Sarah Beaudry of Prince George kicked off the world biathlon championships Thursday in Oestersund, Sweden, helping Canada to a 16th-place finish in Thursday's mixed relay.
The 23-year-old Caledonia Nordic Ski Club member needed just two spare rounds to knock down all 20 targets in four shooting rounds.
Beaudry took the second leg of the relay after being tagged by Rosanna Crawford of Canmore. Christian Gow of Canmore skied third in the order, followed by his brother Scott. Crawford and Christian Gow shot clean, while Scott Gow struggled on the range. He needed six spare rounds and had to ski one penalty loop.
Canada finished 4:35.5 behind the gold medalists from Norway (Marte Olsbu Roeiseland, Tiril Eckhoff, Johannes Thingnes Boe and Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen).
They stopped the clock in 1:17:41.4, 13.1 seconds ahead of the silver medalists from Germany and 1:09.6 in front of Italy, which won bronze.
The women will be back on the course today in Oestersund, racing in the 7.5-kilometre sprint.
