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Biathletes from the French team won the relay at the World Cup in Ruhpolding
Fabien Claude, Oscar Lombardo, Quentin Fillon Maillet and Eric Perrault / Photo: © Alexander Hassenstein / Staff / Getty Images Sport / Gettyimages.ru
The French team won the men’s relay at the Biathlon World Cup in Ruhpolding, Germany.
On Thursday, French biathletes completed the distance in 1 hour 8 minutes 58.1 seconds. Fabien Claude, Oscar Lombardo, Quentin Fillon Maillet and Eric Perrault played for the national team. The team took one penalty loop and also used four additional rounds on eight firing lines.
Second place was taken by the Norwegian team, which lost to the French by 6.2 seconds (7 additional rounds). The third result was shown by the German team (+7.9; 5).
On Friday, January 16, the women’s sprint is scheduled as part of the World Cup in Ruhpolding.
Source: Sportbox
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