The native of Canmore, Alta., ended up 56.4 seconds behind race winner Simon Desthieux of France, who completed the course in 22:58.0, 2.4 seconds ahead of Sebastien Samuelsson of Sweden and 4.4 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Arnd Peiffer of Germany. For Gow, it was his best result since Feb. 15, 2020 when he placed 16 th in the sprint at the world championships in Anholz-Anterselva, Italy. His 27-year-old brother Christian Gow finished 31 st with one miss on the range (0+1, +1:12.7). Adam Runnalls of Calgary placed 43 rd (0+1, +1:35.2) and also qualified in the top 60 in the sprint to make the cut for Sunday’s pursuit. Trevor Kiers of Sprucedale, Ont. (2+1, +3:15.4) finished 94