the biathlon's postponement for the first time on Sunday (Photo Reuters))[/caption]The Olympic biathlon men's 15km mass start was postponed due to a few visibility after heavy fog in Sochi.
The Olympic biathlon men's 15km mass start at the Winter Games was postponed due to a few visibility after heavy fog descended on the Laura centre for a second day, organisers said.
The race was originally scheduled for Sunday evening but organisers pushed it back to Monday morning.
"Officially, if the weather improves, it will be 3.30pm (local time) but there will have to be some improvement," a spokesman for the local organisers said.
Biathlon combines cross country skiing and rifle shooting.
Athletes have to complete a distance over skis and stop at a shooting range two or four times depending on the disciplines.
As thick fog covered the mountains the view of the targets - 50 metres from where athletes stand or lay - was completely wiped out on Monday.
Women's curling
Earlier, Britain's women are assured of at least being in a tie-breaker to reach the curling semi-finals after beating Russia 9-6.
Eve Muirhead's world champion team is 5-3 and can guarantee joining Canada and Sweden in the playoffs with a win against Denmark in the evening session in their final round-robin game.
Japan plays Sweden.
Russia and Denmark also are out of contention for the semifinals.
(Source: Reuters)
(Al Jazeera, 17 Monday February 2014 The Roman)
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