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American ski legend Ligety confirms plan to compete at Beijing 2022

  • Beijing 2022

Double Olympic Alpine skiing gold medallist Ted Ligety of the United States has confirmed he plans to compete at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.

previously revealed his intention to participate at Beijing 2022 ©Getty Images"At this point, I guess I’m shooting


Japanese athletes back after reopening of National Training Center

  • Tokyo 2020

Japan's National Training Center has reopened following the end of the country's state of emergency, allowing elite athletes to resume training.

team with national trials yet to be concluded.The final selection meeting for the Japanese Olympic shooting

be rescheduled.According to the Japan Times, Konishi said: "I was happy to hold a rifle on the shooting


Russian Olympic Committee hosts online version of Olympic Patrol project

  • EOC

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) hosted an online version of its Olympic Patrol project, which featured some of the country's Olympians talking to children and young people about the Olympic Movement and their own sporting careers.

silver medallist in judo at London 2012 Alexander Mikhaylin and bronze medallist in the rifle prone shooting


FIBA seeking COVID-19 financial support offered by IOC

  • Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has confirmed it will be seeking financial support offered by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to help governing bodies navigate the financial crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.

International Weightlifting Federation, the International Handball Federation and the International Shooting



FISU cancels World University Championships in four more sports

  • Universiade

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has cancelled World University Championships in four more sports because of the coronavirus pandemic.

organising committees FISU has cancelled World University Championships in modern pentathlon, canoe sports, shooting

18 to 22 in Warsaw in Poland, canoe sports were scheduled from August 21 to 23 in Minsk in Belarus, shooting


New Tokyo 2020 qualification system for shooting approved

  • Shooting

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has published its new qualification system for Tokyo

the Games until 2021 because of the coronavirus crisis, as well as impact the pandemic has had on the shooting

France and the 2020 European Olympic Qualification Championship in Plzeň in the Czech Republic.Only two shooting

places attached to them have already been staged.An additional 12 quota places - one for each individual shooting



Indian hockey legend Balbir Singh Senior dies age 96

  • Hockey

Indian hockey legend and three-time Olympic gold medallist Balbir Singh Senior has died at the age of 96.

of one of India's most celebrated Olympians, Balbir Singh Sr," Abhinav Bindra, India's only Olympic shooting


Biathlon nations announce multiple coaching changes for next season

  • Biathlon

Numerous nations have announced changes to their biathlon coaching teams for the upcoming 2020-21 winter season.

One of the big names to make a move was France's women's shooting coach Franck Badiou who left his position

replaced by the experienced Jean-Paul Giachino.Giachino, who is 57 years old, had previously been the shooting

coach for women's shooting from 2007 to 2018 and recently worked in the same position for the French

The girls had a good season, but they lacked consistency in shooting."

previously worked as the German women's head coach from 2014 to 2018 before taking the position of shooting


Chabloz joins Swedish biathlon team as shooting coach

  • Biathlon

Jean-Marc Chabloz has joined the Swedish World Cup biathlon team as a shooting coach with the country

Olympic Committee says Chabloz will be responsible for the strategy, planning and implementation of the shooting

training for the entire biathlon team, along with Johan Hagström.Hagström is the current shooting coach

the World Cup circuit this season, she has opted to move to biathlon - spending her rehabilitation at shooting


Paralympic Committee of India hold first Para-sport webinar

  • Paralympics

The Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) held its first Para-sport webinar over 16 days, focusing on both the basics and the technical-scientific aspects of different disciplines.

with an introduction and the basics of Para-sport, looking at disciplines such as swimming, athletics, shooting

Ex-athletes Pullela Gopichand and Gagan Narang joined the badminton and shooting sessions respectively.There


Kazakhstan boxing team to resume training camps for Tokyo 2020

  • Boxing

Kazakhstan's boxing team has announced it will resume its training camps for athletes to prepare ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

for Tokyo 2020 in archery, artistic swimming, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, karate, modern pentathlon, shooting



Lonato 2020 Para Trap Championships postponed to 2021

  • Shooting News

The 2020 World Shooting Para Sport Para Trap Championships in the Italian city of Lonato have been postponed

to 27 but has been moved to the latter half of next year.Exact dates are yet to be announced.World Shooting

trap world champions.Para trap was also part of the competition programme of the Sydney 2019 World Shooting

forward to another important step forward in the development of the sport in Lonato next year," World Shooting