Germany wins women's biathlon World Cup relay

The team of Luise Kummer, Franziska Hildebrand, Vanessa Hinz and Franziska Preuss missed eight targets but avoided the penalty loop before finishing the 4x6-kilometer race in 1 hour, 11 minutes, 40.4 seconds.

It was Germany's first triumph in the discipline since winning in Annecy, France, a year ago.

Belarus, led by triple Olympic gold medalist Darya Domracheva, came 21.1 seconds behind to edge the Czech Republic by 1.1 second for second place.

Olympic relay champion Ukraine was seventh after 11 missed targets and one round on the 150-meter penalty loop by Juliya Dzhyma, Xinhua informs.