Aggressive attitude secured first place to Norway and Madshus in the men’s 4×7.5km World Cup biathlon relay in Anterselva, Italy, on Sunday.
Emil Hegle Super-Svendsen anchored the team to another World Cup victory, and Norway is two for two in the relay. Last week, Svendsen also anchored the team to relay victory in Rupholding, Germany.
Svendsen didn’t miss a single target, despite at times challenging conditions, and skied like he had the Devil on his tails. He had seen rival Simon Schempp (GER) win enough lately.
“I decided to go out aggressively and go to war. He has won three times in a row now, and that’s enough. I decided to pay him no respect and just go for it. That turned out to be the ticket today,” Svendsen said with a huge grin.
“This was perfect after a week of so-so. It shows that we are back on a winning track,” he said.
Veteran Madshus racer and the most winning winter athlete to date, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, raced the first leg for Norway. Norway won the relay clocking in at 1:15:36.7, 16 seconds ahead of Germany in second place. France was third.