Previous Pokljuka – Biathlon World Cup Coverage

The US continued to find success in the biathlon, especially on the men’s side, with two men placing in the top 13 in the men’s pursuit on Saturday. Lowell Bailey led the way with a 10th place finish after missing three targets and finishing 1:20.5 behind the winner. He was just seven seconds ahead of Tim Burke who also missed three targets. Both Bailey and Burke will be in the mass start event on Sunday. Leif Nordgren missed just two targets but started 2:42 behind the first competitor to start so he was going to finish pretty far down the list and ended up 31st, 3:55.1 behind.

Things didn’t go as well on the women’s side where both Susan Dunklee and Sara Studebaker were already stuck starting about two minutes behind. Dunklee missed two targets in both the third and fourth round and finished 20th, 3:27.5 behind the winner. Studebaker was a cleaner shooter, missing three targets, but she wasn’t as quick as she finished over a minute behind Dunklee in 37th. Neither of them will compete in the women’s mass start on Sunday.

WeSupportTheUS.com will have coverage of the men’s mass start results on Sunday evening. The women will be back in action at the next Biathlon World Cup stop in Kontiolahti starting on Thursday.

Schedule:

• March 9th
  • 6:15 AM – Men’s 15km Mass Start
    • Tim Burke
    • Lowell Bailey