The mixed relay was windy, and a lot of biathletes had problems with shooting. First, Quentin Fillon Maillet, being the leader, shot so «good» that he went to the penalty loop, and Johannes Dale became the leader. But next range, the Norwegian reeled off the penalty loop, and the Frenchman calmly made 5 out of 5.
By the way, the leader in the middle of the race was the Italian team, which was more careful about shooting.
Almost immediately, Anais Chevalier took the first position, and Dorothea Wierer, although she was steadily lagging behind, didn't lose positions anymore.
The German team was also in the lead by the middle of the race, but Sophie Schneider, who entered the 3rd part of the race, completely failed the race for the Germans - 2 penalties, and a rather weak move. Karoline Knotten was unable to return Norway to the fight, lagging behind by another 40 seconds.
Thus, by the last stage, France was with a 30-second gap over Italy, and Switzerland was still 13 seconds behind, quite unexpectedly, by the way. Sweden also pulled up (+12 seconds).
However, all teams saved their best biathletes for the last stage. Elvira Oberg, Julie Simon, Lisa Vittozzi, Denise Herrmann, Ragnild Femsteinvik... oh, or not all.
But everyone, except for Lena Haekki, remained with their own. Lisa Vittozzi couldn't catch up with Julie Simon, and Elvira Oeberg didn't do a miracle by getting past Haekki, who took much longer to shoot.
The French team won. The Italians' bet on the mixed relay played well, they took second place. And Sweden, not in the best composition, fully deserved third place.
A little bit about outsiders who could be higher, but....
It is a pity for the Belgian team, which after the 3rd shooting was in the leading group. But Thierry Langer, on one of the descents, couldn't stay on his feet, broke his stick, and damaged his rifle. As a result, lost a lot of time at a distance and at shooting, first trying to make shots from a damaged rifle, then cleaning it, and then completely changing it to a spare one.
The Moldavian team held on to a high 8th place towards the equator of the race, but Alina Stremous, who was already running the second race today, simply did not take out the pace of her rivals. Five extra rounds, 2 minutes of losing a stage, and you could forget about a good result.
| Click on the flag to select team | № | Shooting | Time | ||
| 1 |  |
france | 3 | 1+7 | 1:19:48.9 |
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Fabien Claude | 0+1 0+0 | |||
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Quentin Fillon Maillet | 1+3 0+1 | |||
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Anais-Bouchet Chevalier | 0+1 0+0 | |||
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Julia Simon | 0+0 0+1 | |||
| 2 |  |
italy | 8 | 0+7 | +24.6 |
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Didier Bionaz | 0+1 0+1 | |||
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Tommaso Giacomel | 0+0 0+2 | |||
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Dorothea Wierer | 0+2 0+0 | |||
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Lisa Vittozzi | 0+0 0+1 | |||
| 3 |  |
sweden | 2 | 1+5 | +47.2 |
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Jesper Nelin | 0+0 0+0 | |||
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Martin Ponsiluoma | 1+3 0+1 | |||
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Mona Brorsson | 0+0 0+1 | |||
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Karin Oeberg Elvira | 0+0 0+0 | |||
| 4 |  |
switzerland | 10 | 0+13 | +1:09.3 |
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Sebastian Stalder | 0+1 0+1 | |||
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Jeremy Finello | 0+2 0+3 | |||
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Aita Gasparin | 0+0 0+2 | |||
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Lena Haecki Gross | 0+3 0+1 | |||
| 5 |  |
germany | 4 | 2+11 | +1:09.9 |
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Roman Rees | 0+2 0+1 | |||
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Benedikt Doll | 0+2 0+2 | |||
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Sophia Schneider | 2+3 0+0 | |||
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Denise Herrmann-wick | 0+0 0+1 | |||
| 6 |  |
norway | 1 | 1+12 | +1:41.2 |
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Filip Andersen | 0+0 0+3 | |||
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Johannes Dale | 0+0 1+3 | |||
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Offigstad Knotten Karoline | 0+2 0+2 | |||
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Ragnhild Femsteinevik | 0+1 0+1 | |||
| 7 |  |
Republic czech | 5 | 0+8 | +2:12.3 |
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Jonas Marecek | 0+2 0+0 | |||
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Michal Krcmar | 0+1 0+2 | |||
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Tereza Vobornikova | 0+0 0+1 | |||
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Marketa Davidova | 0+2 0+0 | |||
| 8 |  |
poland | 12 | 0+5 | +3:23.1 |
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Jan Gunka | 0+1 0+1 | |||
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Marcin Zawol | 0+1 0+0 | |||
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Kamila Zuk | 0+1 0+0 | |||
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Joanna Jakiela | 0+0 0+1 | |||
| 9 |  |
austria | 7 | 0+7 | +4:07.1 |
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Harald Lemmerer | 0+1 0+0 | |||
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Felix Leitner | 0+0 0+3 | |||
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Dunja Zdouc | 0+1 0+0 | |||
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Tamara Steiner | 0+0 0+2 | |||
| 10 |  |
belgium | 24 | 0+2 | +4:12.1 |
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Florent Claude | 0+0 0+0 | |||
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Thierry Langer | 0+0 0+0 | |||
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Maya Cloetens | 0+1 0+1 | |||
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Lotte Lie | 0+0 0+0 | |||
| 11 |  |
ukraine | 18 | 0+13 | +5:02.7 |
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Bogdan Tsymbal | 0+1 0+2 | |||
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Ruslan Tkalenko | 0+2 0+1 | |||
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Darya Blashko | 0+0 0+2 | |||
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Yuliia Dzhima | 0+2 0+3 | |||
| 12 |  |
slovenia | 14 | 3+13 | +5:04.7 |
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Rok Trsan | 0+0 0+1 | |||
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Lovro Planko | 0+1 1+3 | |||
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Ziva Klemencic | 0+2 1+3 | |||
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Anamarija Lampic | 0+0 1+3 | |||
| 13 |  |
usa | 19 | 0+7 | +5:16.5 |
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Vaclav Cervenka | 0+2 0+2 | |||
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Jake Brown | 0+1 0+1 | |||
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Chloe Levins | 0+0 0+0 | |||
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Joan Dickinson Kelsey | 0+0 0+1 | |||
| 14 |  |
slovakia | 9 | 0+10 | +5:20.1 |
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Michal Sima | 0+2 0+1 | |||
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Tomas Sklenarik | 0+2 0+0 | |||
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Paulina Batovska Fialkova | 0+0 0+3 | |||
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Maria Remenova | 0+1 0+1 | |||
| 15 |  |
finland | 6 | 0+11 | +5:39.4 |
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Olavi Ranta Jaakko | 0+2 0+3 | |||
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Olli Hiidensalo | 0+1 0+1 | |||
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Venla Lehtonen | 0+1 0+0 | |||
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Nastassia Kinnunen | 0+0 0+3 | |||
| 16 |  |
bulgaria | 13 | 1+9 | +5:39.9 |
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Blagoy Todev | 0+1 0+1 | |||
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Vladimir Iliev | 0+0 0+1 | |||
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Milena Todorova | 0+1 0+1 | |||
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Lora Hristova | 1+3 0+1 | |||
| 17 |  |
estonia | 11 | 1+7 | +5:43.7 |
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Robert Heldna | 0+0 0+0 | |||
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Tuudor Palm | 0+1 0+2 | |||
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Tuuli Tomingas | 1+3 0+0 | |||
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Johanna Taliharm | 0+1 0+0 | |||
| 18 |  |
moldova | 17 | 0+9 | +6:23.1 |
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Pavel Magazeev | 0+2 0+1 | |||
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Mihail Usov | 0+0 0+0 | |||
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Alina Stremous | 0+3 0+2 | |||
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Alla Gylenko | 0+0 0+1 | |||
| 19 |  |
Korea south | 22 | 0+13 | +6:44.4 |
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Dujin Choi | 0+2 0+1 | |||
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Timofey Lapshin | 0+2 0+2 | |||
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Eunjung Ko | 0+3 0+1 | |||
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Ekaterina Avvakumova | 0+0 0+2 | |||
| 20 |  |
lithuania | 23 | 0+8 | +7:02.2 |
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Maksim Fomin | 0+1 0+2 | |||
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Karol Dombrovskij | 0+0 0+2 | |||
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Gabriele Lescinskaite | 0+0 0+1 | |||
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Natalija Kocergina | 0+1 0+1 | |||
| 21 |  |
canada | 21 | 3+12 | +7:20.7 |
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Runnalls Adam | 0+1 1+3 | |||
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Christian Gow | 0+2 0+0 | |||
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Nadia Moser | 0+0 1+3 | |||
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Emma Lunder | 0+0 1+3 | |||
| 22 |  |
romania | 15 | 1+8 | +7:55.7 |
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Dmitrii Shamaev | 0+0 0+2 | |||
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Coltea | 0+0 0+2 | |||
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Anastasia Tolmacheva | 0+0 1+3 | |||
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Elena Chirkova | 0+1 0+0 | |||
| 23 |  |
latvia | 20 | 2+8 | |
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Aleksandrs Patrijuks | 0+1 0+3 | |||
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Renars Birkentals | 0+0 2+3 | |||
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Sanita Bulina | 0+0 0+1 | |||
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Sandra Bulina | ||||
| 24 |  |
kazakstan | 16 | 0+5 | |
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Sergey Sirik | 0+1 0+0 | |||
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Ivan Darin | 0+2 0+2 | |||
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Anastassiya Kondratyeva | ||||
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