December 22, 2018 (Nove Mesto, Czech Republic) – American Clare Egan raced to her second-highest World Cup pursuit finish on Saturday, placing 20th in the women’s 10km race with three penalties at 2:22.3 behind Norway’s Marte Olsbu Roeiseland who claimed her second World Cup victory despite two penalties.

Roeiseland bested Italy’s Dorothea Wierer at the line by a mere 0.2 seconds as her Italian rival had only a single miss on the range. Hanna Oeberg of Sweden claimed her first-ever World Cup podium in third place, with one penalty at 4.7 seconds back.

Emma Lunder was the top Canadian in 35th with six penalties, Sarah Beaudry (Can) was 38th with five missed targets, the USA’s
Joanne Reid was 51st with four penalties, Rosanna Crawford (Can) as 52nd with six misses and the USA’s Susan Dunklee was 53rd with nine penalties.

“I’m really glad that I qualified for the mass start because I know I belong in there right now,” said Egan. “My favorite parts of today’s race were warming up in the sleet and hail, laughing with the other women before the start as we all hid underground in the start tunnel, shooting a clean last stage, and making a super pass on the final climb. This has been an extraordinary start to the season for me and I plan to carry that momentum through tomorrow and into the new year.”

Results here.