The men’s biathlon message competition was skied in Kontiolahti.
Tero Seppälä skied the second leg of the Finnish news team. AOP
Norway skied the men’s 4×7.5-kilometer post victory in Kontiolahti in the World Biathlon Cup.
Sweden came in second and France took third place. Sweden was 10.6 seconds behind Norway and 12.4 seconds behind.
The Finnish message team came ninth over the finish line. Finland was two minutes and 58 seconds behind Norway. The Finnish team skis Heikki LaitinenTero Seppälä, Olli Hiidensalo and Jaakko Ranta.
Laitinen brought the Finnish team to the first place in 12th place, but Seppälä was able to raise Finland to seventh with his own share.
At the time of the second change, Finland’s difference to the top was 37 seconds, but Hiidensalo had difficulty shooting in its own part and Finland lagged behind the top. The beach set off for the anchor section eighth more than a minute and a half behind the tip, but the gap widened during the section.
The Kontiolahti World Cup weekend continues on Saturday with women’s and men’s quick races.