Cesana San Sicario

ByEurosport

Published 31/01/2006 at 20:35 GMT

Cesana San Sicario will be the snow-clad backdrop to the Olympic Games biathlon competition in Turin. The venue - in close vicinity to the bobsleigh-skeleton-luge run - has been purpose-built for the Games and is expected to welcome some 6,500 spectators

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Situated at an altitude of over 1,600m some 97km from the city of Turin, the arena has five race circuits ranging from a 2km loop to a testing 4km route.

The nearby former holiday resort of Italsider will house the media, officials and the 220 biathletes, who will be racing in temperatures averaging minus three degrees.

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