January 26, 2013 (Obertilliach, Austria) – Canada’s Christian Gow, 19, from Calgary placed a strong 14th in the men’s 10km Sprint with two missed shots in standing as Russia claimed another gold courtesy of Alexandr Loginov who scored his first junior title with a time of 25:09.7, missing one shot standing.

Norway’s Johannes Things also suffered one miss but in prone for the silver as Loginov’s teammate, Maxim Tsvetkov, added bronze to Russia’s medal haul with two misses on the standing range.

This was Gow’s 4th Championships and first as a junior saying he’s not as nervous as he used to be and looks forward to more racing this week adding, “I’m happy with the race overall, but not very happy with dropping two shots standing. It is nobody’s fault but my own. I took it easy and skied relaxed today. I was up quite high for most of the race so it would have been great to be in the top-10, but I did reach my goal of top-15.”

Three other Canucks were on the start line men as Macx Davies, of Canmore, Alta., tied for 30th with five misses; Menno Arendz, of Hartsville, P.E.I., was 64th and Jasper Mackenzie, of Kelowna, B.C., placed 73rd at 30:41.8 (2+1). Casey Smith from Methow Valley, WA led Team USA in 43rd with teammate Jacob Dalberg from Ely, MN placing 72nd.

In the women’s 7.5km sprint, Germany’s Laura Dahlmeier shot clean for the gold as Canada’s Julia Ransom, 19, of Kelowna, B.C., missed one shot standing en-route to a solid 16th-place finish. Ransom distinguished herself last year at the IBU Worlds in Kontiolahti, Finland winning silver in the women’s youth pursuit competition.

Taking home the silver was Russia’s Olga Podchufarova with three misses followed by Austria’s Lisa Theresa Hauser, who shot clean to claim the bronze.

Canada’s Emma Lodge of Canmore, Alta. placed 41st, Rose-Marie Cote, of St-Jean Chrysostome, Que., was 43rd with clean shooting and Erin Yungbult, of Wroxeter, Ont., was tied for 59th. The lone US biathlete, Tara Geraghty-Moats, from West Fairle, VT), finished 63rd.

Junior women’s results HERE.
Junior men’s results HERE.