In the men’s class, the Russian team took the lead right out the start and stayed in front of the race till the very end. Anton Foliforov started strongly, and together with Finn Jussi Laurila opened up more than a minute gap to other teams. On the second leg, Valeriy Gluhov retained the gap and finished one minute and twenty seconds ahead of the Czech team. Grigory Medvedev had a solid race on the last leg and finished with a comfortable one and a half minute margin ahead of Czechs. The Russian team won Relay for a second year in a row.

In the women’s race, the Russian team was more than 3 minutes behind the Finns after the first leg, but Olga Shipilova Vinogradova had a fantastic second leg and finished almost 3 minutes ahead of the Finish team. Anastasiya Svir on the last leg hold Marika Hara away and finished with a 45 seconds lead.

Leading results

Women

1. Russia (Anastaiya Bolshova, Olga Shipilova Vinogradova, Anstasiya Svir) 142:33

2. Finland (Ingrid Stengard, Ruska Saarela, Marika Hara) 143:18

3. Sweden (Linn Bylars, Sara Forsgren, Nadia Larsson) 149:35

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4. Czech Republic (Katerina Novakova, Marketa Drobnikova, Veronika Kubinova) 151:29

5. Great Britain (Joanne Pickering, Clare Dallimore, Emily Benham Kvåle) 152:05

6. Austria (Sonja Zinkl, Michaela Gigon, Marina Reiner) 158:44
 

Men

1. Russia (Anton Filoforov, Valeriy Gluhov, Grigory Medvedev) 134:09

2. Czech Republic (Jiri Hradil, Vojtech Ludvik, Krystof Bogar) 135:39

3. Finland (Jussi Laurila, Samuel Pokola, Pekka Niemi) 138:53

More results and information: http://wmtboc2019.dk/relay/official-results/

Photos supplied by: Keith Dawson