Italian Lisa Vittozzi won the final women's sprint of the biathlon World Cup season in Canada's Canmore on Thursday but overall leader Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold clinched the discipline globe despite finishing 17th.
The Norwegian, who missed twice on the range, did see her overall advantage cut by Vittozzi to just 7 points with Saturday's pursuit and Sunday's mass start remaining.
"I had one miss too many to be satisfied. Eight hits is one too few," Tandrevold told NRK after the seventh sprint of the season.
Vittozzi finished ahead of France's Lou Jeanmonnot (+5.5 seconds) and Lena Häcki-Groß of Switzerland (+8.6 seconds) after the trio hit all 10 targets on the 7.5 kilometre course.
The men's sprint is on Friday in the Canadian Rockies where Norway's World Cup leader Johannes Thingnes Bø will be looking to move closer to a fifth overall title.