American Gretsch, who won three biathlon medals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics took the World Cup women’s sprint cross-country classic sitting title in 3min 58.37sec.

Silver went to Germany’s Anja Wicker in 4:06.81, with bronze going to Christina Picton of Canada in 4:27.09.

In the women’s five kilometres sitting, the order was the same as the women’s sprint classic sitting a day earlier.

Gretsch took gold in 15:58.5, with silver to Wicker and the podium completed by Picton.

Gretsch was also victorious in the women’s 20km freestyle sitting, taking the win in a calculated time of 1hr 6min 18.4sec.

Wicker earned silver in 1:09.19.6, with Erin Martin of the United States claiming bronze in 1:21.28.4.

In biathlon, Gretsch took victory in the women’s 12.5km individual sitting class, winning in 46:05.3, with Wicker and Picton once again earning silver and bronze.

A fifth gold of the World Cup came Gretsch’s way in the women’s 7.5km sprint sitting, as she took the victory in 29:25.1, with Wicker in the silver medal position.

It was the same one-two in the sprint pursuit sitting, with Gretsch claiming victory in 10:35.1.

Italy’s Giuseppe Romele also claimed two gold medals in men’s competition, with his first coming in the men’s five kilometres free sitting, in a calculated time of 13:46.9

Romele took a second gold of the World Cup in the men’s 20km freestyle sitting, with victory in a calculated time of 56:10.5.

In the men’s sprint classic sitting category victory went to Canada’s Collin Cameron, a three-time Paralympic medallist, in 3min 18.79sec.

The men’s sprint classic standing title was won by Benjamin Daviet of France, who won four medals at Beijing 2022 in Para cross-country skiing and biathlon, in 4:02.07.

Two Japanese athletes completed the podium, with silver going to Taiki Kawayoke in 4:13.86 and bronze to Yoshihiro Nitta in 4:26.21.

Norwegian Vilde Nilsen took the women’s sprint classic standing title in 4:17.19, with the only other competitor to record a run in the final, Brittany Hudak of Canada, finishing second in 4:35.97.

In men’s biathlon events, Taras Rad of Ukraine took victory in the men’s 12.5km individual sitting discipline in a time of 41:21.5.

Rad took a second gold in the men’s 7.5km sprint sitting in 25:25.4, with fellow Ukrainians Pavlo Bal and Vasyl Kravchuk sharing second place in 25:37.4.

In the men’s sprint pursuit sitting Rad claimed a third gold of the event as he triumphed in the final in 9:46.4, while in the men’s sprint pursuit standing victory went to Germany’s Marco Maier in 10:51.8.  

Finally, there was another Ukrainian on top of the podium in the women’s sprint pursuit standing, with victory going to Bohdana Konashiuk in 12:31.6.