Historic win

Posted By: Barry Morgan · 12/2/2012 6:16:00 AM

So what will Jean-Philippe Le Guellec do for an encore? The Shannon, Quebec native has become the first Canadian to reach the podium at a men's biathlon World Cup, winning gold.

Le Guellec finished the 10-kilometre sprint in 25 minutes 10.4 seconds after shooting clean. The previous best men's World Cup result by a Canadian was a sixth-place finish by Glen Rupertus in 1993.

Le Guellec will start first in the pursuit race today.

Photo credit: vancouversun.com

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