January 31, 2013 (Obertilliach, Austria) – Team USA’s Jordan McElroy (Truckee,CA), Sean Doherty (Center Conway, NH), and Jacob Ellingson (Minnetonka,MN) placed ninth in today’s 3×7.5-kilometer relay with 15 missed shots (0+6+2+7) at 3:39.3 behind gold medalists Team Norway (Nenseter, Roervik, Gurigard) who had six missed shots (0+3+0+3) and a finish time of 59:58.5.

Team Germany (Janke, Horn, Homberg) placed second (0+6+0+1), and Team France (Begue, Personnaz,Claude) landed third on the podium (1+5+0+5). Team Canada’s Carsen Campbell, Arthur Roots and Matthew Strum finished 18th at 9:06.9 behind the winners.

In the women’s 3x6km relay Team Russia (Mironova, Slivko, Kaisheva) took home the gold with 11 misses (0+5+0+6) crossing the finish line with a time of 55:06.6

Team USA (Anna Kubek, Mikaela Paluszek and Aleksandra Zakrzewska) placed 13th (0+7+2+6) followed by Canada in 15th (Sarah Beaudry, Emily Dickson, Leilani Tam von Burg) at 5:36.9 behind the winners.

Team Ukraine (Zhuravok, Nychyporenko, Merkushyna) claimed the silver (0+2+0+3) while Team Switzerland (Bissig, Haecki, DiLallo) finished third (0+3+0+3).

Full men’s results HERE.
Full women’s results HERE.