OBERHOF, Germany (AP) — Russia edged Germany by three-tenths of a second to win a women's biathlon World Cup relay race Wednesday.
The Russian foursome of Anna Bogaliy-Titovets, Anna Boulygina, Olga Medvedtseva and Svetlana Sleptsova had three fewer misses on the shooting range than Germany, whose competitors needed to reload 11 times. Russia covered the 4x6-kilometer distance in 1 hour, 14 minutes, 23.6 seconds.
France was third, 1:00.9 behind the winners.