The Yukon’s Cheyenne Tirschmann had a strong showing at her first international event.

Tirschmann competed in four biathlon events at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics from Jan. 20-24 (Days 1-5) in South Korea.

On Saturday, she raced in the women’s 10 km individual. Tirschmann was the highest-placing Canadian woman in biathlon on Day 1, placing 27th in a time of 42 minutes, 48.4 seconds.

On Sunday, Tirschman and Calgary’s Luke Hulshof teamed up in the Single Mixed Relay, where the women ski 6 km and the men ski 7.5 km. Tirschmann, one of two Team Canada athletes at Gangwon 2024 from the Yukon, had an excellent first leg which had the team in ninth. Some missed shots in later legs bumped the team down to rank 20th overall.

On Tuesday, after a rest day for the biathlon athletes, Day 4 saw the men’s and women’s sprint events. Conditions were cold and clear which made for a different experience for the athletes from the first two days. In the women’s sprint, Tirschmann placed 24th in a field of 95, and was one of only three athletes to make no errors in the standing shooting segment. She finished the 6 km sprint in 22 minutes, 19.8 seconds.

The biathlon events wrapped up Wednesday with the mixed 4x6 km relay. The Canadian team of Tirschmann and Calgary’s Flora Csonka, Luke Hulshof and Justin Konoff had an exceptional race, placing sixth out of 26 nations. No shooting errors were made by the Canadians on the first prone shooting segment – an accomplishment only shared by two other nations in this race. All four athletes remained in the top-ten throughout the entire race, with Konoff finishing his first leg in fifth place. The team completed the relay in 1 hour, 21 minutes, 55.5 seconds.

The Star will have more with Tirschmann next week.

– With files from Canadian Olympic Committee press releases