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CANMORE, Alta. - Emma Lunder is one of the headliners on the list of eight Canadian biathletes nominated Wednesday for next month's Beijing Olympics.
Sarah Beaudry of Prince George finished 65 th after two misses while prone and had one missed standing target. The 26-year-old veteran finished 2:10.5 behind race winner Tiril Eckhoff of Norway, who finished the nighttime race in 18:11.1. Denise Hermann of Germany won silver (+6.1 seconds) and Dorothea Wierer of Italy captured bronze (+10.5). All three medalists shot clean. Emma Lunder of Vernon had an especially tough day on the range with four prone misses and one standing target left up. She placed 92 nd out of 103 starters, 3:17.9 off the pace. Nadia Moser of Whitehorse, Yukon was right...
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 m...
Scott Gow of Canmore is getting better with age. The 30-year-old senior member of Canada’s national biathlon team nailed down his top solo result of the season Saturday on the BMW IBU World Cup . . .
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 f...