The Canadian men's relay team placed 8th in the 4x7.5k relay, the best mark ever at a championship event. The U.S placed 12th.
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Norway claimed its seventh gold and eighth medal in 9 World Championship races, skiing away to a clear win in the 4x7.5k relay as Biathlon World Championships continued.
Susan Dunklee used a broom handle and cleaned her first World Cup-caliber race on Friday, leading the U.S. women to a repeat 11th at IBU World Championships in the 4 x 6 k relay. The Canadian women got off to a strong start and settled for 12th.
What does it feel like to have Tora Berger breathing down your neck? Ask Germany’s Andrea Henkel, Ukraine’s Olena Pidhrushna or Italy’s Karin Oberhofer, who started the final leg of the 4 x 6-kilometer women’s relay with a mere 40-second head start.
LeGuellec Paces Canada in 10th, Canucks Put Three in Top 31
Audrey ManganFebruary 14, 2013
Despite feeling less that great on his skis, Canada's Jean Phillippe LeGuellec finished 10th in the 20 k individual at World Championships on Thursday to lead three teammates into the top 31.
Tim Burke ended America's 26-year medal draught at World Championships on Thursday by claiming a silver medal in the 20 k individual. "I was crying in the woods," said his coach Per Nilsson. It was both a historic day for U.S. Biathlon and a momentous personal triumph for Burke in a season of up and down results.
Tim Burke’s silver medal-winning performance for the U.S. Biathlon team gave the Americans a big reason to celebrate on Thursday, but the team’s performance as a whole was worth noting, too. Three members finished in the top 30 — after Burke, Leif Nordgren took 22nd with two penalties and Lowell Bailey was 29th with three errors.
With "electricity" in the air, France's Martin Fourcade finally claimed the gold medal that has eluded him at the 2013 World Championships so far, winning the 20k individual on Thursday by 23 seconds over Tim Burke (USA). The American's silver medal, meanwhile, was a huge personal best and is only the second podium finish ever for an American at the championships.
Dunklee Harnesses Last Year’s ‘Magic’ for 15th, Crawford 17th in World Championships Individual
Alex KochonFebruary 13, 2013
A year after placing fifth in the 15 k individual at World Championships, American Susan Dunklee finished a solid 15th on her birthday despite falling and busting her rifle stock on the last lap. Canadian Rosanna Crawford raced through the range for a career-best 17th at her first World Championships.
For Tora Berger, it just keeps getting better. Norway’s leading female biathlete took control at the IBU World Championships on Wednesday, cruising through the 15-kilometer individual race to not only defend her title by nearly a minute, but do so without error in Nové Město, Czech Republic.
Photo Gallery: North America in the IBU World Championships Pursuits
Chelsea LittleFebruary 11, 2013
Nine American and Canadian athletes competed in the 10/12.5 k pursuits at IBU World Championships on Sunday. Here are some photos of the action.
Photo Gallery: IBU World Championships Women’s Pursuit
Chelsea LittleFebruary 11, 2013
Photos from the women's 10 k pursuit at biathlon World Championships, where Tora Berger of Norway took home gold.
Photos from the men's 12.5 k pursuit.
Starting in the mid-30's, Lowell Bailey and Jean Philippe Le Guellec didn't let disappointing sprint results keep them down. Bailey cleaned a four-stage race for the first time in his career, placing 13th; Le Guellec had just one missed target to end up 15th.
Tora Berger didn't have her best day, but after a quick and clean last standing stage, she was headed for gold. The other leaders weren't so lucky: after a disastrous crash, Ann Kristin Flatland broke a binding and Olga Zaitseva lost valuable time. In their places, Krystyna Palka of Poland earned silver and Olena Pidhrushna of Ukraine bronze.
When Martin Fourcade used a formidable uphill sprint to take the lead with a kilometer to go, it looked like Emil Hegle Svendsen was out of the picture, relegated to silver. But the Norwegian somehow managed to drag himself back onto Fourcade's tails and slingshot around him into the finishing lanes, then win one of the closest World Championships photo finishes in recent memory.
Biathlon World Championships men's and women's 10 and 7.5 k sprints in photos.
Le Guellec Leads Canada in Sprint; Gow Shines in First World Championships Appearance
Chelsea LittleFebruary 9, 2013
Despite three errors on the range, Jean Philippe Le Guellec felt great on his skis and finished 36th, leading the Canadian team; Scott Gow had a great World Championships debut, placing 45th. He and Audrey Vaillancourt told FasterSkier about what it's like to race their first Championships in front of such large, loud, and enthusiastic crowds.
Across both the men's and the women's teams, six of the eight Americans qualified for the 60-person pursuits on Sunday. Tim Burke was the lone man to make the top 30, while Annelies Cook led the women's squad in 45th. All six are ready to improve in the pursuit.
Ukraine Packs the Podium As Surprised Pidhrushna Earns First Career Win – a World Championship Title
Chelsea LittleFebruary 9, 2013
Olena Pidrushna has twice finished second in World Cup racing this season, but she's never won a competition - and she fell ill after the last World Cup races in Antholz, Italy. She was as surprised as anyone else to find herself atop the podium in the women's sprint, beating Tora Berger of Norway by six seconds. Ukrainian teammate Vita Semerenko was third.