January 20, 2019 (Ruhpolding, Germany) – Canada’s Christian Gow was just out of the top 10 in the men’s 15km Mass Start finishing 11th with one penalty while American Sean Doherty raced to 13th matching his best-ever result as the BMW IBU World Cup in Ruhpolding wrapped up on Sunday.

Norway’s Johannes Thingnes Boe made a comeback on the last loop to win with a single standing penalty. Austria’s Julian Eberhard, with two penalties, finished second at 0.6 seconds back. Quentin Fillon Maillet of France, with one penalty, finished third at 2.8 seconds behind Boe.

“It was a great day for me. This is my best result in any event to date. The course was in perfect condition today. It held up really well and was consistent throughout the race. It was a beautiful day, sunny, calm, and tons of fans, ” said Gow. “I am happy with the shooting, would have been better to get that 20/20, but 19 is pretty solid as well. It was an incredibly tight race today, I knew that the top ten was right there and I almost made it. I am perfectly happy with my 11th.”

“It is always a pleasure to race a mass start,” Doherty said. “Today we had a fantastic race atmosphere. I am very happy to have held my own going toe-to-toe with the best in the world. Looking forward to the next mass start.”

In the women’s 12.5km Mass Start the USA’s Clare Egan took the lead briefly on the third lap but three penalties in the first standing stage knocked her out of contention and she finished 24th with five penalties at 1:59.7 back. Teammate Susan Dunklee crossed the line behind Egan in 25th place with four penalties at 2:12.5 behind.

Germany’s clean-shooting Franziska Preuss claimed her first-ever World Cup victory edging out Norway’s Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold also had a personal best and career-first World Cup podium in second place at 0.2 seconds back. Slovakia’s Paulina Fialkova finished third at 15.1 seconds behind.

Results here.