Previous Biathlon World Cup Coverage

There hadn’t been any Biathlon World Cup action since the Olympics until Thursday. Things got back underway with the men’s and women’s sprint events and at least for this day the US men looked like the stronger side.

The men’s 10km was a strong event for the US Thursday with both Lowell Bailey and Tim Burke placing in the top 16 after each missing just a single shot. They were joined by Leif Nordgren in 42nd giving the US three competitors in the men’s pursuit on Saturday.

In the women’s sprint there weren’t any top 30 Americans but Sara Studebaker (35th) and Susan Dunklee (38th) were able to qualify for the pursuit event on Saturday. Dunklee missed four targets on her final round of shooting or she would have had a much better finish. The same is true of Annelies Cook who might have qualified for the pursuit but four missed targets doomed her and she was 1:20 behind the final qualifier.

No biathlon events on Friday but they will resume on Saturday with the pursuit events. WeSupportTheUS.com will have coverage of the results on Saturday afternoon.

Schedule:

• March 8th
  • 5:15 AM – Men’s 12.5 km Pursuit
    • Tim Burke
    • Lowell Bailey
    • Leif Nordgren
  • 7:25 AM – Women’s 10km Pursuit
    • Susan Dunklee
    • Sara Studebaker