Russian and Kazakh relay OSRBLIE – Russia continues its harvest of medals in biathlon. Indeed, the mixed relay (men’s 2×7.5km & women’s 2x6km) was held on 30 January, 2015 in the National Biathlon Centre in Osrblie and the race was exciting until the end. The Russian team, which started as the favourite, was composed of […]
OSRBLIE – At least one gold medal will not leave Slovakia. Indeed, after a sensational race, Slovak biathlete Paulina Fialkova took first place in the 7.5km race in front of a home crowd. “I felt tremendously emotional when passing the finish line. Winning the gold medal in front of my fans, and many people I […]
OSRBLIE – This morning, 25 January, the biathlon competitions of the 27th Winter Universiade FISU kicked off in Osrblie, Slovakia with the men’s individual 20 km followed by the women’s individual 15km. Osrblie, a village in the region of Banská Bystrica, has a biathlon venue especially for the tests of the World Cup Biathlon. For the […]
OSRBLIE – The president of the International Biathlon Union, Anders Besseberg, made a visit to Slovakia in the last week of November. The Norwegian picked the right time to visit Osrblie since the national biathlon centre is receiving the finishing touches with a new multifunctional building getting ready for the upcoming Winter Universiade, which […]
LAUSANNE – As per the mandate of the FISU Executive Committee, the FISU Steering Committee approved to move the Nordic Skiing and Biathlon events of the 2015 Winter Universiade in Granada (ESP) to Strbske Pleso and Osrblie (SVK). This decision has been taken to anticipate the difficulties faced by the Granada 2015 Organising […]
Gabriela Soukalová with the plaster model for the WUC medals OLOMOUC – The current overall leader and the winner of several Women`s Biathlon World Cup races Gabriela Soukalová graduated from an Arts School, specializing in engraving. The Organising Committee of the 19th World University Orienteering Championship asked her to design the medals for this […]
Olga proudly shows her medals together with husband Milan and son Alexander BRUSSELS – Biathlon athlete Olga Zaytseva was voted the ‘Best Russian Athlete of 2011’. The voting was conducted by the TV Channel Rossiya-2 together with the internet portal sportbox.ru. Twelve athletes were in the running for the title of the best athlete of […]
Kaisa Mäkäräinen BRUSSELS – Finnish biathlete and former Winter Universiade participant Kaisa Mäkäräinen left her mark at the current IBU World Championship in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia. Mäkäräinen won the gold medal in the pursuit competition and also pocketed the silver in the sprint. 28 year-old Mäkäräinen, a student at North Karelia University of Applied Sciences, […]
