Biathlon at the 2007 Canada Games

Biathlon was an event at the 2007 Canada Games, held at Grey Mountain in Whitehorse, Yukon.[1] Due to cold weather conditions the pursuit event was cancelled and other events were modified with shorter courses to limit exposure.

Relay

  • The weather conditions were generally clear and cold. The wind was light. The relative humidity was 22%, the air temperature was −20 °C, and the snow temperature was −20 °C.
Medal Junior Men's 3 x 7.5 km
(Modified to 6 km)
Time (Penalty loops) Junior Women's 3 x 6 km
(Modified to 4.5 km)
Time (Penalty loops)
Gold Alberta[2] 57:37.40 (0) Alberta[2] 56:17.60 (1)
Silver Quebec 1:00:18.10 (2) Quebec 57:06.00 (6)
Bronze Manitoba[3] 1:11:45.80 (4) Manitoba[3] 1:05:47.60 (9)

Sprint

  • There were 36 entries in the Competition. Three did not finish and one was disqualified. The weather conditions were generally cold. The wind was gusty. The relative humidity was 22%, the air temperature was −20 °C, and the snow temperature was −20 °C.
Medal Junior Men's 10 km
(Modified to 9 km)
Time (Penalty loops) Junior Women's 7.5 km
(Modified to 6 km)
Time (Penalty loops)
Gold Tyson Smith 32:45.5 (2) Rosanna Crawford 24:28.5 (2)
Silver Yannick Letailleur 33:20.7 (2) Jessica Sedlock 25:29.6 (1)
Bronze Maxime Leboeuf 34:03.1 (4) Claude Godbout 25:37.6 (3)

Individual

  • The weather conditions were generally cold. The wind was gusting. The relative humidity was 22%, the air temperature was −20 °C, and the snow temperature was −20 °C.
Medal Junior Men's 15 km (Modified to 12.5 km) Time (Penalty loops) Junior Women's 12.5 km (Modified to 10 km) Time (Penalty loops)
Gold Tyson Smith 41:14.8 (6) Rosanna Crawford 39:28.9 (6)
Silver Maxime Leboeuf 41:35.3 (6) Claude Godbout 41:17.7 (5)
Bronze Yannick Letailleur 42:59.4 (8) Megan Imrie 41:18.6 (6)

Pursuit

12.5km men's and 10km women's pursuit were cancelled due to extreme cold weather.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Venue – Grey Mountain". 2007 Canada Games. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
  2. ^ a b "It's a gold rush for Albertans". Calgary Herald. 1 March 2007. p. D3. ProQuest 245488430.
  3. ^ a b Prest, Ashley (1 March 2007). "Manitoba strikes Yukon gold". Winnipeg Free Press. p. C4. ProQuest 752141379.
  4. ^ Hatchard, Sean (3 March 2007). "Hockey team opens eyes; Top forward line carries N.B. squad to impressive showing at Canada Games". Times-Transcript. Moncton, New Brunswick. pp. C1, C4. ProQuest 422924854.