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Nevland wins third youth gold on final day of IBU Junior World Championships

  • Biathlon

Norway’s Martin Nevland made up for disappointment in the youth men’s sprint to win his third gold on the final day of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Junior World Championships in the 10km pursuit in Lenzerheide in Switzerland.

consecutive silver of the competition as he was only one of two biathletes in the top 10 with a perfect shooting

Gandler: "In the last shooting I though: You have to shoot zero. It is the only chance to win gold.

which helped bring other contenders back into the race.Cisar started in 11th with his near-perfect shooting


GOC President urges businesses to invest in Ghanaian athletes

  • ANOCA

Ghana Olympic Committee President Ben Nunoo Mensah has called on businesses to invest in the country's athletes as they prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 

Olympics in sports such as boxing, weightlifting, volleyball, swimming, judo, karate, table tennis, shooting


Russia dominate on first day of Para Nordic Skiing World Cup

  • Nordic Skiing News

Russia took three of the six gold medals on the first day of the Para Nordic Skiing World Cup event in Finsterau in Germany. with half of the 18 medals won on the day going to the nation.

of Russia who was also comfortably ahead of fourth placed Lidziya Loban.The top four all kept clean shooting

medallist Grygorii Vovchynskyi came in behind nearly 90 seconds afterwards in the times, holding a perfect shooting


Russia and Italy win youth sprint titles at IBU Junior World Championships

  • Biathlon

Russia and Italy took youth golds at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Junior World Championships in Lenzerheide as favourites failed to make the podium.

Russia’s Aleksei Kovalev took gold in the youth men’s sprint competition with a clean shooting record

having a perfect record in the relay, Nevland gave up three penalty laps in the first of two rounds of shooting

January 31, 2020Nevland’s team mate Morten Hol had looked set to finish third before his second round of shooting




Double relay gold for Norway at IBU Junior World Championships

  • Biathlon

Norway claimed both men and women’s youth relay titles in the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Junior World Championships in Lenzerheide in Switzerland.

Poland’s Jan Gunka who finished a blink behind the leaders with both of their biathletes having a clean shooting


World Archery announce technical officials for Tokyo 2020

  • Archery

The team of international technical officials - or judges - for the archery event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been announced.

Brown will act as chair with Robert Erica as deputy, while Vladimir Doninguez takes the director of shooting

Paralympics.That team will be chaired by Bob Pian, with Katy Lipscomb as deputy and Andrea Bortot as director of shooting


Nevland and Meier Mass Start winners at IBU Junior World Championships

  • Biathlon

Norway's Martin Nevland and Switzerland's Lea Meier triumphed in the youth men and women's events at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Junior World Championships in Lenzerheide.

targets, more than anyone in the top five, but managed to hold off any threat with his skiing in between shooting


Maillet earns first IBU World Cup win of season at Pokljuka

  • Biathlon

Quentin Fillon Maillet earned his first individual victory of the season in the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup as he won the men’s 15km mass start event in Pokljuka.

 “I knew on the last loop and the last shooting; there were many people who could win," Maillet

 She had just one penalty, beating Italy’s clean-shooting Lisa Vittozzi by 6.5sec.Vittozzi’s second


Adams says prospect of India missing Commonwealth Games was "bonkers"

  • Birmingham 2022

Adams said the prospect of India missing the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games over the absence of shooting

four months before the Games begin.Indian officials had threatened to boycott Birmingham 2022 when shooting

position but suggested to the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) that it holds separate events in shooting

 Shooting has been one of India's most successful Commonwealth Games sports ©Getty Images"I know

I was very clear that I wanted to see a shooting championship allied to the Commonwealth Games."

and archery are optional sports for Games organisers, but shooting has appeared at every Games since


French relay double at IBU World Cup in Pokljuka

  • Biathlon

The French duo of Anais Bescond and Emilien Jacquelin won the single mixed relay at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Pokljuka.

“In shooting, it was a great battle with Vetle Christiansen.

“After that Anais did a pretty great job; her standing shooting was amazing so thanks to her!”


Herrmann's perfect shooting brings women's 15km individual win at IBU World Cup in Pokljuka

  • Biathlon

Germany's Denise Herrmann shot clean for the first time in her career on her way to winning the women's 15 kilometres individual event, at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Pokljuka in Slovenia. 

It was amazing; clean shooting was the first time in my life," Herrmann said."It was a perfect day.

 "My main goal was to stay focused on every target and every shooting and make step-by-step my competition