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The German biathletes won the mixed relay...

Magdalena Neuner and Simone Hauswald, who finished a respective 1-2 in the overall women"s standings, teamed with Simon Schempp and Arnd Peiffer to finish the distance in 1 hour 18 minutes and 17.4 seconds, just 1 minute and 24 seconds ahead of the Norwegians, who took silver.

Sweden was third, finishing 1 minute and 30.8 seconds behind the winner.

The hosts of the event, Team Russia, finished fourth, 1 minute and 42.1 seconds behind Germany.

Last year"s champions France took the fifth position.

The event was a 2x6km (women) and 2x7.5km (men) relay race.

MOSCOW, March 28 (RIA Novosti)




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