March 03, 2018 (Otepaa, Estonia) – American Chloe Levins placed seventh in the junior women’s 7.5km sprint for her second top-10 at Worlds, with just one penalty at 1:31.7 off the winning time. Megan Bankes led the Canadians in 9th with two penalties.

Poland’s Kamila Zuk won her second gold with one penalty as the silver went to Marketa Davidova of Czech Republic with two penalties at 26 seconds back. France’s Myrtille Begue shot clean to take the bronze medal, 52 seconds behind Zuk.

“Our wax techs and staff hit the nail on the head again today,” said Levins. “Conditions were perfect on the track and wind was calm on the range. It was a really tough race for everyone and a close fight for me on the last loop. For me, the sprint race is the toughest biathlon competition. There’s very little room for error or delay in both the skiing and shooting. It’s one of my goals to sharpen aspects of sprint racing in the future.”

Canadian Trevor Kiers posted a top-20 result in the junior men’s 10km sprint as Vasilii Tomshin shot clean for gold. Cody Johnson also shot clean for the USA finishing 37th.

Results here.