Oberhof (Germany) (AFP)

France, led by Martin Fourcade, took 2nd place on the Oberhof relay on Saturday, counting for the Biathlon World Cup and won by Norway.

The Blues (Emilien Jacquelin, Martin Fourcade, Simon Desthieux, Quentin Fillon-Maillet), very badly started after Emilien Jacquelin's first stint (21st after 2 penalty penalties), made a fantastic comeback notably under the leadership of Fourcade for finally fail at 4.4 seconds from the Norwegians (Birkeland, Bjoentegaard, Dale, Christiansen), yet deprived of the brothers Johannes and Tarjei Boe, who occupy the first two positions in the general classification.

Germany (Horn, Kuehn, Peiffer, Doll) finished 3rd.

This is Norway's sixth consecutive success on a World Cup relay.

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