January 13, 2012 (Nove Mesto, Czech Republic) – Olga Zaitseva (RUS) took the win in the women’s 7.5km sprint event at the IBU Biathlon World Cup in Nove Mesto on Friday with a time of 23:08.1 and a perfect shooting score, despite conditions that went from bright to stormy during the competition.

Tora Berger (NOR) finished second with two shooting penalties and +25.5 behind the winner, while Magdalena Neuner (GER) raced into third spot with three penalties and a deficit of +34.5.

Canada’s Zina Kocher (CAN) was the top North American finisher in 23rd spot. Teammate Megan Imrie (CAN) finished 44th, Susan Dunklee (USA) was 45th, Annalies Cook (USA) 51st, Sara Studebaker (USA) 54th, and Tracy Barnes (USA) 87th.

Full results HERE.

December 19, 2010 (Pokljuka, Slovenia) – The Swedish team of Helena Elkholm, Anna Carin Zidek, Fredrik Lindstrom, and Carl Johan Bergman moved steadily through the field in today’s IBU WCup Mixed Relay (2x6km + 2×7.5km) in Slovenia to take gold by a mere three-tenths of a second.

The Ukrainian team of Olena Pidhrushna, Vita Semerenko, Serhiy Semenov, and Serguei Sednev captured silver and France’s Marie Laure Brunet, Marie Dorin, Vincent Jay, and Martin Fourcade grabbed the final podium spot. Team USA (Sara Studebaker, Annalies Cook, Lowell Bailey, Leif Nordgren) were 25s out of making the top 10 finishing in 11th while Team Canada (Megan Imrie, Zina Kocher, Scott Perras, Brendan Green) was not far behind in 13th.

Full results HERE.