The U.S. Biathlon board of directors voted Wednesday to push back a planned merger with U.S. Ski & Snowboard in…The U.S. Biathlon board of directors voted Wednesday to push back a planned merger with U.S. As part of the motion, the board said it supports the principles of a rare consolidation between two Olympic sport organizations. Merging Olympic sport organizations is rare. Biathlon staff would transfer to USSS and biathlon would have two seats on the USSS board.