SOLLEFTEA 2013 - Media Centre
News - Biathlon
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Russia's dominance continues at IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup
For the second consectutive day, Russian athletes win 15 out of 18 medals in Canmore, Canada
![Azat Karachurin lies to shoot a gun in hte short course biathlon event](/sites/default/files/images/131215143810144_Pam%2BDoyle%2BPhoto.jpg)
Russia win 15 out of 18 medals in biathlon World Cup
Host nation athletes of Sochi 2014 underline why they will be the ones to beat next March with empahatic disaply of power.
![Day 1 - 2013 IPC Nordic World Cup (Canmore)](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/cmGF19zU-tHdeoPLtoH44UJtNPXmDw9-ptBbnJkc77s.jpg?itok=nhRV1JoB)
Russia win 10 medals at Nordic skiing season opener
2014 Paralympic Winter Games hosts come out fighting at first cross-country World Cup in Canmore, Canada.
![Russia's Roman Petushkov takes lead over teammate Irek Zaripov](/sites/default/files/images/120211141834674_64%2BZaripov3%2B65PETUSHKOV1%2Bccl_0.jpg)
IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup to kick off in Canmore
Russia will send 42 athletes to the first stop on the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup, including world champions Roman Petushkov and Mikhalina Lysova.
![Canmore Mayor John Borrowman](/sites/default/files/images/131208190306889_Mayor%2Bblind%2Bbiathlon_pamdoyle%2Bw.jpg)
Canmore Mayor shoots blind ahead of World Cup
Canmore, Canada, is gearing up for the world's top cross-country and biathlon skiers to kick of the season's World Cup there, with less than three months to go til the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
![Xavier Gonzalez](/sites/default/files/images/131122132848388_IMK37268.jpg)
IPC publishes strategic plans for nine Paralympic sports
The strategic plans for the nine IPC sports will make them stronger and in the long-term self-sustainable.
New presenters confirmed for IPC Academy Campus 2014
Three big names will join the growing roster of speakers at the event that will take place in Russia during the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics.
![Iuliia Batenkova](/sites/default/files/images/131008110737048_Batenkova.jpg)
Sochi 2014 to compensate carbon footprint
Organising Committee to minimise the Games' impact on the climate.
![Alana Nichols](/sites/default/files/images/120315122531154_NICHOLSAlana_0.jpg)
O’Neill named U.S. Chef de Mission for Sochi 2014
Around 77 athletes expected to represent Team USA next March in Russia.
Canmore Nordic Skiing World Cup to set tone for Sochi
The first major event of the season for cross-country and biathlon athletes will be an indicator of form ahead of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
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PyeongChang 2018 unveils official Paralympic emblem
Emblem embodies aspirations of the Paralympic Movement and will be used in the build up to the 2018 Games.
![An infographic displaying all the emblems of the Paralympic Winter Games from 1998 to 2014.](/sites/default/files/images/131028171706917_WinterGames-EmblemEvolution.jpg)
PyeongChang 2018 emblem to be unveiled on Tuesday
Ceremony to take place between 14:00-15:00 local time in Korean capital.
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WADA publishes Draft 2015 World Anti-Doping Code, Version 4.0
World anti-doping body has spent two years consultating with stakeholders to develop the Code.
Nordic skiers revealed as Ones to Watch at Sochi 2014
12 Nordic skiiers to look out for this season and into the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Tickets for Sochi 2014 to go on-sale later this month
Sales will start on 27 September for Russia's first ever Paralympic Games.
83 per cent of Russians hold positive view of Sochi Games
The majority of the Russian population say they will follow the progress of the Olympics and Paralympics on TV or online.
Strong relationship with FIS continues
Recent meetings between IPC representatives and FIS shows that the future is bright for para-snowsports.
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Potential venue for 2017 World Championships examined
IPC cross-country and biathlon Sport Technical Committee representatives visit Rogla, Slovenia as they consider a bid to host World Championships.
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Japan’s Kozo Kubo aims for historic biathlon victory
World Champion has his sights set on ending 15-years of Paralympic hurt, even working to qualify for the athletics World Championships in Lyon on his road to Sochi 2014.
![Andrew Soule](/sites/default/files/images/120211124227906_2Soule.jpg)
USA announces nordic skiing nominees for 2013-14
Summer Paralympians Tatyana McFadden and Aaron Pike among those hoping to qualify for Sochi, as well as war veterans and some athletes still on active duty.