What if the Olympic motto – 'the most important thing is not to win, but to participate' – is true? The results of a new study in which researchers followed how young biathletes fare when they compete as seniors show that there is something to the motto.
Friday 28 February 2025
Researcher Øyvind Karlsson has been granted funding for a project that investigates how simulated high altitude affects the performance of elite athletes. The project focuses on understanding how different factors that affect performance in endurance sports are influenced by high altitude.
Monday 13 January 2025
The International Biathlon Federation arranged the Kids & Youth Recruitment Forum in Östersund as part of the IBU's Biathlon4All project. They want more young athletes to try biathlon. They gathered 50 participants from 34 countries.
Monday 3 June 2024
The Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre (NVC) has a good reputation among universities in Europe. This means that international students who study sports science are happy to do their internship with us at Mid Sweden University.
Wednesday 29 May 2024
A group of international researchers has questioned the IOC's framework for fairness, inclusion and non-discrimination on the basis of gender identity and sex variations. One of the researchers who has criticized the IOC's recommendations is Kerry McGawley, a professor at Mid Sweden University.
Friday 17 May 2024
While the Biathlon World Championships in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, are underway, it is clear that Mid Sweden University, through the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre, is the university in the world that publishes the most scientific articles on biathlon.
Friday 9 February 2024
The Biathlon World Championships 2024 will be held in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic, from 7 to 18 February. We asked our biathlon professor Marko Laaksonen about what we as viewers should focus on to guess who will win in the end.
Thursday 8 February 2024
Mid Sweden University is the first university to sign a cooperation agreement with IBU, International Biathlon Union. The parties have agreed on a four-year cooperation regarding research and educational activities through IBU Academy.
Friday 10 March 2023
The Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre at Mid Sweden University is ranked among the world’s top 100 universities in the subject of Sport Science by the prestigious Shanghai Ranking.
Monday 9 January 2023
Mid Sweden University and Östersund have long been an important hub for international biathlon activities. In 2022, that position has been strengthened as the university now has four PhD students who are researching various aspects of the sport.
Monday 12 December 2022
On Sunday 23rd October Kerry McGawley was part of a panel at the FiLiA Women’s Rights Conference, the largest annual grassroots feminist conference in Europe, talking about “Defending Women’s Sport”.
Friday 28 October 2022
The Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre at Mid Sweden University is ranked among the world’s top 100 universities in the subject of Sport Science by the prestigious Shanghai Ranking!
Monday 10 January 2022
Elite free divers, who dive unaided in open sea, have brain oxygen levels even lower than diving seals, during their deepest dives, new research at Mid Sweden University and the University of St Andrews has found.
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Dr. Kerry McGawley briefly presents the knowledge available about the menstural cycle influence on female athletic performance.
Friday 4 June 2021
If you have an intellectual disability, Internet–based exercise can be an accessible tool to increase physical activity.
Wednesday 7 April 2021
