Lake Burns Dixon baseball player starts third in the standings for Canada in Saturday’s women’s relay in Antoles-Anterselva.
His eyes and the trigger were almost completely synchronized.
Unfortunately for Prince George, Sarah Boudry, her lungs and figure skating steps were struggling to keep up with the pace.
Her result of 47th in the women’s singles competition at the IBU World Cup on Friday in Anterselva-Anterselva, Italy, was the second highest singles ranking of the season, but she knows she has what it takes to climb much higher. tall.
In four rounds of shooting (two on the ground, two standing), the 27-year-old Caledonian Nordic Ski Club graduate scored 18 out of 20 goals, but those two moves added two minutes to her total time and left her 5:39. , 9 behind gold medalist Justin Brisaz-Boucher of France, who completed the 15km with a single penalty kick with a time of 42: 20.6.
Shared by French Julia Simon (+51.1 seconds, 2 penalties) and Swedish bronze medalist Mona Brorsson +1: 37.2, 2 penalties).
Three other Canadians competed in Friday’s singles race, which featured 96 rookies. Vernon’s Emma Launder was ranked 66 (+7: 26.1, six penalties), Megan Banks of Calgary was ranked 90 (+11: 05.9, six penalties), and Burns Lake’s Emily Dixon was ranked 95 (+14: 17.0 , nine errors). She had trouble with her rifle’s sight that made her obscured from target sight in three of the four rounds.
This, his fifth full-time season on the World Cup Tour, has been a tough one for Bodry, who only scored one result in the top 40 (39th place in the sprint race in Östersund, Sweden on December 2), the minimum required. to pick up. World Cup Points. He was 34 a year ago on the singles night in Anterselva.
With just two more goals in the 95th World Cup match, Pewdry was 15th. However, his world-class marksmanship was a good sign in the penultimate race before heading to Beijing next month for his second Olympic crack.
Pewdry’s shooting accuracy this season is not far off that of the best athletes on the tour. He averaged 87% with his prone shot and 86% standing. For comparison, Norway World Cup leader Mart Olsbo Royceland is 92% for both. Speed skating was Pewdry’s downfall. She skates, on average, 17.8 seconds per kilometer slower than the fastest skater.
On Saturday the four Canadians will compete in the 4 x 6 km relay. Lunder skis on the main stage, followed by Beaudry, Dickson and Anchor Bankes. The race will be broadcast live on www.eurovisionsports.tv starting at 5:00 am PT on Saturday.
No Canadian has finished in the top 30 of the group since the races in Anterselva. The men’s 15km is preceded by the women’s relay (start 2:50 PT). The men’s 4 x 7.5 km relay will start on Sunday, followed by the start of the men’s 15 km group race.
