Biathlon

12.04.2012 14:58 ‘Money goes the wrong direction,’ Russia biathlon coach Russia's biathlon system urgently needs to be modernized ahead of the Sochi Olympics. The warning has come from the new coach of the female team Wolfgang Pichler.		07.04.2012 20:27 Russian biathletes claim three silvers at season finale Biathlon fans in Moscow got a rare treat as some of the sport’s top names descended on the Russian capital to take part in the Champions Race which brings the season to a close.
12.03.2012 15:55 7 comments Prokhorov mulls over quitting biathlon union Former presidential candidate, billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, also president of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBU), has called team Russia’s performance at the World Champs in Ruhpolding “a disaster,” adding he is thinking of resigning from the post.		09.03.2012 21:17 10 comments Sochi patrol: Putin, Medvedev and Berlusconi assess bobsleigh track (VIDEO) Russia’s president-elect Vladimir Putin, outgoing president Dmitry Medvedev and Italy’s former leader Silvio Berlusconi, have all given the thumbs up to test runs at the bobsleigh track at the Winter Olympics construction site in Sochi.
04.03.2012 22:53 1 comment Bronze day for Russian biathletes at World Championship Russian biathletes Anton Shipulin and Olga Vilukhina bounced back from Russia’s weak start at the World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, to take a bronze medal each at the pursuit race on Sunday.		15.02.2012 17:33 Toughest biathlon track in the world prepared for Sochi 2014 Sochi 2014 will provide the most difficult biathlon circuit in Olympic history, and the competitors of the Russian Cup were first to be tested by the newly opened track.
02.02.2012 20:32 Russian biathlete takes sprint gold at Holmenkollen Russia’s Evgeny Garanichev has scored his first World Cup victory, winning a 10-kilometer sprint at Holmenkollen, in Oslo.		15.01.2012 19:36 Biathlon men’s pursuit gold in Nove Mesto goes to Russia Anton Shipulin overcame one penalty lap to win a biathlon World Cup pursuit race on Sunday for his first victory of the season.
12.01.2012 20:05 Biathlete Makoveev wins Nove Mesto individual race Andrey Makoveev has brought the Russian men’s team their first gold medal in the 2011/12 Biathlon World Cup.		07.01.2012 14:11 Neuner rehabilitates herself, Zaitseva claims 8th podium in-a-row Two-time Olympic champion Magdalena Neuner has bounced back from Wednesday’s relay fiasco to claim a women's sprint biathlon World Cup event in Germany’s Oberhof.
06.01.2012 09:38 Italy push Russia into second place at biathlon World Cup relay in Oberhof Perfect shooting in windy, snowy conditions helped Italian team anchor Lukas Hofer overtake Russia's Aleksey Volkov in a biathlon World Cup relay and win the race.		05.01.2012 00:02 Russia capitalize on Germany collapse to win biathlon relay in Oberhof The fate of the women's relay at the biathlon World Cup looked all but decided until an awful shooting of Germany leader Magdalena Neuner allowed Russia to snatch victory in Oberhof.
18.12.2011 20:12 1 comment Team Russia fastest in Hochfilzen mixed relay Russia’s biathlon team have cruised to gold medals in the mixed relay at the World Cup’s third stage in Hochfilzen, Austria.		17.12.2011 22:40 Zaitseva races to second straight World Cup gold Russia’s Olga Zaitseva has won the 10-kilometer pursuit for her second victory in a row in the third stage of the Biathlon World Cup in Hochfilzen, Austria.
16.12.2011 19:28 1 comment Zaitseva brings Russia first gold in Biathlon World Cup Olga Zaitseva has snatched Russia’s first gold in this season’s Biathlon World Cup, winning the women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint in Hochfilzen, Austria.		09.12.2011 20:00 Makoveev ends Russia’s biathlon medal drought Biathlete Andrey Makoveev has brought Russia its first World Cup medal in the 2011-12 season, finishing second in the 10-kilometre sprint in Hochfilzen, Austria.
06.12.2011 19:39 Biathlon queen announces end of sporting career Two-time Olympic biathlon champion Magdalena Neuner has stunned her fans around the globe by announcing she is to retire at the end of the season.		22.09.2011 14:15 1 comment Russian biathlon captain seriously injured in season start The captain of the Russian men’s biathlon team, Ivan Tcherezov, has suffered several fractures after collapsing in the opening race of the country’s summer championship in Ufa.
19.09.2011 18:37 Russian girls more talented than Swedish – biathlon coach The coach of the Russian women’s biathlon team, Wolfgang Pichler, says his current charges have more potential that those he trained while working with Sweden.		05.09.2011 17:00 Ukraine stripped of Biathlon Worlds silver medal The Ukrainian women’s biathlon team will have to return the silver medal they were awarded in the relay race at the World Championships in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, this March, the International Biathlon Union announced on Monday.

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