December 17, 2011 (Hochfilzen, Austria) – Russia’s Olga Zaitseva was on fire again shooting clean resulting in back-to-back wins as she followed up yesterday’s sprint win with a victory in the women’s 10km Pursuit on Sunday with a time of 31:52.2. Sweden’s Helena Ekholm kept her cool and out-lasted her rivals to claim the silver with one penalty at +29.1 behind Zaitseva. Darya Domracheva, of Belarus, suffered three penalties to hold on to third, at 44.7 off the winning time.

The Canadian success continued in the Pursuit as 25-year-old Megan Imrie, of Falcon Lake, Man., moved up one spot to 24th despite a tough day on the range, after chalking up a career-best 25th in the Sprint on Friday. Imrie missed four shots in as many rounds of shooting in the Pursuit toe finish at 3:52.9 behind the winner.

“I commented before the race these are my best conditions: challenging wind for shooting with fast and warm ski conditions,” said Imrie in a Biathlon Canada release. “After a very hard year of training, I have been focusing on fully enjoying each race. I always look forward to the pursuit. It’s great fun to ski with other people, and be in with the best. I’m feeling fit and healthy and having fun.”

Fellow Canuck, Zina Kocher, was 30th while American Annalies Cook racing for Team USA was lapped.

Full results HERE.