Czechs get another women's biathlon relay win

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Eva Puskarcikova of Czech Republic (front row L-R), Nadezhda Skardino of Belarus and Franziska Preuss of Germany  The Czech Republic clinched back-to-back women's relay victories in the biathlon World Cup on Wednesday. Eva Puskarcikova, Gabriela Soukalova, Jitka Landova and Veronika Vitkova won the 4x6-kilometres race in snowy conditions 1 hour 23 minutes 57.7 seconds, a week after also dominating in Oberhof. Three-time Olympic champion Darya Domracheva anchored Belarus to second place, 1:13.3 off the pace. Hosts Germany, winners of the first season relay last month, placed third with a deficit of 1:39.3. A men's 4x7.5km relay was scheduled for Thursday in Ruhpolding.