BRENDAN GREEN CAPS OFF CAREER-WEEK WITH TOP-10 FINISH AT BIATHLON WORLD CUP

OSLO, Nor.—Brendan Green capped off a dream week with a 10th-place finish in a World Cup biathlon mass start competition on Sunday in Oslo, Norway.

The 25-year-old Green, who posted the first back-to-back top-15 finishes of his career after finishing ninth on Thursday and 13th Saturday, extended the streak to three when he clocked a 10th-place time of 41:57.6 in the 15-kilometre mass start.

“I think when things go well I have the expectation to be fighting it out with the top,” said Green, of Hay River, N.W.T. “It’s an awesome feeling and I hope I can be up there more consistently in the future.”

Green was joined in the top-15 with his 26-year-old teammate, Jean-Philippe Le Guellec of Shannon, Que. The two-time Olympian missed just two shots in his four round of shooting while skiing to a 12th-place finish at 42:09.8.

Norway’s Emil Hegle Svendsen was the top finisher in the field of the best 30 athletes, posting a time of 40:44.1. Germany’s Andrea Birnbacher claimed the silver at 40:50.4, while Russia’s Evegeniy Garanichev rounded out the men’s podium in third with a time of 41:01.9.

Zina Kocher, of Red Deer, Alta., was the lone Canadian woman to qualify for the 12.5-kilometre mass start. The 29-year-old clocked-in at 43:19.4.

Germany’s Andrea Henkel won the women’s race with a time of 38:01.2.

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Top-Five Men and Canadian Result

1. Emil Hegle Svendsen, NOR, (0+1+1+0), 40:44.1; 2. Andreas Birnbacher, GER, (0+0+0+0), 40:50.4; 3. Evgeniy Garanichev, RUS, (0+0+1+1), 41:01.9; 4. Dmitry Malyshko, RUS, (0+0+0+1), 41:10.8; 5. Martin Fourcade, FRA, (0+2+1+00, 41:21.1

Canadian Results:

10. Brendan Green, Hay River, N.W.T., (0+1+1+0), 41:57.6; 12. Jean-Philippe Le Guellec, Shannon, Que., (0+0+1+1), 42:09.8.

Top-Five Women and Canadian Results:

1. Andrea Henkel, GER, (1+0+0+0), 38:01.2; 2. Darya Domracheva, BLR, (1+1+1+1), 38:27.8; 3. Teja Gregorin, SLO, (0+0+0+0), 38:28.4; 4. Helena Ekholm, SWE, (1+0+0+0), 38:32.5; 5. Marie Laure Brunet, FRA, (0+0+0+0), 38:41.9.

Canadian Results:

29. Zina Kocher, Red Deer, Alta., (0+1+4+3), 43:19.4.