Emily Dickson of Burns Lake was the lone Canadian woman to qualify for the IBU Cup biathlon super sprint final and finished 27th Friday at the race in Otepaeae, Estonia.
Dickson, a 21-year-old Caledonia Nordic Ski Club member, qualified 11th out of 68 in the preliminary round. Only the top-30 advanced to the final.
In that race, Dickson had four shooting rounds and missed six of 20 targets (2+2+1+1), finishing 2:57.6 behind gold medalist Anna Weidel of Germany, who shot clean and completed the sprint course in 14:35.3. Dunja Zdouc of Austria (0+0+1+0, +31.9) won silver and Thekla Brun-Lie of Norway (0+0+1+1, +45.1) claimed bronze.
In the men's super sprint final, Endre Stroesheim of Norway won gold (0+2+0+0) in 13:13.2, just ahead of silver medalist Danielle Cappellari of Italy (0+0+1+0, +13.8). Henrik L'abee-Lund of Norway took bronze (0+0+1+0, +24.6).
Matthew Strum of High River, Alta., was the top Canadian in 19th place (1+1+1+0, +1:37.1), and Adam Runnells of Calgary placed 24th (1+1+2+1, +2:25.6).
The competition wraps up today with the women's 7.5-kilometre sprint and the men's 10 km sprint.
