Emily Dickson found the passing lane and laid down the hammer.
Aided by her perfect shooting performance, in which hit 20 of 20 targets, the 22-year-old from Burns Lake posted a best-ever 16th-place finish Saturday in the IBU Cup women's 10-kilometre pursuit.
Dickson started 27th in the order, based on her sprint result from Friday, and used her rifle accuracy to avoid penalties and finish in the top-20 for the first time in her IBU Cup career.
Dickson ended up 2:26.1 behind gold-medalist Elisabeth Hoegberg of Sweden, who clocked 28:35.5.
In the men's 12.5 km pursuit, Carsen Campbell of Bedeque, P.E.I., finished 47th, 5:43.3 behind Endre Stroemsheim of Norway won gold in 31:39.9. Matthew Strum of Canmore was 51st, 6:58 off the winning pace.
The next stop on the IBU Cup circuit is Feb. 3-9 in Arber, Germany.
Meanwhile, at the BMW IBU World Cup Sunday in Ruhpolding, Germany, Emma Lunder of Vernon placed 35th in the women's pursuit, finishing 3:05 behind gold-medalist Tiril Eckhoff of Norway.
In the men's pursuit, Jules Brunotte of Sherbrooke, Que., was the top Canadian in 47th place. He ended up 4:07.4 behind race winner Martin Fourcade of France, who finished the 12.5 km course in 31:26.8. Christian Gow of Canmore was 49th (+4:22.2), just ahead of his brother Scott (+4:37.8), who finished 50th.
The World Cup resumes Thursday with the men's individual race in Pokljuka. Poland.
