Missing Luggage Delays European Biathlon Championship

Sports | February 20, 2007, Tuesday // 00:00

The European biathlon championship that had to take place in Bulgaria's Bansko, started with a major gaffe on Tuesday, when the first scheduled runs were delayed because ten of the teams didn't receive all their luggage.

Six of the teams only received parts of their equipment and outfits, while four didn't get anything at all, Standart daily newspaper reported.

The whole shipment weighs about a ton and a half. Contestants of Austria, UK, Litva, Latvia, the Netherlands, Germany, Belarus, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Norway, and Brazil had to train Monday with borrowed equipment.

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