January 17, 2015 (Ruhpolding, Germany) – Johannes Thingnes Boe (Nor) was in the zone and dominated the men’s 10km Sprint today in Ruhpolding with clean shooting in snowy conditions that favoured the early starters. Claiming second was Germany’s Simon Schempp, also shooting clean at 24.5s behind with teammate Arnd Peiffer landing third on the podium with one penalty at 57.5 seconds back.

Final podium © Nordic Focus

Fresh, wet snow was the order of the day and Canada’s Brendan Green slogged out a 16th-place finish with a perfect day on the range as well. It was the 28-year-old Green’s first clean shooting day of the year.

“Brendan’s result is in-line with our expectations,” said Chris Lindsay, high-performance director, Canadian Biathlon Team. “He has a pattern of success later in the season and this is a planned step on the way to peaking at the World Championships in March.”

Brendan Green (CAN) © Nordic Focus

Fellow Canuck, Calgary’s Scott Gow, had his best World Cup result, cracking into the prestigious top-30 for just the second time of his young career. Gow, 24, also shot clean to chalk up a 27th-place result at 1:53.5 behind.

“It is fantastic to see the depth starting to show in our men’s field,” added Lindsay. “Three men in the top-40 is a metric that shows our status as a top-eight nation in the world. Now we need to see more consistency, and work on getting all four men in the top-40.”

Scott Gow © Pam Doyle

Calgary’s Nathan Smith missed three shots to finish in 35th at 26:06.1 behind followed by the USA’s Lowell Bailey in 41st with one penalty, Tim Burke (USA) in 50th with three penalties, Sean Doherty (USA) was 80th with one penalty and Christian Gow (CAN), competing at his second World Cup, battled through illness to place 81st with one penalty as well.

Full results here.