The third day of competition in Oestersund was led by the mixed relays. The winning relay teams both only needed nine spare rounds.

Lena Baumann from Switzerland was the first skier for her team and impressed with two clean shooting laps. Only Norway's Martine Skog was faster than her at the first exchange. Ilona Plechacova was the dominant athlete on the second lap. She only needed one reload and handed over to Simon Hurta with a lead of 44 seconds. The Czech also impressed, but the lead he gave Jakub Bouska was not enough to finish the race in a medal position. Bouska had to run a penalty loop after each shooting and finished in fifth place.

The winning relay team in the youth race was Norway with Martine Skog, Bjoerg Eide, Tov Roeysland and Leo Gundersen. They managed without a penalty loop and only needed new reloads. As the final skier, Leo Gundersen overtook the leading Czech relay team. The silver medal went to the German team. After Melina Gaupp missed two penalty rounds, Lukas Tannheimer and Korbi Kübler were able to put the team back on course for a medal. Together with Lena Siegmund, Germany celebrated its first medal of these championships.

France catches up and top result for Canada

The French team was more than a minute and a half behind after the second hand-over, but Camille Grataloup-Manissolle and Lea Carlier pushed their team further ahead with every lap and so it was enough for France with Louise Roguet and Lola Bugeaud to finish third. The Canadian team with Flora Csonka, Cheyenne Tirschmann, Malcolm Mcculloch and Luka Hulshof finished behind them. An outstanding success for the Canadian team, which they duly celebrated at the finish line.

Germany in 1st place in the junior mixed relay with a good shooting performance

With only nine spare rounds, the German team showed the best performance of the day at the shooting range. Linus Kesper finished 17 seconds ahead of his team-mates Alma Siegismund, Lotta de Buhr and Fabian Kaskel. Despite four penalties, France worked their way up to second place, for which Edgar Geny had to fight hard against Austria's Fabian Müllauer until the end. For Amandine Mengin, who finished second in the French relay, it is already the second silver medal of these World Championships. For the Austrian team with Wilma Anhaus, Anna Andexer, Thomas Marchl and Fabian Müllauer, it was the first medal of these championships and for each athlete in their personal careers.

The Norwegian team came fourth and finished one minute behind. Bulgaria finished the race in sixth place, but the two women around Valentina Dimitrova and Lora Hristova performed particularly well and led the race in their respective groups.

Photos: IBU I Danielsson