Östersund (Sweden) (AFP)
France, led by Martin Fourcade, took Saturday 2nd place in the relay Ostersund, counting for the World Cup and won by Norway.
The Blues continue their good week in Sweden after the quadruple of men (victory of Fourcade) and the two podiums of the ladies (success of Justine Braisaz, 3rd place of Julia Simon) at the Individual, Wednesday and Thursday, pending the Sunday women's relay.
The Blues were in the fight for victory throughout the race and everything was played at the last relay with a duel between Martin Fourcade and his great Norwegian rival Johannes Boe, holding the big crystal globe. Despite a flawless shot, Fourcade was the cost of Boe's superiority on the skis and could not offer the Tricolores their first success in relay since March 2017.
Norway (Dale, Bjoentegaard, Tarjei Boe and Johannes Boe) finally beat France by 32.3 seconds and Italy (Hofer, Bormolini, Cappellari, Windisch) by 1m27sec 1.
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