Biathlon

There have also been summer competitions in roller-ski biathlon, mountain bike biathlon and orienteering biathlon.
. Two common variations on biathlon are summer biathlon, where skiing is replaced by a cross-country run, and archery biathlon (or ski archery), where the rifle is replaced by a longbow. These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Hollaback Girl". Since 2002 the stadium has hosted a special end-of-year mixed team event, now called the "Veltins Biathlon World Team Challenge". On August 28, 2005, "Hollaback Girl" won for Best Choreography in a Video at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards. *The Veltins-Arena, located in Gelsenkirchen and renamed from Arena AufSchalke in July 2005, is the stadium of German football club FC Schalke 04. It debuted at number twenty-nine on Canada's MuchMusic Countdown, and reached number one two and a half months later, where it stayed for two weeks.

(Due to the complicated shooting range equipment, which absolutely has to work in order to hold successful races, biathlon is a highly demanding sport for organisers.). Hollaback Girl also peaked at number one for two non-consecutive weeks on VH1's Top 20 Video Countdown. World Cup events and World Championships in biathlon have traditionally been held at the following relatively few locations. "Hollaback Girl" was successful on various video countdowns, including Total Request Live, where it reached the number one position, and was eventually retired from the program fifty days after its first appearance, becoming the first Stefani video to retire. Since 2004, this race format has been obsolete at the World Cup level. In the middle of the video, Pharrell Williams, one of the song's coproducers, makes a cameo appearance. The skiers must enter the shooting area together, and must also finish within 15 seconds of each other, otherwise a time penalty of 1 minute is added to the total time. In it, Stefani covers her mouth and looks around whenever she says the word "shit".

In case of a miss, the two non-shooting biathletes must ski a penalty loop of 150 m. "Hollaback Girl" contains a tongue-in-cheek moment which appears frequently throughout the music video. Two athletes must shoot in the prone shooting round, the other two in the standing round. The camera zooms in on Stefani, and the video is then complete. A team consists of four biathletes, but unlike the case of the Relay competition, all team members start at the same time. At the end, the Harajuku Girls perform a choreographed dance, in which Stefani rises from the ground with her hands in the air. The first-leg participants start all at the same time, and as in cross-country skiing relays, every athlete of a team must touch the team's next-leg participant to perform a valid exchange. The Harajuku Girls visualize the song's bridge by spelling out the word "bananas" with blue and white cue cards.

If after eight bullets there are still misses, one 150 m penalty loop must be taken for each miss. The video is intercut with sequences filmed against a black background, of Stefani, the Harajuku Girls, and the cheerleaders dancing along to the marching band. For every round of five targets there are eight bullets available, though the last three can only be loaded one at a time from trays at the shooting range. They stir things up by barging in on a football game, and are later seen at a grocery store, marching down the aisles, throwing cereal and other food products. Teams consist of four biathletes, who each ski 7.5 km (men) or 6 km (women), with two shooting rounds; one prone, one standing. Letting out a laugh, Stefani begins to sing, and the students — augmented by a marching band and Japanese cheerleaders — follow Stefani and her Harajuku Girls in a yellow car (with "Hollaback Girl" written on the hood) to the high school's outdoor campus. As in the Sprint competition, the biathletes start in intervals. The teenagers first call out to Stefani as she takes photographs of her entourage of colorfully-dressed Harajuku Girls with her HP Harajuku Lovers camera (a Stefani designer edition digicam).

For each missed target a fixed penalty time, usually one minute, is added to the skiing time of the biathlete. The music video for "Hollaback Girl" was directed by Paul Hunter and shot in California, United States; it depicts Gwen Stefani spending a day with some students at a local high school. The biathlete shoots four times, in the order of prone, standing, prone, standing, totalling 20 targets. The single largely was successful across Europe and Asia, and reached the top five in Germany and China, and the top ten in the Netherlands. The 20 km Individual race (15 km for women) is the oldest biathlon event. Although its UK success was limited, widespread airplay guaranteed that it remained in the top forty for an additional ten weeks. This is a smaller number than the 60 in the Pursuit since here all of them start at the same time. "Hollaback Girl" debuted at number eight, and stalled at the same position the following week.

Here again, to avoid unwanted congestion, World Cup Mass starts are held with only the 30 top ranking athletes on the start line. The song's predecessors, "What You Waiting For?" and "Rich Girl", had both reached number four. As in Sprint races, competitors must ski one 150 m penalty loop for each miss. However, in the United Kingdom, "Hollaback Girl" did not perform as well as might have been expected from previous releases. In this 15 km (12.5 km for women) competition, there are four bouts of shooting; two standing, two prone. It was released in Australia on May 23, 2005 and in Europe on June 6, 2005; it debuted at number one in Australia for one week, and also peaked at number one in Iceland for two weeks. In the Mass start, all biathletes start at the same time and the first across the finish line wins. In the rest of the world, reaction to "Hollaback Girl" was generally positive, but not as overwhelming as it had been in North America.

To prevent awkward and/or dangerous crowding in the skiing track, and undercapacity at the shooting range, World Cup Pursuits are held with only the 60 top ranking biathletes after the preceding race. It remained in the top forty of the chart for the following four months. The distance is 12.5 km for men and 10 km for women, there are four shooting bouts (two prone, two standing), and each miss means a penalty loop of 150 m. Six weeks after its release, the song reached number one, where it remained for three weeks before descending the chart. The contestant crossing the finish line first is the winner. The success of "Hollaback Girl" was duplicated in Canada, where the song debuted at number twelve on the Canadian Singles Chart. In a Pursuit, biathletes' starts are separated by their time difference from a previous race, most commonly a Sprint. Due to its downloads, it reached number one on both digital sales charts, the Hot Digital Songs and Hot Digital Tracks, concurrently.

Competitors' starts are staggered, normally by 30 seconds, but sometimes by only 20 seconds. "Hollaback Girl" exceeded one million digital downloads for the week ending October 4, 2005, and was the first single to ever accomplish this; it was certified 5× platinum. For each miss, a penalty loop of 150 m must be skied before the race can be continued. However, Stefani did not hold the record for long, and in September 2005 it was broken by Kanye West's and Jamie Foxx's "Gold Digger". The biathlete shoots twice, once prone and once standing, for a total of 10 shots. The record had previously been held by 50 Cent's "Candy Shop", which sold approximately 50,000 downloads. The sprint is 10 km for men and 7.5 km for women. It was the best-selling digital download for the latter three weeks of May 2005, and broke the record for the most downloads sold in one week, totaling over 60,000.

On all modern biathlon ranges, the targets are self-indicating, in that they flip from black to white when hit, giving the biathlete as well as the spectators instant visual feedback for each shot fired. Digitally, "Hollaback Girl" also broke many records. Prone shooting target diameter is 45 mm, standing is 115 mm. Both positions were the highest that a non-R&B/hip hop solo artist had attained in the 2000s. There are five circular targets to be hit in each shooting round. The song was also a crossover success, and reached number four on the Rhythmic Top 40, and number eight on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. The target range shooting distance is 50 m. "Hollaback Girl" was a small success in the dance clubs, and only peaked at number fifteen on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart; it performed better on the Dance Radio Airplay by reaching the top five.

The rifles use .22 LR ammunition and are bolt action. It peaked at number one on the Billboard Pop 100 for eight weeks, and topped its component chart, the Billboard Pop 100 Airplay, for four weeks. The biathlete carries the 3.5 kg small bore rifle including ammunition in magazines on her/his back during the race. However, some argue that the song achieved this due to its hip hop–influenced production. Minimal ski length is 4 cm less than the height of the skier. "Hollaback Girl" reaching number one on the Hot 100 made it the first non-R&B, non-hip hop, or non-American Idol song to reach number one since Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" in early 2002. No other equipment than skis and ski poles may be used for moving along the track. It was removed from the Hot 100 for the week ending October 29, 2005.

All cross-country skiing techniques are permitted in biathlon, which means that the free technique is usually the preferred one, being the fastest. The single spent thirty-three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, thirty-one of which were in the top fifty. The large display screens commonly set up at biathlon arenas, as well as the information graphics shown as part of the TV picture, will typically list the split time of the fastest contestant at each intermediate point and the time differences to the first five to ten runners-up. It maintained the number-one for four weeks. To keep track of the contestants' progress and relative standing throughout a race, split times (intermediate times) are taken at several points along the skiing track and upon finishing each shooting round. number-one. For each shooting round, the biathlete must hit five targets; each missed target must be "atoned for" in one of three ways, depending on the competition format:. chart, at number eighty-two, and within six weeks of its release, it had reached the number-one position, making it the fastest-rising single to reach the top in 2005; it also became Stefani's first U.S.

As in most races, the contestant with the shortest total time wins. "Hollaback Girl" entered the Billboard Hot 100, the main U.S. Depending on the shooting performance, extra distance or time is added to the contestant's total running distance/time. The single was officially solicited to radio in North America on April 5, 2005, although the music video had been released two weeks earlier, on March 21. In short, a biathlon competition consists of a race in which contestants ski around a cross-country track, and where the total distance is broken up by either two or four shooting rounds, half in prone position, the other half standing. It ranked higher than other number-one singles such as Céline Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" (number three) and the Spice Girls' "Wannabe" (number five). However, the concise description given below, along with the section on competition format, should be enough for a spectator to understand what is going on at a biathlon stadium whether actually being there or at home watching a televised biathlon event. Nick Sylvester of Pitchfork insulted the track, referring to it as a "Queen pastiche [...] which has about as much club potential as a 13-year old with a milk moustache and his dad's ID."^[10] Maxim was not thrilled with the song either, and in their September 2005 issue, published a list of the 20 Most Annoying Songs Ever; "Hollaback Girl" came in first place.

The complete rules of biathlon is given in the official IBU rule book (see External links, below). And on top of that, The Neptunes' beats are clunky and the production is senselessly bombastic."^[9]. Contrary to the Olympics and World Championships (BWCH), the World Cup (BWC) is an entire winter season of (mostly) weekly races, where the medalists are those with the highest sums of World Cup points at the end of the season. A 35-year-old woman singing about pom-poms and 'talking shit' in high school betrays such a delusional self-image that it's hard not to be taken aback. The following articles list major international biathlon events and medalists. I’d quote the lyrics, but they’re so bad, I almost feel sorry for her. Presidents of the UIPMB/IBU:. On the other hand, Jason Damas, in a review for PopMatters, described the song as sounding "almost exactly like Dizzee Rascal", and added, "lyrically, this is where Gwen sinks the lowest here, especially on a breakdown where she repeats, 'This shit is bananas/ B-A-N-A-N-A-S!' several times".^[8] Eric Greenwood of DrawerB commented: "[The song is] moronic and embarrassingly tuneless.

In 1993, the biathlon branch of the UIPMB created the International Biathlon Union (IBU), which officially separated from the UIPMB in 1998. Baby. album, wrote: "Stefani's gum-snapping sass brings out the beast in her beatmasters, especially the Neptunes in 'Hollaback Girl'."^[6] Blender listed it as the eleventh best song of 2005.^[7]. In 1948, the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon (UIPMB) was founded, to standardise the rules for biathlon and pentathlon. Music. At Albertville in 1992, women were first allowed in Olympic biathlon. Angel. The first World Championship in the sport was held in 1958 in Austria, and in 1960 the sport was finally included in the Olympic Games. LAUNCHcast's Jennifer Nine described it as a "stomping, stripped-back track",^[3] while All Music Guide said that it had the "thumping, minimal beats of The Neptunes."^[4] Richard Smirke called it "a trademark Neptunes hip-hop stomp."^[5] Rolling Stone was pleased with the song, and in their review for Stefani's Love.

In the United States, "Hollaback Girl" became the first digital download to exceed sales of one million. Besides being Stefani's first number-one single, "Hollaback Girl" was also the first non hip-hop, non American Idol number one hit since late 2001. Despite receiving a mixed reception from critics, it became an international success, peaking at number one in Australia and Canada, number eight in the United Kingdom, and number one in the United States. Baby. in the spring of 2005.

Music. Angel. "Hollaback Girl" was released as the third single from Love. The central lyrical theme revolves around Stefani's declaration that she "ain't no hollaback girl".

The anthemic, beat-driven track was produced by Williams and Chad Hugo of The Neptunes. Baby (2004). Music. Angel.

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