Nadia Moser of Whitehorse, Yukon just missed the world junior biathlon championships medal podium, finishing fourth Sunday in the women's 10-kilometre pursuit in Osrblie, Slovakia.
Moser started the race in 15th place, her sprint result on Saturday. She hit 16 of 20 targets in four shooting bouts in the pursuit and finished 27.7 seconds behind race winner Ekaterina Bekh of Ukraine, who covered the course in 31:23.8.
Hanna Kebinger of Germany (+9.1) and Sophie Chauveau of France (+16.4) took silver and bronze.
Emily Dickson, a Caledonia Nordic Ski Club member from Burns Lake, was 51st (+5:48.4), after posting a 56th-place result in the sprint. She missed eight of 20 targets. Larissa Black of Calgary was 53rd (+7:39.0).
Vebjoern Soerum of Norway won the junior men's 12.5 km pursuit Sunday, clocking 32:47.2. Martin Bourgeois Republique of France ((+6.20) and Sivert Guttorm Bakken of Norway claimed silver and bronze.
Leo Grandbois of Sherbrooke, Que., was the top Canadian in 38th place (+4:07.8), after finishing 16th in the sprint. Trevor Kiers of Canmore, a 17th-place finisher on the sprint, ended up 47th in the pursuit (+4:45.2) and Adam Runnells of Canmore was 49th (+5:41.5).
