In the group of four riders who made up the podiums behind Fillon Maillet, Martin Fourcade seemed most focused on guarding Thingnes Bö, one and four in the overall World Cup. As a result, Benedikt Doll received a small gap from the others.

- It almost seemed as if he was more concerned with destroying than taking Doll, says Thingnes Bo annoyed to NRK.

There was a Norwegian duel about the victory on the last shooter. But both Thingnes Bo and Christiansen (missed the last shot) accounted for a boom each and Frenchmen Quentin Fillon Maillet and Martin Fourcade battered past. Thingnes Bö had 17 seconds to the lead from fourth place out on the lap.

However, Fillon Maillet was strong in the track and kept his distance before he started celebrating the rally and four riders made up for the other pallet places. Benedikt Doll became second just before Thingnes Bö.

No Swede had qualified among the 30 who were allowed to start mass.

After the third shoot, Thingnes Bö was in the lead just before Christiansen. They had acquired a gap of 15 seconds back.

Fourcade's monster white burst on shot 83

In the second shootout, Thingnes Bö fired fully and approached the lead, coming out as fifth, 7.9 seconds after leading Fourcade. It was Fourcade's 80th straight shot in the World Cup.

"He is so sure that it is going by himself now," says Helena Ekholm about the Frenchman's near-superhuman shooting.

However, it cracked on the third board in the third shooter. Fourcade's suite went to 82 straight hits. On the 83rd it burst.

Thingnes Bö put on a boom in the first lying shooter and went out as 18th, 21 seconds after the lead where it was triple French at the top with Simon Desthieux, three beams in the second shooter, very top.