Biathlon
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Dry spell over: USA golden in biathlon
Winter Games
20 January 2023
Thursday was a great day for USA biathlon as the country celebrated its first gold medal in an international competition in this discipline since 2017, courtesy of Bjorn Westervelt in the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games men’s 12.5km pursuit. The University of Vermont student-athlete was in second place behind Ukraine’s Dmytrii Hrushchak going […]
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Make no mistake: perfect shooting makes Turlubekov biathlon champion
Winter Games
19 January 2023
It was sprint day in biathlon at Mt. Van Hoevenberg on Wednesday as Poland’s Anna Nedza-Kubiniec and Kazakhstan’s Bekentay Turlubekov came away with gold in the women’s 7.5km and men’s 10km races at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. Turlubekov, a student from A. Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau University, made zero mistakes at the shooting […]
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Czechs win second biathlon title of FISU Games
Winter Games
17 January 2023
The mixed biathlon relay on Monday ended with a clean and concise victory for the Czech duo of Tereza Jandová and Jakub Kocián, giving the delegation its second gold and fifth overall medal at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. The winners finished the event in 37:25.3 minutes, after four combined laps and […]
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Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games: Kazakhstan and Canada Claim first biathlon gold medals
Winter Games
15 January 2023
Vadim Kurales was one of only a few competitors to hit 19 of 20 targets at the shooting range on Saturday and the biathlete from Kazakhstan claimed the gold medal in the men’s 15-kilometre individual competition at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. The 20-year-old student from the Kazakh Academy of Sport and […]
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From tradition to enthusiasm: local fans embracing biathlon in Lake Placid
Winter Games
15 January 2023
At Mt. Van Hoevenberg’s venue during the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, local American fans are particularly fond of biathlon. Whether it’s because of its similarity with the discipline of sport shooting, which is very popular in the USA, or because it keeps with the tradition of Nordic mountain life, attendees all have […]
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Watch it! Biathlon test event for Winter Universiade 2019 underway
Winter Games
30 January 2019
KRASNOYARSK — The new biathlon competition course created for the upcoming Winter Universiade 2019 is ready for the fourth stage of the Russian Cup. With competitions used as qualifiers for Krasnoyarsk 2019, 150 athletes from 15 regions of Russia are on the start list to take pace in four disciplines — sprint, individual, mixed relay […]
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Turkey enters to the World of Biathlon
Biathlon
31 January 2015
Orhangazi Civil (on the left) and a part of the turkish team in Erzurum OSRBLIE – This year, Turkey has sent four representatives to the Winter Universiade in Osrblie. Three of these four athletes were already present in 2011 in Erzurum, i.e. Ahmet Ustuntas, Nihan Erdiler and Orhangazi Civil. A native of Ankara, Orhangazi is […]
