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North American Biathlon Series # 5

Jericho VT – The North American Biathlon Series went to Ethan Allen Biathlon Range in Jericho, Vermont for its 5th race series of the year. Similar to the Mt Itasca NorAM Series, conditions continued to be cold with temperatures staying around 0F for Saturday’s Sprint Competition and low teens for Sunday’s Mass Start event. Due to lack of snow, the course followed the roller-ski loop. The staff of the National Guard Biathlon Office worked hard...

Americans find the targets in Oberhof

Oberhof, Germany – Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK) could have been happier, but not much. Hitting nine out of ten targets in world class time, Hakkinen finished 17th in the ultra competitive Oberhof World Cup Sprint, with a time of 26:55.8, one second behind 15th place and just ten seconds out of tenth. The result moves Hakkinen into 26th place in the overall World Cup ranking and qualifies him for the Mass Start competition on Sunday....

US Biathlon Men Post Best Relay Result of Season

Oberhof, Germany – The US Relay team of Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY), Jay Hakkinen (Kasilof, AK), Tim Burke (Paul Smiths, NY), and Jeremy Teela (Anchorage, AK) posted their best result of the season this evening with an 11th place finish. The US Team finished 3:23.9 behind the team from Austria who won their second World Cup Relay in a row. They used twelve spare rounds and had no penalties. Russia in second place, only...

Anchorage, AK, December 31. Wynn Roberts (Battle Lake, MN) and Grace Boutot (Fort Kent, ME) with victories in the Relay Sprint competitions gave the two athletes a sweep of the three days of competitions at the Youth/ Junior World Team Trials here. With their wins, Roberts swept the Junior Men’s Division, while Boutot swept the Youth Women’s category. Roberts again overpowered the other junior men with a 22:29 victory over the 7.5K distance. Wayne McClure...

Hochfilzen, Tirol, Austria, December 20. Lowell Bailey (Lake Placid, NY) missed the final shot in standing today, his only penalty to finish 51st in the10K Sprint. The snow that started during the Women’s 15K Individual on Thursday continued yesterday and intensified this morning. More than 18 inches of new snow was on the ground as by the time the men started today. With his one penalty, Bailey finished 2:27.3 behind Lars Berger of Norway, who...