At the photo finish, the Norwegian duo Vetle Christiansen and Juni Arnekleiv won the single mixed relay on Sunday in Oslo, seventh stage of the Biathlon World Cup, when Lou Jeanmonnot and Emilien Jacquelin placed fifth.
A penalty lap, even shortened in this race format, at the time of Jacquelin's first standing shot penalized the French pair, finally fifth at more than 1 min 10 sec, with a total of eleven pick balls used.
In the Norwegian rain, Christiansen fell on Sebastian Samuelsson in the very last meters to deprive Sweden of victory by a tenth of a second. Surprise guest on the podium, Finland of Otto Invenius and Suvi Minkkinen took third place, around thirty seconds behind.
France was crowned world champion in the single mixed relay, with Jeanmonnot and Quentin Fillon Maillet, in February in Nove Mesto, in the Czech Republic. The Oslo stage concludes with a mixed relay for four biathletes on Sunday afternoon.