The Norwegian team won gold medals.
The Scandinavian biathletes showed the best race time - 1 hour 12 minutes 54.1 seconds.
The Russians lost 24.6 seconds to the winners of the relay.
The bronze medal went to the French team (+32.6).
On January 23, the women's mass start and the men's relay race will take place in Antholz.
Earlier, three-time Olympic champion Anfisa Reztsova spoke about the performance of Anton Babikov and Eduard Latypov in the mass start in Anterselva.