Sarah Beaudry of Prince George finished 54th Saturday in the first World Cup pursuit of her young senior biathlon career.
The 22-year-old Caledonia Nordic Ski Club member started the 60-racer event in 55th place, 2:23 after women's sprint winner Franziska Hildebrand of Germany began her race in Ruhpolding, Germany. Only the top 60 racers in the 97-athlete sprint race on Friday qualified for the pursuit.
Beaudry, who competed last year as a junior biathlete, had one miss in her first standing shooting session and two missed targets the second time through the standing range, but shot clean in both prone shooting rounds.
Her finish time of 38:48.3 in the 10-kilometre race was 6:12 off the winning pace of Laura Dahlmeier of Germany (32:35.9) who had just miss on the range. Dahlmeier also won Sunday's 12.5 km mass start race.
Silver medalist Gabriela Soukalova of the Czech Republic was 7.3 seconds behind Dahlmeier, and Dorothea Wierer of Italy was 53.6 behind to take bronze. Julia Ransom of Kelowna finished 45th, 4:19.6 off the pace, after starting 49th.
Megan Tandy of Prince George, who now lives in Germany, said in a Facebook post she was committed to looking after her five-year-old son and was unable to attend the weekend races.
The 26-year-old Tandy said she plans to rejoin her Canadian teammates in the start gate for Thursday's 15 km women's individual race when the World Cup circuit returns to Ruhpolding. Mass start and relay events are also scheduled for this weekend.
In the men's 12.5 km pursuit Saturday, Nathan Smith of Calgary was the top Canadian in sixth place, 45 seconds behind gold medalist Simon Eder of Austria. Eder crossed the finish of the
12.5 km course in 33:19.1, 4.2 seconds ahead of silver medalist and World Cup points leader Martin Fourcade of France, and 5.1 second in front of third-place Michal Slesinger of the Czech Republic.
In other Canadian results, Macx Davies of Canmore placed 50th after starting the pursuit 55th.
Brothers Christian and Scott Gow, both of Calgary, were 54th and 55th respectively.
Fourcade won the 30-racer 15 km mass start event on Sunday.
Smith, the only Canadian who qualified, was 25th, 2:23.4 behind Fourcade.
