IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships
25 February - 5 March

SOLLEFTEA 2013 - Media Centre

News - Biathlon

Agitos at  Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Centre

Rob Walsh, the Chairperson of the IPC Nordic Skiing Sport Technical Committee has hailed the Games as a huge success and highlighted an area that can make the PyeongChang 2018 Games even better.

Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany

Nominees for the honour include: Marie Bochet, Anna Schaffelhuber, Elena Remizova, Alena Kaufman and Bibian Mentel-Spee.

Brian McKeever

Nominees for the honour include: Roman Petushkov, Declan Farmer, Brian McKeever, Markus Salcher and Evan Strong.

USA's ice sledge hockey team

Sochi 2014 Paralympians will visit the White House and take part in NBCSN’s Best of US Awards Show.

Grigory Murygin

Take a look at the biggest rising stars in cross-country skiing and biathlon from Sochi 2014.

Sir Philip Craven

IPC President has also picked out his favourite moments from the Games ahead of Sunday's Closing Ceremony.

Roman Petushkov

Russia and Ukraine dominated the long-distance biathlon events on Day 7 of the Games.

The Soch 2014 Closing theme will be Reaching the Impossible

Sochi 2014 will come to a close on Sunday evening with spectacular Closing Ceremony.

Agitos at  Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Centre

The International Paralympic Committe has issued a statement about the women's 12.5km biathlon standing race from Friday (14 March).

Tatyana McFadden Nordic

180 athletes from 20 countries will gather in Cable, Wisconsin, USA, from 24 January – 1 February 2015.

Mikhalina Lysova

The long-distance biathlon events across all classes will take place on Day 7 of Sochi 2014.

Olena Iurkovska

The middle-distance biathlon races across both genders and all classes will take place on Day 4 of Sochi 2014.

Sir Philip Craven

The Games have reached the halfway point and have broken multiple records.

Alexey Bychenok, Roman Petushkov and Grigory Murygin

Russia took home all the medals in the men's 12.5km sitting biathlon on Day 4 of the Paralympics.

Mikhalina Lysova

Top Russian skiers Roman Petushkov and Mikhalina Lysova will highlight the first day of the biathlon competition.

Roman Petushkov

Roman Petushkov and Mikhalina Lysova both stormed to gold in their opening events at the Laura Cross-Country and Biathlon Centre.

Nikolay Polukhin

The first day of action includes, Jon Santacana Maiztegui, Nikolay Polukhin and Seung-Hwan Jung.

Fireworks go off to mark the beginning of the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

Over the next nine days, 547 athletes from 45 countries will compete at the first Paralympic Winter Games ever held in Russia.

A picture of a man in a sledge skiing

Find out what will be the best athlete rivalries to watch across all Paralympic sports from 7-16 March.

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Find out the top countries in Paralympic winter sport and their best medal hopes for the Sochi 2014 Games.