Biathlon: Norway wins women's relay of Ostersund, France 6th

Östersund (Sweden) (AFP)

Norway won Sunday's Ostersund ladies' relay in Sweden, counting for the World Cup biathlon, France taking a disappointing 6th place.

Norway thus offers a double after the men's victory on Saturday.

The Norwegian quartet (Knotten, Tandrevold, Eckhoff, Olsbu-Roeiseland) was 8.5 seconds ahead of Switzerland (Gasparin, S. Gasparin, A. Gasparin, Haecki) and 10.2 seconds behind Sweden (Persson, E Oeberg, Brorsson, H. Oeberg).

After the men's quad (Martin Fourcade win) and the two women's podiums (Justine Braisaz's success, Julia Simon's 3rd place) at the Individual, Wednesday and Thursday, then the 2nd place of the men's relay Saturday, the French (Anaïs Bescond, Justine Braisaz, Chloe Chevalier, Julia Simon) missed out on their race.

Despite two first relays in contact with the podium, Chloé Chevalier and Julia Simon failed to keep pace with the leading group, finishing at 2:07 of Norway.

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