Sweden’s Sebastian Samuelsson roared from second place before the final standing stage by calmly cleaning after Norwegian Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen picked up three penalties, to win the IBU World Championships Men’s 4 X 7.5 km Relay Gold medal in 1:16:22.6. The Swedish squad of Victor Brandt, Jesper Nelin and Martin Ponsiluoma used just nine spare rounds in claiming Sweden’s first-ever IBU WCH Men’s Relay title. Nelin, Ponsiluoma and Samuelsson were also members of Sweden’s 2018 Olympic Relay Gold medal team while Brandt won his first-ever Championship medal after spending much of this season on the IBU Cup circuit.