The relay races were scheduled for the rest day on Friday because of the weather forecast - tomorrow is said to be the coldest day of the Canmore competition days, so probably no race will take place and the sprints will probably take place on Sunday. Even today, the conditions were extremely marginal with -18 ° C and icy wind of 7km/h. In men's relay, in which hardly a team competed with their best athletes, developed a thrilling duel between Norway and France, in which mostly the Norwegians were ahead. But it was Johannes Thingnes Bø who set the essential gap between himself and the French quartet compodes of Antonin Guigonnat, Emile Jacquelin, Simon Fourcade (all FRA) and Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) with his fast skiing and perfect shooting. Although Fillon Maillet narrowly avoided the penalty with three spare rounds in his standing stage, second place was never compromised. Since the second skier the Russians Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS, Fischer skis and bindings), Eduard Latypov, Alexander Loginov and Alexander Povarnitsyn (all RUS, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) were alone in no man's land. Danger threatened at the last exchange still Germany and Austria, but both missed the chance of a podium with penalty loops. Fourth went to Roman Rees (GER, Fischer skis, bindings and boots), Erik Lesser (GER), Philipp Nawrath and Johannes Kühn (both GER, Fischer skis, bindings and boots), Fifth were Felix Leitner (AUT, Fischer skis, Bindings and boots), Simon Eder (AUT), Dominik Landertinger (AUT, Fischer skis and bindings) and Julian Eberhard (AUT, Fischer skis, bindings and boots).
At 18 degrees below zero and refreshed wind at 11km / h thejury decided one hour before the start of the race to start the race despite the windchill with temperature of below -20°C, although according to the rules the wind would have to be calculated. Even during the race was again criticized for not having canceled, because several girls cried at the finish, because they had such great pain on the frozen fingers and other parts of the body. For a long time everything looked like a clear victory for the Italians Lisa Vittozzi, Nicole Gontier, Dorothea Wierer (all ITA) and Federica Sanfilippo (ITA, Fischer skis, bindings and boots), who opened a clear gap already by Vittozzi. But Germany's Denise Herrmann showed an impressive skiing form and kept catching up with many seconds on the track. After the second exchange, the team was still 43 seconds behind in fourth place, but Denise Herrmann sped up again on the final lap and sent Laura Dahlmeier even with an advantage on the track. "I tried to stay focused until the last shot and on the track I realized that I had very good skis and my form is also very good. Then I heard on the final lap that I clearly catch up with Doro and then I'll even pass her later to give Laura a small lead", she said. Laura Dahlmeier built her three-second lead despite the same shooting result to more than a minute before the standing stage, but then she had great problems. Strong gusts of wind blew into the shooting range and caused great difficulties for all athletes and also Dahlmeier had to go into the penalty loop. However, she was the first to cross the line for her team. "Of course, it was very windy, but it would have been manageable and I was visibly annoyed when the last shot went past the target. It was extremely marginal today, the temperatures would not be so bad but when the wind blows through the bones, it's really extremely cold", she said. After the last shooting, the gap between Germany, France, Norway and Italy was about 30 seconds each, but Marte Olsbu Røiseland did not give up and could still overtake France. Together with her teammates Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg (NOR, Fischer skis and bindings), Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold and Tiril Eckhoff (both NOR, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) she was able to enjoy second place after a great catch-up after a poor start from Kalkenberg. France's Anais Chevalier (FRA), Justine Braisaz (FRA, Fischer skis, bindings and boots), Anais Bescond and Julia Simon (both FRA) finished third ahead of the Italians, who lost by 1:40 minutes by Federica Sanfilippo. Because other top nations could not keep up in their current cast, nations such as Switzerland, Austria and above all Estonia formed the chasing group and finally finished fifth, sixth and ninth.
