When racketlon restarts we have a very interesting race on our hands. With Arnaud Genin’s recent retirement announcement and Lukas Windischberger’s similar announcement in 2019, two places…
“Let’s Get Physical” One Year Anniversary & “Death by Burpees” Challenge
Exactly one year ago, as countries all around the world began to lock down and the FIR were forced to start cancelling world tour tournaments, Martina Meissl from Austria and Amke Fischer from Germany…
FIR Rankings Announcement
The FIR Rankings have now been frozen for a year due to the ongoing pandemic. The council had planned to unfreeze the rankings again on 1st April 2021 with a rolling 36-month ranking to give players p…
World Tour, Junior Development & More – 2021 AGM Report
On Saturday 20th March 2021 the FIR held its annual AGM online. The meeting saw an excellent turn-out with 25 member countries represented with a range of topics discussed and a number of important up…
Racketlon’s Five Most Successful Seniors
Last month we delved into the record books to discover who the five most successful juniors are in racketlon history. Now it’s time for the seniors to have their moment in the sun. As with the j…
Champions League Update; First Leg Cancelled
The first leg of the 2021 Racketlon Champions League has been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It was due to take place on June 25th at the VITIS SportCenter in Zurich, Switzerland. …
10 Best Women’s Racket Sports Nations
It seems only right that, on International Women’s Day, we present the 10 best women’s racket sports nations. Producing a deep dive into the greatest female players currently competing in …
World No.2 Arnaud Genin Retires from Racketlon
World No.2 Arnaud Genin has retired from International Racketlon with immediate effect. The Frenchman announced his retirement on social media after three and a half years in the sport. The former BWF…
10 Best Men’s Racket Sports Nations
People like to play around with racketlon’s format. It’s a sport that lends itself to discussions and debates about who would beat who and which racket sports nation would beat which natio…
Racketlon’s Five Most Successful Juniors
With World Championship Wednesdays kicking off last week with a pair of junior singles categories, it only makes sense that we continue to celebrate successful juniors in racketlon. With that in mind,…