With 2 days of competition left Russia and the USA still lead the table with the host nation still maintaining a healthy lead. Norway and Canada are divided by just two points in the chase for 3rd place disqualifications in biathlon meant Germany actually lose points today.

The scoring table is as follows;
1st 8 points
2nd 7
3rd 6
4th 5
5th 4
6th 3
7th 2
8th 1
If countries are level on points their single best result is the tiebreak.

[table]
Rank, Nation,Points,Tie breaker
1, RUS, 310,
2, USA, 290,
3, NOR, 261,
4, CAN, 259,
5, GER, 211,
6, NED, 208,
7, FRA, 159,
8, AUT, 148,
9, CHN, 145,
10, SUI, 141, 6x1st
11, SWE, 141, 2x1st
12, ITA, 122,
13, JPN, 115,
14, CZE, 97,
15, SLO, 89,
16, KOR, 69,
17, FIN, 60,
18, POL, 54,
19, BLR, 51,
20, GBR, 44,
21, AUS, 39,
22, UKR, 28, 1st
23, LAT, 28, 2nd
24, KAZ, 24,
25, SVK, 19,
26, NZL, 14,
27, BEL, 12,
28, CRO, 7, 2nd
29, ESP, 7, 4th
30, DEN, 6,
31, HUN, 5,
32, BUL, 4,
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