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Germany returns to Nordic combined team gold in Trondheim
Germany beat Austria in the large-hill and 4 x 5 km relay event, with Norway taking bronze after a jumping-stage equipment disqualification.
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Sweden wins women's relay world title by seven tenths
Emma Ribom, Frida Karlsson, Ebba Andersson and Jonna Sundling secured Sweden's second women's relay world title ahead of Norway and Germany.
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Slovenia defends men's ski-jumping team world title
Lovro Kos, Domen Prevc, Timi Zajc and Anže Lanišek scored 1080.8 points to retain Slovenia's team title ahead of Austria and Norway.
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Andersson retains world skiathlon title in Trondheim photo finish
Ebba Andersson defended her 20 km skiathlon world title, taking gold ahead of Therese Johaug with Jonna Sundling completing the podium.
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HB Ludwigsburg win Women's DHB Cup with 31–21 victory over Blomberg
Ludwigsburg established a 16–10 half-time lead and won the Stuttgart final by 10 goals, claiming the club's fourth German cup.
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Westvold Hansen wins third consecutive Gundersen world title
Norway secured gold and silver in the women's normal-hill Gundersen, while Lisa Hirner earned her first individual world medal for Austria.
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Norway earns first women's ski-jumping team world title
Norway scored 904.5 points to beat Austria and Germany, upgrading the bronze medals it had won at all three previous editions.
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Norway retains mixed-team Nordic combined world title
Norway finished 1:16.8 ahead of Germany, while Austria beat Japan by 0.2 seconds for bronze in Trondheim's mixed-team competition.
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France tops medal count at Lenzerheide Biathlon World Championships
France finished the 12-event championships with six golds and 13 medals, while Johannes Thingnes Bø set two career world-title records.
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Invictus winter debut draws 534 competitors and leaves adaptive sport legacy
The first winter edition combined 11 adaptive sports with equipment, training and funding commitments documented in the organisers’ final report.
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Hagen wins the opening race of Seefeld’s first women’s Triple
A decisive cross-country lead helped the Norwegian preserve her unbeaten season as women joined the three-day Triple for the first time.
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Historic Monte Carlo rally brings 215 crews to Valence
Crews completed the January concentration journeys before the regularity stages scheduled for February.
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Riiber wins Seefeld mass start after retirement announcement
The Norwegian converted a narrow cross-country lead into an eight-point victory over Johannes Lamparter in the Triple’s opening competition.
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Wilde scores in the final minute as RIT beats Air Force
RIT won 2–1 at Air Force on 31 January after Matthew Wilde converted a rebound with less than thirty seconds left.
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Robertson removes defending champion Trump from German Masters
Robertson won 5–2 in Berlin as Wilson and Xiao also booked quarter-final places on 30 January.
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Adolescent exercise trial reports similar fitness gains with different lipid responses
A six-week comparison combines a fitness test with detailed serum measurements.
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Atlético’s four goals in Salzburg secure a direct place in the last sixteen
Atlético won 4–1 in Austria on 29 January and finished fifth in the Champions League league phase, qualifying directly for the round of 16.
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Wu edges Allen as German Masters last-16 field takes shape
Wu Yize beat Mark Allen 5–4 at the German Masters in Berlin on January 29, reversing the outcome of the two earlier meetings listed in the broadcaster's match record.
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Small caffeine-gum trial reports acute differences in resistance-exercise tests
Sixteen trained men completed laboratory comparisons; the results do not establish long-term gains or universal suitability.
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Running-watch study shows strong correlations alongside distance-specific forecast errors
A single-model evaluation compares displayed predictions with measured running times.
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Women’s gym study documents judgement, barriers and moments of empowerment
A mixed-methods survey examines how participants experience shared exercise spaces.
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Suhl wins the January derby in Erfurt and climbs to fourth
Suhl defeated Erfurt 3–1 on 29 January. Erfurt took its fifth set of the season, but Suhl collected the three league points.
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Boca’s straight-sets win over Ferro closes the league’s second January round
Boca beat Ferro 3–0 on 28 January, following a five-set victory over San Lorenzo. Gimnasia led the early league standings with 12 points.
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Hill defeats Williams as German Masters second day reshapes the draw
Hill closed with a century against Williams, while Ursenbacher and Xiao joined the second-day winners in Berlin.
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