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There is something about the biathlon middle distance race that makes Belarus’ Yury Holub invincible.  The 2018 Paralympic and 2019 world champion in the men’s vision impaired event kept a tight hold of his crown during the second day of biathlon racing at the Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships.    Even falling on one of the descents did ...

The Para ice hockey competition schedule has been set for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, with 20 games to be played within a nine-day span. All games will be played at the National Indoor Stadium. The eight participating teams will be separated into two groups, with Group A featuring the top-four ranked teams in the world and Group B ...

Austria’s Markus Salcher regained his downhill crown on the opening day of Para alpine racing at the Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships after falling one spot short of that goal three years ago. Skiing third in the men’s standing class, the downhill champion from the 2013 and 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships recorded a blazing run of ...

Lisa Bunschoten of the Netherlands won her third straight world title as the Para snowboard action kicked off with the history-making dual banked slalom event at the Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships. The competition in Hafjell marked the first time that the dual format was used at a World Championships level and, as the day showed, the new ...

LAHORE (Jan 15, 2022): The trials activities for the selection of all divisional teams in connection with upcoming 73rd Punjab Games remained continue in several districts of the province on Friday on the directions of Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan. It is pertinent to mention here that 73rd Punjab Games will be organised at different venues of Lahore from ...

Lillehammer is ready to make history as the first World Para Snow Sports Championships kicks off on Wednesday (14 January) with Para alpine skiing downhill and Para cross-country middle-distance events. Friday marks the opening day in Para snowboard and Saturday will see the first Para biathlon medallists. Around 850 athletes from 42 nations will compete in 87 medal events at ...

Vilde Nilsen is no stranger to the sensation of becoming a world champion. The gold medal the Norwegian skier won on the first race day of the Lillehammer 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships, however, felt especially rewarding. A four-time winner at the previous edition of the World Championships three years ago, Nilsen struck gold in the women’s standing middle ...

LAHORE (Jan 10, 2022): The trials of different games have started in all nine divisions of the province on the directions of Director General Sports Punjab Javed Chohan for the selection of various divisional male and female teams for participation in the 73rd Punjab Games scheduled to be held at different venues of Nishtar Park Sports Complex from January 24-27, ...

LAHORE (Jan 10, 2022): Newly-appointed Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Punjab Noor ul Amin Mengal assumed charge of his office at Punjab Stadium on Monday. Noor ul Amin Mengal, who belonged to 28th Common, was serving as Secretary Local Govt as his previous assignment. He also has served as Deputy Commissioner Lahore, Faisalabad and Director General Punjab Food Authority in the ...

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