ÖSTERSUND, Sweden – Here’s a sampling of FasterSkier’s photos from the IBU World Cup pursuits this weekend, which were won by Tora Berger (NOR) and Martin Fourcade (FRA).
Rosanna Crawford (CAN) on the range in Östersund in 2012.
Leif Nordgren (USA) and Janez Maric (SLO).
More men on the range.
Zina Kocher (CAN, right) and Magdalena Gwizdon (POL).
Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS, 9th place) has the jump on a pack of other racers.
Kaisa Makarainen (FIN) leading Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL).
Alexis Boeuf (FRA, 6th), Henrik L’Abee-Lund (NOR, 33rd), and Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR, 5th).
Darya Domracheva (BEL) passed Andrea Henkel (GER) to take second place.
Marie Laure Brunet (FRA), 6th place.
Leif Nordgren (USA) on the range.
Tomas Kaukenas (LTU) and Lee-Steve Jackson (GBR).
Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR) leads Bjorn Ferry (SWE) and Tim Burke (USA).
Tora Berger (NOR) was alone for the entire race.
Tora Berger (NOR) surveyed the finish as she had her timing chips removed.
Jana Gerekova (SVK) and Veronika Vitkova (CZE).
Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 22nd place.
Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) and Olga Vilukhina (RUS).
Susan Dunklee (USA) above the stadium.
Darya Domracheva (BEL), second place.
Jean Philippe Le Guellec of Canada racing in Sweden last weekend.
Zina Kocher (CAN, third from right) on the range.
Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) and Christoph Sumann (AUT).
Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) and Synnøve Solemdal (NOR).
Men on the range, including Lowell Bailey (USA, center).
Olga Vilukhina (RUS), fourth place.
Rosanna Crawford (CAN), 58th place.
Fredrik Lindstrom (SWE) leads a train including Lowell Bailey (USA).
Germany is coming.
Selina Gasparin (SUI, left) and Zina Kocher (CAN, right).
Tina Bachmann (GER) leads a group including Susan Dunklee (USA).
Susan Dunklee (USA) on lap one.
Alexis Boeuf (FRA) leads JP Le Guellec (CAN) and Florian Graf (GER) into the range.
Darya Domracheva (BEL) and Andrea Henkel (GER).
Tora Berger (NOR) skiing through the range.
Artem Pryma (UKR) and Scott Perras (CAN).
JP Le Guellec (CAN), still in the lead on the second loop.
Zina Kocher (CAN).
Tora Berger (NOR) heading down a hill.
Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) leads Olga Vilukhina (RUS, behind tree) down a hill.
Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) and Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK).
Chelsea Little is FasterSkier's Editor-At-Large. A former racer at Ford Sayre, Dartmouth College and the Craftsbury Green Racing Project, she is a PhD candidate in aquatic ecology in the @Altermatt_lab at Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Zurich, Switzerland. You can follow her on twitter @ChelskiLittle.
