Belarusian Yury Holub clinched his first World Para Nordic Skiing crystal globe following the abrupt end of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic which cancelled the Para Biathlon World Championships and the Nordic Skiing World Cup Finals in Sweden.
The United States have announced their team to compete at the World Para Nordic Skiing Championships in Östersund in Sweden with three of their best biathletes set for action.
Ivan Golubkov of Russia rounded off a successful Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Finsterau with a fifth gold medal.
Ivan Golubkov of Russia achieved his fourth gold medal at the Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Finsterau in Germany.
Russia secured three of the six gold medals at the Para Nordic Skiing World Cup on the first day of cross-country in Finsterau in Germany.
Russia earned four gold medals on the third day of the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Finsterau in Germany.
Anna Panferova of Russia achieved a second gold medal at the Para Nordic Skiing World Cup event in Finsterau in Germany.
Russia took three of the six gold medals on the first day of the Para Nordic Skiing World Cup event in Finsterau in Germany. with half of the 18 medals won on the day going to the nation.
Ukraine enjoyed a clean sweep of the podium in the biathlon relay standing team sprint at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Altenberg and Dresden.
Home athletes Martin Fleig and Anja Wicker won the respective men's and women's sitting events, on day two of sprint biathlon competition at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Altenberg and Dresden in Germany.
Russia won three gold medals in the sprint biathlon events held today at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Altenberg and Dresden.
Russia won three of the six short-distance cross-country events, as action continued today at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Altenberg and Dresden.
Russia took home two gold medals on day three of cross-country at the Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Altenberg and Dresden.
American Paralympic champion Oksana Masters triumphed in the women's sitting sprint event at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Altenberg and Dresden.
Oksana Masters and Kendall Gretsch of the United States both qualified for the cross-country sprint final at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Altenberg and Dresden.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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