Fredrik Lindstroem emerged victorious from a frenetic battle on the final leg with Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen to take the gold medal for Sweden in the men's Olympic 4x7.5km relay on Friday, the final biathlon event of the Games.
Lindstroem held his nerve as Svendsen struggled on the final shoot, skiing away to win by 56 seconds.
Simon Schempp used all his sprinting prowess to make up for poor shooting and deliver the bronze for Germany.
The Germans got off to a great start and by the end of the third lap the field was starting to spread out. When the first switch was made the top six teams were all within half a minute of each other.
Benedikt Doll immediately set about increasing Germany's lead, shooting well on his first visit to the range to open a gap of over 35 seconds to Semenov of Ukraine in second.
But Doll missed five of his eight shots to throw the lead away, allowing Michal Slesingr of the Czech Republic to take over at the front of the pack, with Austria's Simon Ebhard and Sweden's Jesper Nelin close behind.
Many of the 18 teams chose to have their top-ranked racer go out third and a frantic battle ensued as Jaroslav Soukup of the Czech Republic was chased down by...
