Winter Olympics: Oeberg sisters shine as Sweden win Biathlon relay gold, Russian-ROC takes Silver in Beijing 2022.
Sweden's Elvira Oeberg held her nerve on a thrilling last leg to win gold with her sister Hanna in the 4x6 km biathlon relay at the Beijing Games on Wednesday, with the team representing the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) coming second and Germany third.
Elvira, the younger of the two sisters, was handed the task of anchoring the Swedish team and her sister gave her a lead of 7.4 seconds to defend for the final leg. She kept her cool on the range and skied relentlessly to win by 12 seconds.
- A total of 20 teams set out for three laps of 2 km each in chilly conditions, with each racer making two visits to the shooting range, one in the prone position and one standing.
Germany led after the first leg with Sweden and Italy hot on their heels, and the trio all shot clean on the first shoot to maintain the distance between them and the rest of the field.
Norway's bad afternoon continued with a disastrous visit to the range on the second leg which ended their hopes as Tirill Eckhoff's shooting touch deserted her, missing five shots that sent her sliding down the standings.
By the third leg it was a race between the ROC, Italy and Sweden with the Oeberg sisters, 2018 gold medallist Hanna and Elvira, who has picked up two silver medals in Beijing, taking the last two legs for the Swedes.
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Reuters Media - Reporting by Philip O'Connor
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