1.   Poiree had trouble with his rifle, missing six shots, and had to do six penalty loops.

2.   And Bjoerndalen almost did that, missing his first shot and having to ski a penalty loop that cost him valuable time.

3.   And it almost did, as Bjoerndalen missed his first shot and had to ski a penalty loop that cost him valuable time.

4.   Elin Kristiansen, Annette Sikveland, Gunn Margit Andreassen and Ann Elen Skjelbreid missed only two targets and thus received only two penalty loops, one less than Germany.

5.   Halvard Hanevold of Norway, who started from the fourth position, had to run two penalty loops after the last shooting round.

6.   Olena Zubrilova of Ukraine overcame two penalty loops for two missed targets and still finished second to stay third overall after eight events.

7.   Sergei Rousinov, Sergei Tchepikov and Pavel Rostovtsev completed the Russian foursome that had only four misses and also no penalty loops.

8.   Six penalty loops are way too much.

9.   The Norwegian team, also with one penalty loop, finished fifth.

10.   The relay event, in which athletes must ski a penalty loop for each shot missed, takes place Thursday.