For Gow, it was his highest placing since Feb. 16, 2019 when he finished eighth in the pursuit at Soldier Hollow, Utah. It was a 1-2-3 finish in the men’s race for Norway. Johannes Dale claimed the silver medal, 15.6 seconds behind Laegreid, and Tarjei Boe was third, 25.4 seconds off the pace. Scott Gow of Canmore, Christian’s older brother, also qualified for the pursuit and finished 40
th after shooting 18-for-20. He was 3:10.5 behind Laegreid. In the women’s 10 km pursuit Saturday in Oberhof, Emma Lunder of Vernon was the top Canadian in 23rd place. Lunder had just one miss and finished 3:21.1 behind gold medalist Tiril Eckhoff of Norway. It took a photo finish to determine the medals and Eckhoff, who won Friday’s sprint, edged Norwegian teammate Marte Olsbu Roiseland by just half a second. Lisa Theresa Hauser of Austria won bronze, 43 seconds behind Eckhoff.
Beaudry was perfect in two shooting bouts crossed the finish 2:33.1 behind gold medalist Tiril Eckhoff of Norway, who topped the field of 104 racers with a time of 23:54. Lunder missed one prone and one standing target and stopped the clock 2:30.1 off the winning pace. Hanna Oeberg of Sweden (0+0, +29.6) and Lisa Theresa Hauser of Austria (0+1, +40.2) also made the medal podium. In other Canadian results, Megan Bankes of Calgary placed 64
th (0+2, +2:58.3) and Nadia Moser of Whitehorse, Yukon was 79
th (2+1, +3:43.2). Both missed the cut for Saturday’s 10 km women s pursuit. In the men’s 10 km sprint Friday, the Gow brothers of Canmore each qualified for the pursuit. Christian Gow finished 29