September 28, 2008 (Bessans, France) – Megan Tandy of British Columbia won the bronze medal yesterday in the Junior Women’s Pursuit competition as Anais Bescond of France won the event ahead of her teammate Marina Bolliet winning by 31.2 seconds. Both women had three misses each while Tandy missed four of the 20 targets to take third place 57.6 seconds behind Bescond. Tandy’s third place finish comes on the heels of a 4th place result a day earlier in the Sprint event.

The Canadians also faired well in last Friday’s Sprint event with Jean-Philippe LeGuellec placing 5th and Marc-Andre Bedard 8th in the Senior men’s race; Zina Kocher was 13th in the Senior women’s event; and Jaime Robb placed 32nd in the Senior Men category as well.

The French were the unexpected winners today in the Mixed-Relay, the final event of the Summer Biathlon World Championships. For complete results visit www.biathlonworld.com and click on Datacenter.