January 18, 2019 (Ruhpolding, Germany) – The USA’s Susan Dunklee led the charge in the 7.5km Women’s sprint in Ruhpolding on Thursday finishing 20th with one penalty as Slovakia’s Anastasiya Kuzmina shot clean to claim her second win this season.

The top Canadian was Rosann Crawford in 27th also with one missed target. Second place went to Italy’s Lisa Vittozzi who shot clean as well at 11.5 seconds back while Hanna Oeberg of Sweden finished third at 29.1 seconds behind Kuzmina also perfect on the range.

In the men’s 10km race Sean Doherty had a single prone penalty to finish 23rd at 1:10.2 off the winning pace of Johannes Thingnes Boe of Norway who had one standing penalty as he chased down his brother Tarjei for the win. Third place went to Germany’s Benedikt Doll, with one penalty, 10.5 seconds off the pace. The top Canadian was Scott Gow in 42nd with one penalty.

Results here.

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