France claims women's biathlon gold to complete Olympic relay sweep


ANTERSELVA, Italy, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- France won the women's 4x6km biathlon relay at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics on Wednesday, as the quartet of Camille Bened, Lou Jeanmonnot, Oceane Michelon and Julia Simon clocked 1:10:22.7 to take the gold medal.

The victory completed a clean sweep of all three biathlon relay titles at these Games for France, following earlier golds in the mixed relay and men's relay.

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