Norway's Johannes Thingnes Boe turned his anchor leg into a victory lap to claim gold in the men's 4x7.5km relay at the International Biathlon Union (IBU) World Championships on Saturday, with France powering to victory in the women's 4x6km race.

Johannes Thingnes Bø claimed a record extending 23rd gold medal in his penultimate world championship race as anchor of the Norwegian men's relay on Saturday. France were as dominant on the women's side as their anchor Julia Simon picked up a fourth gold of the championships in Switzerland.

Julia Simon claimed her fourth gold medals at the biathlon world championships when she anchored France to back-to-back women's relay titles on Saturday. France led from start to finish of the 4x6 kilometres race in a display of total dominance by Lou Jeanmonnot,

Julia Simon of France brushed off what could have been a costly miss on the final shoot to power to victory in the women's 15km individual race at the International Biathlon Union World Championships on Tuesday in a time of 41 minutes,