Men’s Relay – FasterSkier

Early Gaps Decide Men’s Relay: Norway Delivers on Expectations

John TeafordMarch 3, 2023

This World Cup coverage is made possible through the generous support of Marty and Kathy Hall and A Hall Mark of Excellence Award. To learn more about A Hall Mark of Excellence Award, or to learn how you can support FasterSkier’s coverage, please contact info@fasterskier.com. In sport, sometimes “foregone conclusions” prove to have been premature; that can make for exciting racing. At other times, foregone conclusions prove accurately prescient; that makes for situations in which the anticipation...

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Friday Olympic Rundown: Sweden Bests Norway in Men’s Biathlon Relay, U.S. Record-Setting 6th

FasterSkierFebruary 23, 2018

FasterSkier would like to thank Fischer Sport USA, Concept2, Full report Germany were the favorites coming into this men’s relay and Erik Lesser started them off with a near-perfect relay leg to sit in first place, but shooting collapses by Benedikt Doll and Simon Schempp left the team with bronze medals at the finish. On a windy, gusty day, the relay instead came down to a race between Norway and Sweden. Coming into the last shooting stage Fredrik Lindström of Sweden and Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway were...

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Russia Rebounds to Win Men’s Relay; USA Seventh, Just Missing Goal

Chelsea LittleFebruary 18, 2017

HOCHFILZEN, Austria—Redemption, validation, national pride: just a few of the things that were on the line in today’s 4 x 7.5 k relay at IBU World Championships. For Austria, it was clear: a good performance on home soil was critical. The team hadn’t won a medal yet despite eight chances to do so. For Germany, the question was whether their accomplished men’s team could live up to the expectations set by its younger women’s team,...

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Wednesday Rundown: Ruhpolding Relay

FasterSkierJanuary 11, 2017

View this post on Instagram Your podium for the #RUH17 men's relay! Norway, Russia and Germany! A post shared by IBU Biathlonworld (@ibu_biathlonworld) on Jan 11, 2017 at 7:10am PST IBU World Cup (Ruhpolding, Germany): 4 x 7.5 k men’s relay Norway earned a come-from-behind victory in the first relay of 2017, with Emil Hegle Svendsen anchoring the team and shooting past Russia’s Anton Babikov in the final kilometer. Norway won by 5.1 seconds. Norway had been in just...

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U.S. Men Eighth in Biathlon World Champs Relay; Gold for Norway (With Photo Gallery)

Chelsea LittleMarch 12, 2016

OSLO, Norway—With one of their best shooting days, the U.S. men’s biathlon team finished eighth in the World Championships relay, 1:27.3 behind host country Norway. The squad of Lowell Bailey, Leif Nordgren, Tim Burke, and Sean Doherty used just five spare rounds, tying them for the best shooting in the field with second-place Germany and third-place Canada. (

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Northug Sticks It to Halfvarsson, Edges Swede for Norwegian Relay Win at Worlds

Alex KochonFebruary 27, 2015

After missing out on a podium at the 2014 Olympics, the Norwegian men put themselves back on top in Friday's 4 x 10 k relay at World Championships in Falun, Sweden. With his characteristic finishing kick, Petter Northug outlasted Sweden's Calle Halfvarsson for gold, and France took bronze.

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Canada Notches Best-Ever Fifth in Men’s Biathlon Relay, Team ‘Pushing For Even Better Result’

Chelsea LittleFebruary 15, 2015

The Canadian men have a new relay team this year, but that isn't stopping them from achieving new heights: Christian Gow, Nathan Smith, Scott Gow, and Brendan Green finished fifth in Oslo today, a minute and a half behind the winning Russian team.

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Shipulin’s Strategic Wiles Help Him Outsprint Schempp for Russia’s Relay Win

Chelsea LittleFebruary 15, 2015

Two men left the range for the final time within half a second's time, and they played a cat-and-mouse game over the final kilometers of Sunday's biathlon World Cup relay in Oslo, Norway. Russia's Anton Shipulin proved the smarter racer, gaining his team a 0.2-second win.

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Bailey Takes Charge in Ruhpolding Relay, U.S. Ends Up 10th After Canada in 9th; Norway Tops Germany

Alex KochonJanuary 15, 20151

Emil Hegle Svendsen and Lowell Bailey had a few things in common on Thursday. While Bailey started the four-leg race for the Americans and Svendsen anchored the Norwegians, both led to the finish and capitalized on one critical hill to do so.

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Canadian Men Tie Team-Best Sixth in Hochfilzen; Russia Drops Field by Last Lap

Alex KochonDecember 13, 20141

With a goal of a top eight on Saturday, the Canadians did two places better to tie a team-best sixth in the IBU World Cup men's relay in Hochfilzen, Austria. Russia won it by 20 seconds over France, and Norway was another 7.7 seconds back in third.

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Podium Contenders, U.S. Men’s Relay Takes 11th in Sprint Finish

Chelsea LittleDecember 7, 2013

The U.S. men went for it today, and the team was in podium position for much of the first half of Saturday's 4 x 7.5 k relay competition. They ended up 11th with Lowell Bailey, Tim Burke, Jeremy Teela, and Leif Nordgren, just 25 seconds out of sixth.

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Norwegians Win Men’s Relay Over Russia; Canada, US 9th and 10th

Nathaniel HerzJanuary 31, 2011

The Norwegians took all the fun out of Monday’s women’s relay at the World Junior Championships, winning by a comfortable margin over the Russians. But no matter—their men created enough suspense for two races. Trailing the Russians by 15 seconds heading into the final leg in Otepaa, Estonia, Norway’s Sindre Bjornestad Skar closed down the gap in the final kilometer, passing Denis Kataev in the stadium for a thrilling conclusion to the race, in what...