Oberhof, Germany  - Russia dominated the women's 4x6-kilometre World Cup biathlon relay in Oberhof, Germany Wednesday for a third straight relay win of the season.

Olga Medvedtseva eased over the line carrying the Russian flag to complete the last leg for a combined time of 1 hour 16 minutes 47.7 seconds.

Medvedtseva, Svetlana Slepzova, Olga Saizeva and Ekaterina Iourieva could afford one penalty round and seven shooting errors on the way to giving Russia victory in all three of the season's relays.

Ukraine were 1 minute 10.2 seconds back in second place, with Germany third a further 21.2 seconds back. (dpa)