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Bhutan olympic committee
The Bhutan Olympic Committee is the national Olympic committee of Bhutan, founded in 1983. It has fielded archers at every Summer Olympics since its debut in 1984 at Los Angeles.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (भुवनेश्वर कुमार सिंह)
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (भुवनेश्वर कुमार सिंह), born 1990 in Meerut, is an Indian right-arm swing bowler; T20I/ODI debutant 2012 vs Pakistan, 6/82 at Lord's 2014, two-time IPL Purple Cap winner, SRH 2014–2024 then RCB, recalled to India's T20I squad in October 2026.
Bianca Andreescu
Bianca Andreescu, known as Bibi Andreescu, is a Canadian tennis player who won the 2019 US Open, beating Serena Williams to become Canada's first Grand Slam singles champion.
Bianca Belair
Bianca Belair (Bianca Crawford, b. April 9, 1989), WWE wrestler "The EST of WWE" from Knoxville. Former collegiate hurdler and CrossFit athlete; 2021 Women's Royal Rumble winner, WrestleMania 37 main-eventer, 419-day Raw Women's Champion, PWI 2024 top tag team with Jade Cargill.
Bianca Bustamante
Bianca Bustamante (born 2005), Filipino racing driver from Manila; W Series rookie 2022, two-time F1 Academy winner, first woman in McLaren's Driver Development Programme, later GB3, CUPRA KIRO Formula E, Eurocup-3.
Bianca Knight
Bianca Knight (born 1989) is an American sprinter who won gold in the 4 × 100 meters relay at the 2012 London Olympics, setting the world record of 40.82.
Bianka Schwede
Bianka Schwede (Borrmann), born 1953 in Dresden, East German rower with SC Einheit Dresden; won gold in the women's coxed fours at the 1976 Montréal Olympics, East Germany's first female rowing gold, and world eights titles in 1974-1975.
Biathlon
Biathlon: Olympic winter sport combining cross-country skiing (skating technique) with .22 rifle shooting; rifle minimum 3.5 kg. Formats include sprint, pursuit, individual, mass start, relay; misses cost penalty loops or time. Military origins, Olympic since 1960.
Biathlon at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Biathlon at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics: 11 events at Alpensia Biathlon Centre, 7–23 February 2018. Germany led with 3 golds; Dahlmeier and Fourcade starred; France won the mixed relay; Russian stars excluded.
Biathlon European Championships
IBU Open European Championships Biathlon (OECH), annual European biathlon championships first held 1994 in Kontiolahti; open-age event for IBU federations, age cap 26, 33 editions through 2026, held 2026 in Sjusjøen, Norway.
Biathlon in China
Biathlon in China is a small winter sports program that debuted at the 1980 Olympics and was rebuilt with foreign coaching after Beijing hosted the 2022 Games.
Biathlon in Kazakhstan
Biathlon in Kazakhstan is the winter sport of cross-country skiing combined with rifle shooting, inherited from the Soviet system; Elena Khrustaleva won silver at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Biathlon Junior World Championships
IBU Youth/Junior World Championships Biathlon (YJWCH), annual biathlon world titles for youth 16-19 and junior 20-22; 18 races per edition; 30th edition Arber 2026, Germany.
Biathlon rifle
Biathlon rifle: the .22 LR (5.6 mm) rimfire rifle biathletes carry on skis and fire at 50 m knock-down targets; minimum 3.5 kg, Anschütz 1827 Fortner straight-pull is the standard, IBU rules govern specs and safety.
Biathlon World Championships
The IBU Biathlon World Championships are the annual title events for biathlon, first held in Saalfelden, Austria, in 1958 and skipped in Olympic seasons; Norway leads the all-time medal table.
Biathlon World Championships 2009
The 2009 IBU Biathlon World Championships, held at Alpensia Biathlon Center in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 13 to 22 February 2009, were the first hosted in South Korea.
Biathlon World Championships 2021
2021 IBU Biathlon World Championships, Pokljuka, Slovenia, 9–21 February 2021; 52nd edition, 337 athletes from 38 countries, 12 races; Norway led with 7 gold, 14 medals; Laegreid and Davidova won individual titles.
Biathlon World Championships relay and mixed relay results
The Biathlon World Championships relay results cover the men's 4 × 7.5 km relay, first held in 1974, plus the women's relay and the mixed relay formats, with Norway leading the medal tables.
Biathlon World Championships sprint results
The Biathlon World Championships sprint is a 10 km men's and 7.5 km women's race, part of the championships since 1974 for men and 1984 for women.
Biathlon World Cup
The Biathlon World Cup (IBU World Cup) is the International Biathlon Union's annual series of ski-and-shoot races across three trimesters, with 21 individual competitions plus relays, a Total Score title, and formats including sprint, pursuit, individual, and mass start.
Biathlon World Cup discipline standings
The Biathlon World Cup discipline standings are the IBU's per-discipline classifications in sprint, pursuit, individual, and mass start; Martin Fourcade leads men's mass start with 15 wins.
Biathlon World Cup overall champions
The Biathlon World Cup overall champions are the season points leaders. Martin Fourcade holds the men's record with 7 overall globes and Magdalena Forsberg the women's with 6.
Biathlon World Cup relay competitions
The Biathlon World Cup relay competitions are the IBU circuit's team events: men's 4x7.5 km, women's 4x6 km, mixed, and single mixed relays, with season-long national standings.
Biathlon World Cup seasons, 2009/10–2018/19
The Biathlon World Cup seasons, 2009/10–2018/19, are ten annual circuits of elite biathlon competition; Emil Hegle Svendsen won the 2009/10 men's overall title with 828 points.
Biathlon World Cup venues and calendar
The Biathlon World Cup calendar is the annual sequence of stage venues for the IBU's top series, with nine to ten meetings per winter at a stable core of European venues.
Bicentennial Test
Bicentennial Test: one-off Benson and Hedges Australia v England Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 29 January to 2 February 1988, marking the Australian Bicentenary; drawn, England 425, Australia 214 and 328/2 following on, Boon 184.
Bicycle polo
Bicycle polo (cycle polo, bike polo, polo-vélo) is a team sport invented in Ireland in 1891 by Richard J. Mecredy, a 1908 London Olympics demonstration sport won by Ireland, now split into grass and hardcourt versions.
Bid whist
Bid whist: four-player partnership trick-taking card game of the auction whist family, popular among African Americans; 54-card deck, 6-card kitty, uptown/downtown/no-trump bids, books scored above six.
Bidding system
A bidding system in contract bridge is the base language a partnership agrees on for its bids, later extended by conventions; natural examples include Standard American, 2/1 Game Force, and Acol.
Bide
Bide is a 2020 combinatorial abstract strategy board game by Alek Erickson for 2-6 players on an empty hex-hex base 5 board, featuring stored-turn hands (bide/release), outward-pushing shock waves, and center-distance group scoring; unrelated to StrategyForge's fictional heron character.