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Photo Gallery: Ostersund World Cup Pursuits

Chelsea LittleDecember 3, 2012

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).

Jana Gerekova (SVK) and Veronika Vitkova (CZE).

Kaisa Makarainen (FIN) leading Weronika Nowakowska-Ziemniak (POL).

Jean Philippe Le Guellec of Canada racing in Sweden last weekend.

Darya Domracheva (BEL), second place.

Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR) leads Bjorn Ferry (SWE) and Tim Burke (USA).

Selina Gasparin (SUI, left) and Zina Kocher (CAN, right).

Darya Domracheva (BEL) and Andrea Henkel (GER).

Men on the range, including Lowell Bailey (USA, center).

Olga Zaitseva (RUS), 22nd place.

Olga Vilukhina (RUS), fourth place.

Zina Kocher (CAN, right) and Magdalena Gwizdon (POL).

Zina Kocher (CAN, third from right) on the range.

Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) and Christoph Sumann (AUT).

Synnøve Solemdal (NOR) and Anastasiya Kuzmina (SVK).

Fredrik Lindstrom (SWE) leads a train including Lowell Bailey (USA).

JP Le Guellec (CAN), still in the lead on the second loop.

Rosanna Crawford (CAN) on the range in Östersund in 2012.

Marie Laure Brunet (FRA), 6th place.

Leif Nordgren (USA) on the range.

More men on the range.

Leif Nordgren (USA) and Janez Maric (SLO).

Zina Kocher (CAN).

Tomas Kaukenas (LTU) and Lee-Steve Jackson (GBR).

Tora Berger (NOR) heading down a hill.

Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS, 9th place) has the jump on a pack of other racers.

Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) leads Olga Vilukhina (RUS, behind tree) down a hill.

Susan Dunklee (USA) above the stadium.

Germany is coming.

Marie Dorin Habert (FRA) and Synnøve Solemdal (NOR).

Tina Bachmann (GER) leads a group including Susan Dunklee (USA).

Tora Berger (NOR) was alone for the entire race.

Olena Pidhrushna (UKR) and Olga Vilukhina (RUS).

Tora Berger (NOR) skiing through the range.

Rosanna Crawford (CAN), 58th place.

Tora Berger (NOR) surveyed the finish as she had her timing chips removed.

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.

Artem Pryma (UKR) and Scott Perras (CAN).

Alexis Boeuf (FRA) leads JP Le Guellec (CAN) and Florian Graf (GER) into the range.

Susan Dunklee (USA) on lap one.

Chelsea Little

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.

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