Russia swept the podium in the women's 800 metres as they continued their dominance at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Turkish city Samsun.

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Britain's Seonaid McIntosh claimed the women's 50 metres rifle three positions title at the European Shooting

McIntosh came out on top with a total of 458.5 points at the Olympic Shooting Range in Azerbaijan’s capital

Shooting is our family business - my father is my coach, mummy is also a shooter and we are both shooting

Ukraine's Anna Ilina won the junior women's 50m rifle three positions event ©European Shooting ConfederationIn

Russia's Viktor Dinges and Ukraine's Iana Melnyk claimed the respective men's and women's long-distance orienteering gold medals as action continued today at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Turkish city Samsun.

medallists today was South Korea's Kim Taeyoung, who won the men's 50 metres pistol event at the Samsun Shooting

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Belarus' Yury Shcherbatsevich won his second individual gold of the European Shooting Championships in

The women's team trap competition was held at the Championships for the first time ©European Shooting

Allen John claimed golf gold after a thrilling one shot victory following an extra hole in the men's matchplay final at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun today.

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Arianna Perilli triumphed in a shoot-off to claim gold in the women’s trap competition at the European Shooting

Perilli impressed to reach the final at the Olympic Shooting Range in Azerbaijan’s capital city, before

“I have trained shooting in wind while I knew that it will wind in Baku.

my feelings, I’m only happy that I won.”Nikita Sukhanov won the men's 25m rapid fire event ©European Shooting

Tokyo will host the 2019 edition of the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) World Cup Final, it has been announced.

before the Olympic competition.Tokyo Stadium will host all five disciplines - swimming, fencing, riding, shooting

Iranian Keyvan Erkhenbayar enjoyed a thrilling victory today to claim under-57 kilograms freestyle wrestling honours at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun.

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Britain's Jennifer McIntosh claimed gold in women's 50 metres rifle prone at the European Shooting Championships

shooter achieved a total score of 619.1 in the final of the event, which took place at the Olympic Shooting

Russia enjoyed more success today at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun today with victories in sports including mountain biking and karate.

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Rio 2016 medallist Brady Ellison of the United States has claimed he would introduce field archery onto the Olympic programme and scrap the existing format.

field archery recurve elimination event at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław.Field archery involves shooting

Russia’s Vladimir Lisin has been re-elected as the European Shooting Confederation following the organisation's

The meeting took place in Azerbaijan capital city of Baku, where the European Shooting Championships

are currently taking place at the Olympic Shooting Range.Representatives from 45 Member Federations of

he succeeded Norway's Unni Nicolaysen.Vladimir Lisin has been re-elected President of the European Shooting

Finland and Croatia.Another decision taken was for a special meeting to be held before the International Shooting

Ukraine held off Russia by just 31 seconds after more than an hour of racing to claim the mixed team relay orienteering title at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun today.

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The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced an extension of its partnership with Nielsen Sports - the global leader in insights, analytics and consulting solutions in sport - running up to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

of the 10 sports for which the IPC acts as the International Federation - athletics, powerlifting, shooting

Russian and American swimmers each broke world records today as pool action continued at the 23rd Summer Deaflympics in Samsun.

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