Prince George biathlete Moira Green placed 57th out of 98 women in the IBU European Open Championships Wednesday in Martell-Val Martello, Italy.
Green nailed 16 of her 20 targets and finished the 15-kilometree course 6:27.9 behind race winner Johanna Poff of Germany, who shot clean and completed the course in 47:06.4.
Green won the overall title at the Canadian world junior trials a few weeks ago in Prince George and is preparing for world championships in Sweden, Feb. 26-March 5.
Marlene Fitchner of Germany won silver (0+0+0+0, +9.5) and bronze went to Anna-Karin Heijdenberg of Sweden (1+1+0+1, +18.0).
Janice Grundahl of Regina finished 36th (0+1+0+0, +4:23.6) as the top Canadian.
Shilo Rousseau of Thessalon, Ont., was 46th (3+0+1+1, 5:15.12) and Benita Peiffer of Whistler placed 71st (1+4+0-2, 8:31.1).
Emily Dickson of Burns Lake did not enter Wednesday’s race.
In the men’s 20 km individual event, Isak Frey of Norway took gold in 54.10.7 (1+1+0+0), Fredrick Muehlbacher of Austria won silver (0+0+0+1, +31.7) and bronze went to Emil Nykvist of Sweden (0+0+0+1, +47.2)
Zachary Campbell of Chelsea Que., was 57th (2+1+1+0, +5:54.8), Daniel Gilfillan of Comox was 73rd (0+1+0+0, +7:56.5) and Gavin Johnston of Campbell River was 89th (1+2+0+1, 10:14.6). The race drew 108 starters.
Competition at the European championships resumes Friday with sprint events, followed by pursuits on Saturday and team relays on Sunday.
