By Daniel EtchellsChungwon Choue, President of the World Taekwondo Federation, has claimed his sport would add "something unique and very powerful" to Tokyo 2020 as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) gets set to make its final decision on the sports programme on Saturday (January 31).

October.They were athletics, archery, badminton, boccia, equestrian, goalball, powerlifting, rowing, shooting

By Emily GoddardFrance's Aristide Bègue shot clean to take the junior men's title on the opening day of competition at the International Biathlon Union Open European Championships in Otepää, Estonia, today.

He secured the 15 kilometres gold medal after shooting 20-of-20 in 39min 522.1sec, ahead of defending

behind.Ukraine's Maksym Ivko had just one miss and was 3.7 seconds ahead of Zahkna after the fourth shooting

a single penalty and won the gold in 38:41.1 after coming from 4.3 seconds behind after the fourth shooting

By Michael PavittThe fourth day of competition at the 2015 Winter Universiade in Slovakia saw four medal events take place and Russia continued their domination by winning 10 of the 12 medals up for grabs.

Slovakian contingent, Fialkova got off to a sticky start as she received two penalties in her first shooting

By Paul OsborneRussian biathletes dominated the men's 10 kilometre sprint on the third day of competition at the 2015 Winter Universiade, securing a clean-sweep of medals in Osrblie, Slovakia.

over 7.5km brought success for local favourite Paulina Fialkova.The Slovakian was faultless in her shooting

By Liam MorganEmil Hegle Svendsen's dominant performance on the last exchange helped Norway claim a second consecutive men's 4x7.5 kilometre relay win at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Antholz, Italy.

Svendsen's clean shooting when it mattered helped deliver success to his team as the Norwegian quartet

was just 0.5 seconds between them, but Norway seized the advantage in the anchor leg as Svendsen's shooting

than winter, the wind made an unwelcome return, which caused the athletes severe difficulty on the shooting

It was a perfect race and I had much luck on the shooting range," Dahlmeier said."

By Liam MorganGermany's Simon Schempp and Darya Domracheva of Belarus extended their formidable form as they both sealed a hat-trick of International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup victories in Antholz, Italy.

I had a little bit of luck as I left the fourth shooting last, so I could look at their backs the whole

By Liam MorganBelarusian powerhouse Darya Domracheva surged to victory in the women's 7.5 kilometre sprint event at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Antholz, Italy.

52 points with another comfortable victory.The pair led from the start as both enjoyed clean prone shooting

succession to cement her advantage ahead of the rest of the field.Although many of the biathletes were shooting

ferocious pace of Domracheva on the skis.Mäkäräinen did, however, come close to matching Domracheva on the shooting

By Liam MorganGermany's Simon Schempp maintained his excellent run of form of late as he stormed to victory in the men's 10 kilometres sprint victory at the sixth International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup event in Antholz, Italy today.

on Italian snow as he romped to a deserved victory.He finished in a time of 23min 18.8sec with clean shooting

Committee member Ole Einar Bjørndalen started the quickest, with a clean fast prone stage.Despite a single shooting

By Nick ButlerItaly's Petra Zublasing and South Korea's Jin Jongoh have been elected 2014 Shooters of the Year following a year in which both secured World Championship titles alongside numerous other successes. 

The duo were selected by a panel consisting of representatives from the International Shooting Sport

trophies will be officially awarded on a yet to be specified date later this year during the 2015 ISSF Shooting

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By Liam MorganSimon Schempp sent the home crowd into raptures as he edged a three-way photo finish to claim victory at the International Biathlon Union World Cup event in Ruhpolding, Germany.

The third shooting was not one of my dreams," she said."

I was quite confident, I was not that far back and I know that the last shooting stage often decides

By Liam MorganNorway's Johannes Thingnes Boe surged to a dominant victory today in the men's 10 kilometres sprint at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany.

standing stage as he extended his advantage over the rest of the field.A lot of the competitors were shooting

By Michael PavittNorway's Fanny Welle-Strand Horn claimed the first International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup victory of her career, taking advantage of perfect conditions in Ruhpolding to win the women's 7.5 kilometres race ahead of Belarus' Darya Domracheva.

Horn and Domracheva enjoyed a fine day as both women enjoyed clean shooting rounds throughout the sprint.Domracheva

Today everything worked out for me; skiing, waxing and shooting."

By Michael PavittNorway claimed a narrow victory over Germany in the men's biathlon World Cup relay event in Ruhpolding after Emil Hegle Svendsen caught and passed Simon Schempp in the closing stages.

helped by the course in Germany being nearly windless, ensuring that that the biathletes enjoyed perfect shooting

home country.Norway were able to remain close to the German team and, despite trailing after the final shooting

By Nick ButlerA total of 46 Para-athletes have been selected as part of the German National Paralympic Committee's (DBS) Top Team at the Rio 2016 Summer and Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games, it has been announced. 

judo, canoeing, athletics, equestrian, cycling, swimming, sailing, tennis, table tennis, triathlon and shooting

By Liam MorganCzech Republic earned their second successive relay win on the opening day of the fifth round of the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany.

event throughout - Puskarcikova got her team off to the best possible start with an excellent round of shooting