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Germany Hosts Top Athletes On Exercise Rucksack

Some of the forces top athletes are in south Germany for the British National, Inter Service and Army Biathlon Championships - also known as Exercise Rucksack.
 
Biathlon is a gruelling combination of cross-country skiing and shooting and within the forces seems to be enjoying a big increase in popularity.
 
More from Forces TV: Exercise Rucksack 2015
 
The competition in Bavaria has attracted the very best forces biathletes, including the sport’s only woman to represent Britain at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia.
 
Corporal Amanda Lightfoot is still British Number One but a cold means she may not compete this time round. Our reporter Rob Olver managed to speak to her...
 

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