- The North American youth teams produced more or less expected results, but no fireworks; both the Canadian men and women, bolstered by strong races from Julia Ransom, Stuart Harden, and Christian Gow, made the top ten while the U.S. placed 13th and 15th.

 - Audrey Vaillancourt and Aaron Gillmor placed 15th and 19th in the junior individual races in Kontiolahti, Finland, while Casey Smith and Kelly Kjorlien paced the U.S. with fi...

 - After winning a youth title at World Junior Championships in 2009, Canada's Kurtis Wenzel struggled under pressure and took a self-imposed break from biathlon. This year, he'...

 - After a disappointing Championships in 2011, Ransom is making her last year as a youth count by notching her first top-ten finish. For the U.S., Anna Kubek placed 30th in her...

 - Canada's Brendan Green is out with an injury, but Canadians Nathan Smith, Marc-Andre Bedard, Megan Heinicke and Yolaine Oddou and American Lanny Barnes will join the other 12...

 - Headlined by Nathan Smith's three wins, the U.S. and Canadian biathlon teams picked up three more podiums and a total of 21 top-ten finishes as the international IBU Cup circ...

 - Zina Kocher continued her strong showing this weekend, moving from 12th into 9th to claim her first top-ten World Cup finish in 26 months. Meanwhile, Kaisa Makarainen picked ...

 - The King of Biathlon showed how he earned his title: 38-year-old Ole Einar Bjørndalen picked up his 93rd career World Cup victory in a dramatic pursuit, and became the oldes... 1 Comment

 - No longer a member of the Canadian national team, Zina Kocher is on her own this weekend, working with personal coach Richard Boruta and a Finnish wax tech. It hasn't slowed ... 1 Comment

 - "I don't think the athletes will be doing as much celebrating as the coaches and wax techs tonight, but I think Lowell and I might have to g... 4 Comments

 - The team of Sara Studebaker, Annelies Cook, Jay Hakkinen, and Tim Burke braved barely-legal temperatures to race to the best finish in U.S. Biathlon history. "We were rewarde... 1 Comment

 - American Tim Burke wasn't able to replicate his perfect shooting from the pursuit, but he scored his second consecutive top-ten finish on the Holmenkollen trails in Sunday's ... 1 Comment

 - Emil Hegle Svendsen proved that he really is a gun-toting Petter Northug, leaving Germany’s Andreas Birnbacher in the dust at Holmenkollen today. 2 Comments

 - The women failed to replicate their achievement of placing five in the top 35, but Studebaker said that they all had "moments of brilliance."   1 Comment

 - Arnd Peiffer of Germany took the win, but it Emil Hegle Svendsen's Northug-esque sprint to secure second, which came on Northug's favorite part of the Holmenkollen course, th... 3 Comments

 - On the biathlon World Cup, all five North American women placed in the top 35, with Canada’s Megan Imrie leading the way in a career-best 17^th place.

 - Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) won his first World Cup race, edging Arnd Peiffer (GER) by .7 seconds. The US, led by Lowell Bailey in 8th, and Canada, paced by Brendan Green in 9th, 1 Comment

 - Leif Nordgren gained confidence, health, and several more spots on the results sheet in the 20 k individual race at U26 Championships on Tuesday. Russell Currier and Hannah D...

 - U.S. biathlete Leif Nordgren showed signs that he may finally be shaking off illness and disappointing results: he narrowly missed the top 20 at the Under-26 Championships on...

 - With one finish in the top 30 and two more just outside it, the American team, which features a mix of World Cup talent and athletes who are returning from breaks from the Eu...