It was not a great day Saturday for Megan Tandy of Prince George on the World Cup biathlon circuit but it certainly was for Julia Ransom, Tandy's teammate from Penticton.
The 23-year-old Ransom posted a career-high 19th-place in the women's 10 kilometre pursuit in Nove Mesto, Czech Republic. Ransom missed just one of 20 targets in four rounds of shooting and was 1:48.5 behind gold-medalist Anais Chevalier of France, who stopped the clock in 30:38.1.
Tandy, a 28-year-old Caledonia Nordic Ski Club member, started 44th based on her sprint finish Friday, but had five missed targets which forced to her to ski five 150-metre penalty loops in the pursuit. She finished 57th of 60.
Rosanna Crawford of Canmore started 37th and moved up five spots to finish 32nd with two misses on the range, 2:51.8 behind Chevalier.
In the men's 12.5 km pursuit, Scot Gow of Calgary started 18th but had trouble on the range with three misses and ended up 40th. Gow was 3:31.2 behind race winner Martin Fourcade of France, who won his nine World Cup race in 10 starts this season. Brendan Green of Hay River, N.W.T., was 52nd.
No Canadian qualified for Sunday's mass start races.
Meanwhile, at the IBU Cup sprint events Saturday in Obertiliach, Austria, Matt Neumann of Prince George was the top Canadian, placing 47th in the men's 10 km race. The 27-year-old Neumann had just one miss in two shooting rounds and finished 2:20 behind race winner Henrik L'Abee -Lund of Norway (23:29.9).
In other Canadian results, Carsen Campbell of Central Bedeque, P.E.I., was 59th, Matthew Hudec of North Battleford, Sask., was 64th and Pearce Hanna of Edmonton was 87th out of 129.
In the women's 7.5 km sprint, won by Karolin Horschler of Germany in 1:15.9, Megan Bankes of Calgary was the top Canadian in 30th place. Erin Yungblut of Wroexeter, Ont., was 45th and Nadia Moser of Whitehorse, Yukon was 89th.
At the IBU Junior Cup relays in Hochfilzen, Austria, Emily Dickson of Burns Lake helped Canada finish 13th out of 19 in the women's 3 X 6 km relay. Emily took the lead leg in the race and had just two misses in four rounds. The 19-year-old was 1:06.2 behind the leader when she tagged Darya Sepandj of Calgary. Charlotte Hamel of Sherbrooke, Que., skied the anchor leg for Canada, which ended up 5:14.2 behind the gold medalists from France.
In the men's 4 X 7.5 km relay, Canada (Zachari Bolduc, Laval, Que.; Teo Sanchez, Wakefield, Que.; Trevor Kiers, Sprucedale, Ont.; and Adam Runnalls, Calgary) were 12th, 4:27.7 behind Russia, which won gold.
