Published: January 10th, 2009 05:51 AM
Last Modified: January 10th, 2009 05:51 AM
Jay Hakkinen of Kasilof and Jeremy Teela of Anchorage helped the U.S. Biathlon relay team to its best finish of the year on Thursday, 11th place in a World Cup biathlon race in Oberhof, Germany.
Hakkinen skied the second leg and Teela was the anchor for the U.S. team that finished 3:23.9 behind the Austrians, who had no penalities on their way to victory. Russia was second, 8.7 seconds back. Germany was third.
The Americans finished 15th and 14th in the two previous World Cup relays. One reason for the improvement was that the Americans had only one penalty, by Hakkinen in the prone stage.
ADVERTISEMENT
UPDATE ON COMMENTS POLICY: Read before posting | Edit your profile and avatar »
By submitting your comment, you are agreeing to adn.com's user agreement.
Most read
Young calls health care bill 'a vote to rescind ... freedom'
Read the adn.com updated privacy policy | 
Important warning about e-mails purporting to be from the adn.com staff.
© Copyright 2009, The Anchorage Daily News, a subsidiary of The McClatchy Company 
Contact Us | Newsroom Contacts | Communication Forms | Subscriptions | Advertising | Featured Advertisers
Daily News Jobs |
RSS Feeds |
|
ADN Store |
Newspapers in Education
Terms of Service | Privacy Policy | About our ads | Copyright
@Nyx.CommentBody@