Thingnes Bø secured a Norwegian victory after drama at the last shooting

Thingnes Bø looked to be on the way to a safe victory. He went into the last standing on the relay with a good margin down to jagende germany. But three ekstraskudd later was suddenly Norway a second in arrears.

Verdenscuplederen still had no problems to secure the win in front of Germany. France was number three.

Thingnes Bø made out on the last round and made for the Norwegian victory. With him on the team he had Lars Helge Birkeland, Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen and Tarjei Bø.

Kjempeetappe by Christiansen

After a good leg of Lars Helge Birkeland, who spent two ekstraskudd and passed in the overall field of management, there was Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen's turn. He delivered a very strong leg, used just one extra shot and passed out from the last shooting in the lead along with Martin Fourcade.

Christiansen was obviously not interested in to pass equally with the French star, and snogging on the last round. Norway converted to 5.7 seconds ahead of France after a great leg. Thus was everything to the right of the Bø-brothers on the last two stages.

– A praktetappe. The best skiskytteren the last seven years being parked by Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen, was the reaction from the NRK commentator Andreas Stabrun Smith.

Bø brothers fixed the victory

Tarjei Bø went a very good race on Thursday's sprint, when he went in to second place. He continue storformen of the relay. On first shooting, it was five hits, and the distance down to Russia on the second place was a half a minute.

At the standing shooting was, however, trouble for the eldstemann Bø. He missed his first two shots, but managed to get himself into and it was only with two ekstraskudd. Thus, he sent little brother Johannes Thingnes Bø in the lead, under a second ahead of Austria and Germany.

Thingnes Bø shot flawlessly on the landscape, and went out for 3,8 seconds ahead of German Benedikt Doll. The Norwegian increased toward the critical shooting, but where he got it rough. Thingnes Bø took three ekstraskudd, and also had trouble with the weapon. He went out a just over a second behind the German Doll.

On the last round, there was however no doubt. Where the secured Thingnes Bø cheers for Norway.

Stafettseieren was the first for the season. In Hochfilzen in December, Norway was number two, only beaten by Sweden. The time they went albeit without verdenscupleder Johannes Thingnes Bø.

In Oberhof in the beginning of January, it was a disappointing sjuendeplass for Norway, albeit with a reservepreget layer.