The Weekend Roundup is back! Just because the Olympics are over doesn't mean the season is finished. Catch up with the renewed World Cup action in Lahti, Finland, the IBU Youth World Championships, and the Vasaloppet.
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2013 IBU Youth and Junior World Championships
U.S. Biathletes Smith and Dalberg Look Back on World Juniors That Was, Forward to More European Racing
Chelsea LittleJanuary 30, 2013
Casey Smith capped off his four career appearances at World Youth and Junior Championships with a 37th-place showing in the individual in Obertilliach Austria. While he's hoping to make the cut for U26 Championships, Jake Dalberg, who placed 52nd despite rifle problems, is headed next to Italian Military Championships.
In Last Trip to World Junior Championships, Canada’s Davies Eighth in Individual
Chelsea LittleJanuary 30, 2013
Canada's Macx Davies realized midway through the 15 k individual race that in order to have a good result, he needed to knock down all of his remaining targets. So he did, and skied to a career-best eighth-place finish. Rose-Marie Côté led the junior women with 22nd place and Canada was strong across the board.
Doherty’s Silver in Individual Brings Medal Tally to Three; 17-Year-Old’s Focus is ‘A Gift,’ Says Coach Shalna
Chelsea LittleJanuary 30, 2013
Once again, early penalties seemed to put Sean Doherty's medal in jeopardy. But clean, fast shooting and quick skiing in the later stages of the youth men's 12.5 k individual put the American back on the podium for a record third time, and he earned his second silver medal of this year's World Youth Championships to go with gold from the pursuit.
After Jet Lag and ‘Okay’ Opening to Youth Championships, Canada’s Beaudry Gets What She Came for with Fifth Place in Individual
Chelsea LittleJanuary 29, 2013
After graduating from high school and joining the Biathlon Alberta Training Centre for her first season of full-time training, Sarah Beaudry wanted more from her third Youth World Championships appearance than a couple more finishes in the 20's and 30's. On Tuesday, she got it - a fifth-place result that was just 20 seconds from the podium.
Led By Ransom’s 15th, Five Canadian Women Improve in Youth and Junior Pursuits
Chelsea LittleJanuary 28, 2013
While Julia Ransom collected her second top-20 result in as many days, four other Canadian women improved in the youth and junior pursuits in Obertilliach, Austria. The lone American woman to make the pursuits, Anna Kubek moved up to 25th in the youth women's race.
Gow, Harden Notch Their Second Top-20’s of the Weekend; Casey Smith’s Flawless Shooting Gains 20 Places in Junior Pursuit
Chelsea LittleJanuary 28, 2013
Christian Gow and Stuart Harden continued solid Championships racing that was nonetheless not quite what they were hoping for, finishing 16th and 18th in the junior and youth pursuits. For America, Casey Smith turned in one of the more impressive pursuit performances of the day, missing a single shot and climbing 20 places to 23rd.
After dropping from second to fourth with two penalties in the very first stage, Sean Doherty calmly did as he had trained, knocked down his targets, and skied to a 30-second victory that left him enough time to celebrate his first World Championship by carrying an American flag across the line.
Two Top-20s for Canada in Biathlon World Junior Sprints; Gow, Ransom Strong in Junior Debuts
Chelsea LittleJanuary 26, 2013
Laura Dahlmeier of Germany and Alexandr Loginov of Russia picked up their first World Championships titles, while Christian Gow and Julia Ransom of Canada made the jump from youth to junior racing by placing 14th and 16th in the 7.5/10 k sprints. Casey Smith was the top American, placing 43rd.
Doherty Races to Silver in Biathlon Youth Worlds Opener
Alex KochonJanuary 25, 2013
Sean Doherty achieved a personal best and made U.S. history on Friday, placing second in the 7.5 k sprint opener at the IBU Youth/Junior World Championships in Obertilliach, Austria. Just 3.6 seconds out of first, Doherty was still soaking up the result.