The German biathletes won the bronze medal in the relay at the Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, ending a long dry spell.
The DSV quartet around individual Olympic champion Denise Herrmann, starting runner Vanessa Voigt, Vanessa Hinz and Franziska Preuss only had to admit defeat to the victorious Swedes and the team of the Russian Olympic Committee in the race over 4×6 km.
Twelve years ago, the German ski hunters also won bronze in the relay race in Vancouver.
More than a week ago, Herrmann had won the only medal for the German biathletes in China with the surprising Olympic victory in the individual.