Posted 12. March 2005 by Editor

Norway with Halvard Hanevold, Stian Eckhoff, Egil Gjelland and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen won the men?s 4X7.5k biathlon relay in the biathlon worlds on Saturday.

This is the first time Norway has won a world championship since 1967, the nation did win the 2002 Olympics.

Russia ended in 2nd and Austria in a surprise 3rd.

Belarus missed on the last shooting and fell to 4th with France in 5th.

Germany with Wolf on the first leg lost a lot and was never a force, Ricco Gross also got a penalty loop on the 2nd leg.

Germany ended in 6th.