Danilo Riethmueller of Germany and Gro Randby of Norway won in the Pursuit at the IBU Cup in Lake Placid. Randby backed her Sprint win with another first place finish.

Riethmueller’s calm shooting wins the day

Riethmueller, second after the Sprint, missed one shot in the prone, took the lead after the second shooting, and kept his focus firmly on the targets as his challengers continued to miss on another windy day in Lake Placid, with the tracks slow due to fresh snow. He won in 33:02.1. Ole Suhrke of Norway, third after the Sprint, with 15/20, finished second, 1:03.5 behind Riethmueller. The Sprint winner, Sverre Dahlen Aspenes of Norway, despite missing eight shots, finished third, 2:17 behind the winner.

Gaetan Paturel of France, sixth in today’s Pursuit, kept the narrow lead in the Total Score standings with 828 points, 18 ahead of his teammate Damien Levet, who finished fifth today. Paturel also won the Pursuit Score title.

Randby’s winning streak continued in the Pursuit

Entering today’s Pursuit with a comfortable cushion of 26.8 seconds from her Sprint win, Randby again clocked a superior skiing time and won in 29:07, despite missing four shots. Sara Andersson of Sweden, with 17/20, finished 44.9 seconds behind Randby for a second podium in two days. Her teammate Johanna Skottheim, with just one miss, finished third, 1:59.9 behind the Norwegian winner. On an extraordinary day in Lake Placid, 22 athletes were lapped.

Paula Botet of France retained her lead in the Total Score standings.

Photo: Federica Vanzetta / IBU Photo Pool