The findings of a survey the IBU conducted in late 2021 reveal that biathletes have great concern about the future of their sport. Nearly 90% of IBU athletes feel that their sport has already been impacted by the climate crisis and almost 60% of them have personally felt the impact of climate change on their everyday lives. 75% of the athletes surveyed indicated that they are either very concerned or extremely concerned about climate change, with a further 19% saying they were moderately concerned.
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BIATHLON CLIMATE CHALLENGE 2021 + 2022
In 2021, the IBU staged the first-ever Biathlon Climate Challenge in cooperating with Active-Giving. 10 Biathlon stars joined as Team leaders, encouraging fans around the globe to get physically active, collecting 100,000 trees in the month of May.
One year later, the IBU and its Premium Partner Viessmann co-financed the second edition of the Biathlon Climate Challenge which ran in August 2022.
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