The mixed relay competition of the

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was held on 5 February, at the National Biathlon Centre, in the Zhangjiakou cluster of competition venues, north of Beijing, at an elevation of . The event was won by Norway. France was second, and the Russian Olympic Committee third.

Summary

The defending champions were France, and the 2018 silver and bronze medalists were Norway and Italy, respectively. There was only one mixed relay in the

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before the Olympics, won by Norway, with Belarus second and France third. Norway were also the 2021 world champion.

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comfortably won the first leg for Norway, who was 15 seconds ahead of Italy, followed by Belarus, Sweden, and the Russian Olympic Committee. For France,

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had to ski two penalty loops and was in the ninth position. However, in the second leg Norway's Tiril Eckhoff got three penalty loops and dropped to the fifth position. Julia Simon brought France to the leading position after the second leg, 4 seconds ahead of Italy, fifteen ahead of Sweden, and 30 seconds ahead of the United States and Norway. Meanwhile,

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had to ski a penalty loop on her leg, and the Russian Olympic Committee dropped to seventh, a minute behind France. Alexander Loginov was the fastest in the third leg, bringing the Russian Olympic Committee to the leading position. Sweden was second, France dropped to third due to

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being on the penalty loop twice on his standing shoot. The United States were still fourth, and Norway fifth, all four teams approximately 20 seconds behind the leader. Italy dropped to seventh after a penalty loop of

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and was not able to return to medal contention. On the last leg

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caught up with

Eduard Latypov Eduard Latypov (russian: Эдуард Ратмилевич Латыпов; born 21 March 1994) is a Russian biathlete. He has competed in the Biathlon World Cup since 2018, and represented Russia at the Biathlon World Championships 2020 and Biathl ...

and

Johannes Thingnes Bø Johannes Thingnes Bø (born 16 May 1993) is a Norwegian biathlete. He is the younger brother of biathlete Tarjei Bø. At the Olympic Games in Beijing 2022, they became the first siblings to have individual medals in the same biathlon event. Thi ...

caught over 9 seconds. At the finish Bø outsprinted Fillon Maillet and Latypov, and Norway won the gold medal ahead of France and the Russia Olympic Committee.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 17:00.

References

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