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Of seven U.S. and Canadian starters in the 12.5 k pursuit, only Scott Perras and Nathan Smith gained spots. The others, however, weren't overly bitter about ending their season with less than the best results.

 - After falling behind in the third shooting stage, Martin Fourade played catch-up to Arnd Peiffer, and the pressure he exerted in the final stage was enough to make the German...

 - Just as she had in the World Championships pursuit, today Darya Domracheva used calm, deliberate shooting to beat World Cup leader Magdalena Neuner, and in the process top th... 1 Comment

 - Canada's Zina Kocher tied her season best by placing ninth in the last sprint of the year, while American Susan Dunklee's tenth-place finish was her best in regular World Cup... 1 Comment

 - Tim Burke finished 23 seconds behindMartin Fourcade of France in the 10 k sprint. Meanwhile, Canada's JP Le Guellec tied his season-best by placing eighth, and Jay Hakkinen a... 1 Comment

 - The rain stopped in West Yellowstone long enough for U.S. national team members Annelies Cook and Leif Nordgren to claim national championship titles in the 7.5 and 10 k spri...

 - Rosanna Crawford and Marc-Andre Bedard picked up mass start wins in the first day of action at Canadian Biathlon Championships, held this year at Valcartier in Quebec. Bedard'

 - A recap with links to our reporting on biathlon World Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany, along with new photos of the U.S. team - this time from the United States Biathlon... 1 Comment

 - There's no place quite like Ruhpolding - and here's a chance to get an inside look at what it's like to attend races where nordic sports have such enthusiastic support. Inclu...

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For the World Championships relay, U.S. coach Jonne Kahkonen turned up with purple hair, while the American women sported their own shade of pink...

 - Tora Berger, Kaisa Makarainen, and Marie Laure Brunet couldn't have been more tired by the time they reached the final loop of the mass start today, but they fought gamely no...

 - Martin Fourcade won his third gold and fourth medal of the Championships after besting Sweden's Bjorn Ferry in the final loop; the Swedes couldn't be too disappointed, howeve...

 - With Susan Dunklee the only team member qualified for the mass start and only Studebaker joining her at the final World Cup weekend in Russia, half the team was in their last...

 - Megan Imrie turned in a strong first leg, leaving the Canadians in sixth, 40 seconds out of the lead. But shooting errors by Megan Heinicke and Yolaine Oddou dragged them dow...

 - For once, Magdalena Neuner was the weak link in the traditionally dominant German relay team. But it didn't matter, as Miriam Gossner picked up her slack and Andrea Henkel br... 2 Comments

 - The U.S. men avoided the penalty loop thanks to the use of fourteen spare rounds, and the consensus was that their tenth-place finish was good, but they'd been hoping to matc...

 - While the week has seen plenty of unexpectedly great performances from outsiders, today's 4 x 7.5 k men's relay came down to the two World Cup leaders, Emil Hegle Svendsen of...

 - Susan Dunklee placed fifth at World Championships in her fourth season as a biathlete; the fact that some athletes don't pick up a gun until their 20's highlights the challen...

 - A former sports editor who has provided Eurosport's biathlon commentary for 15 years, Sigi Heinrich chatted with FasterSkier about why the sport is so popular in Europe, why ... 3 Comments

 - Lanny Barnes and Sara Studebaker produced their best results of the Championships in Wednesday's 15 k individual race, scoring World Cup points and finishing half a minute fr... 1 Comment