The Canadian men were as high as fourth place and the women as high as sixth in today's World Cup relays, but each team accumulated penalty loops at unfortunate times which bumped them down a few places.
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Fourcade Capitalizes on Lindström’s Crash to Take Second Win; Burke Third in Östersund World Cup 10 k Sprint
Seth AdamsNovember 30, 2013
Martin Fourcade (France) wins the men's World Cup Biathlon 10 k sprint after 2nd place Fredrik Lindstroem (Sweden) crashes. American Tim Burke finishes in third.
Canada Picks 15 Biathletes for European Tour; Olympic Spots Up for Grabs
Chelsea LittleNovember 15, 2013
JP Le Guellec, Scott Perras, Zina Kocher, and Rosanna Crawford will start the biathlon season on the World Cup - but 11 other Canadians have the chance to fight it out for the remaining World Cup spots, where they can also qualify for the Olympics. The team was chosen after two trials races in Canmore this week.
The Canadians will be the first to admit that things didn't go so well for them at the recent World Cups in Sochi. But they aren't letting it get them down - after all, next year is a completely different training cycle, and they won't be peaking for anything but the Olympics. With an unusually full roster that even included Brendan Green, they made the most of their preview.
Fourcade Takes Victory Back From Bø; Russia’s Young Gun Loginov Impresses with First Podium
Chelsea LittleMarch 2, 2013
With Tarjei Bø, who edged Martin Fourcade by 0.1 seconds in the sprint, still lacking fitness after a late start to the season, Fourcade skied away with the win in Oslo today. But he couldn't have been more happy than the third-place finisher: this year's double gold medalist at World Junior Championships, Alexandr Loginov moved up from fifth in the sprint after earning his first World Cup starts.
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.
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.
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.
Canadians Adjust to Venue, World Champs Atmosphere with 15th in Mixed Relay
Chelsea LittleFebruary 8, 2013
Rosanna Crawford started her very first World Championships race; Jean Philippe Le Guellec had his first healthy one in several years. He called the team's 15th-place finish "okay, but nothing phenomenal."
Perras Collects First Top-Ten, Gow 29th for Canada in Ruhpolding Sprint
Chelsea LittleJanuary 12, 2013
Both Scott Perras and Scott Gow notched personal-best performances on the biathlon World Cup; teammate Jean Philippe Le Guellec joked that the reason he collected two penalties and finished 41st was that his first name isn't Scott. The results highlight a Canadian team growing in both strength and depth.
On Thursday in Pokljuka, Slovenia, Burke turned in a season best fourth-place finish in the 10 k sprint even though he never reached his top speed. Lowell Bailey finished 36th on a broken toe.
Bailey’s Tenth Headlines North American Performances in Hochfilzen; Crawford and Heinicke Top-30 for Canadian Women
Chelsea LittleDecember 8, 2012
Just like last year at this competition, Lowell Bailey had a good thing going. Today, though, he was able to clean his final stage and stay into the top ten; USBA President Max Cobb called the perfect late-race shooting a big accomplishment, and something that Bailey has been working on. Plus, more from the other North American biathletes.
Le Guellec 10th in Hochfilzen Sprint; Career-Best Breakthroughs by Crawford, Perras Boost Canada
Chelsea LittleDecember 7, 2012
Rosanna Crawford scored points in a World Cup biathlon race for the first time today, beating her previous best finish by almost 30 spots to place 24th. Meanwhile, Jean Philippe Le Guellec wrote in an e-mail that he was "totally happy with following up last week with a top 10."
Kocher’s Top-Ten Continues Canada’s Roll; Perras, Crawford Also Qualify for Pursuit
Chelsea LittleDecember 2, 2012
ÖSTERSUND, Sweden – After watching teammate Jean Philippe Le Guellec win Canada’s first World Cup earlier in the afternoon, Zina Kocher had her work cut out for her to stay on task for her own 7.5 k sprint. “It was so exciting,” she told FasterSkier. “It took me actually a long time before my race to just calm down, because we were so excited. We watched the flower ceremony, and I was so pumped up...
"Sometimes you go down in order to go higher.” That’s what Martin Fourcade said Saturday after finishing 48th in a cross-country World Cup race before resuming his winning ways in the biathlon World Cup opener 20 k individual race Wednesday.
North American Men Not At Their Best in Khanty Pursuit, But Find Value Looking Towards Future
Chelsea LittleMarch 17, 2012
Both the U.S. and Canada had high hopes and lots of opportunities in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, but for the men competing in the 12.5 k pursuit Saturday, most of those possibilities didn’t materialize. For the U.S., Tim Burke started with bib number four after a season-best finish in the sprint on Friday. He missed a shot in the first stage, and then one in each of the next two, and hovered around tenth position. But after...
RUHPOLDING, Germany – As has been the case so many times this week, the Canadian men’s team was simply not satisfied after the 20 k World Championships individual on Tuesday. “The course was nice,” Jean Phillipe Le Guellec told FasterSkier, struggling to find some positive notes from the race. His performance, he said, was not one of them. “My shooting was just – there was nothing I could do,” he lamented. “You can’t come in...
Canada’s Le Guellec, Kocher Finish 26th in World Champs Pursuits; Team’s Seven Starters Have Mixed Success
Chelsea LittleMarch 5, 2012
RUHPOLDING, Germany – Two Canadians had high hopes for Sunday’s pursuit: Jean Phillipe Le Guellec was 14th after Saturday’s World Championship sprint, and teammate Zina Kocher 18th. They were poised, it seemed, to have career-best finishes. Le Guellec had never finished in the top ten at World Championships, but started just 12 seconds outside it on Sunday. Kocher was shooting for a top-16, which would have guaranteed her funding through Athletics Canada for the next...
Canadians Tie Best-Ever Relay Finish with 7th; Rare Synergy as Both North American Teams Top-10
Chelsea LittleJanuary 23, 2012
At the front of the race, Sunday’s World Cup men’s relay in Antholz-Anterselva was not especially exciting. Although the time gaps weren’t huge, there were few lead changes: after the first handoff, France took the lead and never looked back, remaining there for the rest of the race. After that point, Germany sat in second, Austria in third, and Russia in fourth: at each exchange, despite the intervening 7.5 kilometers, the scene was the same....
The Swedish biathlon team has had to adjust to several surprise announcements in the last year. In the spring star coach Wolfgang Pichler decided to retire. In the fall, Mattias Nilsson Full results