March 10, 2019 (Ostersund, Sweden) – The USA’s Clare Egan battled to a 12th-place finish in the Women’s 10km Pursuit despite a tough day on the range with five penalties as Germany’s Denise Herrmann won gold with two missed targets.

Tiril Eckhoff of Norway out-sprinted Germany’s Laura Dahlmeier to take silver. Eckhoff, with two penalties, finished at 31.4 seconds back, just 0.2 seconds ahead of Dahlmeier who missed only one target on the windy day. The top Canadian was Sarah Beaudry in 42nd with four penalties.

The women’s pursuit saw a stiff wind blowing throughout the competition, resulting in no one in the field of 55 starters going clean on the shooting range.

“Today we had really tricky conditions for shooting, with pretty strong wind gusts and a random blizzard,” said Egan. “I got caught in the wind for my last three shots and missed them all which was, of course, a big letdown. Maybe I should have waited, but that’s a gamble because you never know if the wind will stop, or if you will eventually miss anyway. Other than that, I managed the conditions pretty well.”

Full results here.