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France Wins Gold Medal for Biathlon Olympics 2018 Mixed Relay

France grabbed gold in the mixed biathlon relay at the 2018 Winter Olympics on Tuesday, ahead of Norway and Italy.

Marie Dorin Habert, Anais Bescond, Simon Desthieux and Martin Fourcade set a time of one hour, eight minutes and 34.3 seconds, having missed a total of just four shots.

World champions Germany missed out on a medal despite holding a 32.6-second lead at the top of the standings at the final changeover.

Here are the times:

France (Marie Dorin Habert, Anais Bescond, Simon Desthieux, Martin Fourcade)—1:08:34.3

Norway (Marte Olsbu, Tiril Eckhoff, Johannes Thingnes Bo, Emil Hegle Svendsen)—1:08:55.