Italy and France win mixed relay

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Italy and France win mixed relay

Dorothea Wierer and Lukas Hofer (both ITA) won the single mixed relay ahead of Austria and France, the French team Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA, Fischer skis, bindings and boots), Simon Desthieux (FRA), Celia Aymonier (FRA, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) and Anais Chevalier (FRA) won the mixed relay ahead of Germany and Norway.

In the single mixed relay, the Italian duo Hofer/Wierer (both ITA) prevailed after a thrilling duel with Simon Eder (AUT) and Lisa Theresa Hauser (AUT, Fischer skis, bindings and boots), and Doro Wierer made the decision with fast skiing and shooting. For a long time Estonians Rene Zakhna and Regina Oja (both EST, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) made the duel a three-way fight but after one penalty they ended up only eighth. Third place went to France with Guigonnat/Simon (both FRA) ahead of Roman Rees and Franziska Preuß (both GER, Fischer skis, bindings and boots), who beat the Norwegians Erlend Bjøntegaard (NOR) and Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold (NOR, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) in the final sprint.

=> Single Mixed Relay Soldier Hollow (USA)

In the mixed relay at the end of the World Cup weeks in Canada and the USA, a three-way battle developed between France, Germany and Norway, in which sometimes one and sometimes the other team was able to open a gap. In the end, the French took the victory with only three spare rounds in the entire race. Erik Lesser, Benedikt Doll, Franziska Hildebrand and Vanessa Hinz (all GER), who was substituted for sick Denise Herrmann (GER, Fischer skis, bindings and boots), secured second place. Norway gave away the victory at the shooting range with penalties by Tiril Eckhoff (NOR, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) and Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) - the victory was gone although Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR, Fischer skis, bindings and boots), Eckhoff and Olsbu skied extremely fast. The Swiss team with Jeremy Finello, Benjamin Weger, Elisa Gasparin (all SUI) and Lena Häcki (SUI, Fischer skis, bindings and boots) finished in strong fourth despite a penalty from Häcki ahead of Sweden with Torstein Stenersen (SWE), Peppe Femling, (SWE, Fischer skis and bindings), Ingela Andersson and Elisabeth Högberg (both SWE, Fischer skis, bindings and boots).

=> Mixed Relay Soldier Hollow (USA)