Johannes Thingnes Bø won his second gold in dramatic circumstances as the first International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup leg of the season concluded in Pokljuka in Slovenia.
Defending overall champion Kaisa Mäkäräinen of Finland clinched the women's sprint title as the first International Biathlon Union World Cup leg of the season continued in Pokljuka in Slovenia.
Johannes Thingnes Bø of Norway dominated the men’s 10 kilometres sprint race from start to finish today to win gold at the International Biathlon Union World Cup in Pokljuka in Slovenia.
Yuliia Dzhima of Ukraine produced shooting perfection to earn her first International Biathlon Union World Cup gold in the women's 15 kilometres individual race at Pokljuka, Slovenia.
The men’s 20 kilometres individual event scheduled to take place today at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup in Pokljuka has been postponed until tomorrow due to foggy conditions.
Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) general director Yury Ganus and his deputy Margarita Pakhnotskaya both feature on the International Biathlon Union (IBU) Working Group overseeing the restoration of Russia’s full membership rights, it has been announced.
Norway claimed the first win of the new International Biathlon Union World Cup season today as their pair of Thekla Brun-Lie and Lars Helge Birkeland won the single mixed relay in Pokljuka.
Almost 300 biathletes from 32 countries have descended on Slovenia this weekend for the first event of the new International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup season in Pokljuka.
The International Biathlon Union (IBU) has filed cases against four Russians, two of them Olympic gold medallists, with its Anti-Doping Hearing Panel (ADHP).
Russia’s Anton Babikov produced a dominant performance to win the men’s 10 kilometres sprint event on the first day of the season-opening International Biathlon Union (IBU) Cup in Idre in Sweden.
Nine Kazakhstan biathletes have been provisionally suspended in connection with criminal doping investigations in Austria and Italy, the International Biathlon Union (IBU) announced today.
Access to the raw data in the Moscow Laboratory and increasing drugs testing are among the criteria the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) must meet if the governing body is to be reinstated as a full member of the International Biathlon Union, it was announced today.
A four-person International Biathlon Union (IBU) delegation led by President Olle Dahlin is due to visit Moscow tomorrow to outline the criteria the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU) must meet to have their full membership of the worldwide governing body restored.
A partnership agreement which will see the International Testing Agency (ITA) support the International Biathlon Union (IBU) with its anti-doping programme has been signed by the two organisations.
Russia will not stage an International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Cup event for at least four years after the country was excluded from the list of host nations on the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 competition calendars.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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