Russian biathletes were left without medals in relay races at the World Cup

The French team took first place in the men's relay race at the Biathlon World Cup in the Italian Antholz. The winners at a distance of 4x7.5 km showed the result of 1 hour 12 minutes 35.9 seconds, without running a single penalty circle and using four additional cartridges on eight firing lines.

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Norwegians finished the second (+ 21.5 seconds; 1 circle+ 12 rounds), the third was the German team (+36.2; 1+ 8).

The Russian team, represented by Evgeny Garanichev, Matvey Eliseev, Nikita Porshnev and Alexander Loginov, took fourth place (+1.44.7; 0+9).

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- Ibu World Cup (@ibu_wc) February 22, 2020

Earlier, the Norwegian women's team won 4x6 km relay race, overcoming the distance in 1 hour 7 minutes 5.7 seconds (one penalty circle and 9 additional cartridges).

The second place was taken by the German team (+10.7), Ukrainians won bronze medals (+18.4). The Russian quartet - Ekaterina Yurlova -Permch, Irina Starykh, Svetlana Mironova and Larisa Kuklin - took eighth place (+1.02.6; 1+11).

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- Ibu World Cup (@ibu_wc) February 22, 2020