Biathlon

Thursday was a great day for USA biathlon as the country celebrated its first gold medal in an international competition in this discipline since 2017, courtesy of Bjorn Westervelt in the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games men’s 12.5km pursuit. The University of Vermont student-athlete was in second place behind Ukraine’s Dmytrii Hrushchak going […]

It was sprint day in biathlon at Mt. Van Hoevenberg on Wednesday as Poland’s Anna Nedza-Kubiniec and Kazakhstan’s Bekentay Turlubekov came away with gold in the women’s 7.5km and men’s 10km races at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. Turlubekov, a student from A. Myrzakhmetov Kokshetau University, made zero mistakes at the shooting […]

The mixed biathlon relay on Monday ended with a clean and concise victory for the Czech duo of Tereza Jandová and Jakub Kocián, giving the delegation its second gold and fifth overall medal at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. The winners finished the event in 37:25.3 minutes, after four combined laps and […]

Vadim Kurales was one of only a few competitors to hit 19 of 20 targets at the shooting range on Saturday and the biathlete from Kazakhstan claimed the gold medal in the men’s 15-kilometre individual competition at the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games. The 20-year-old student from the Kazakh Academy of Sport and […]

At Mt. Van Hoevenberg’s venue during the Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games, local American fans are particularly fond of biathlon. Whether it’s because of its similarity with the discipline of sport shooting, which is very popular in the USA, or because it keeps with the tradition of Nordic mountain life, attendees all have […]