HOCHFILZEN, Austria - Olympic champion Russia shot nearly flawlessly to win the first mens relay of the biathlon World Cup season on Saturday, while Germany took the womens race.After the last exchange, Anton Shipulin shot cleanly twice to hold off challenges by Frances Martin Fourcade and Norways Tarjei Boe.The Russian team of Maxim Tsvetkov, Timofey Lapshin, Dmitry Malyshko and Shipulin missed only 1 of the 40 targets and finished the 4x7.5-kilometre race in 1 hour, 16 minutes, 14.8 seconds.France missed four times and came 20.2 seconds behind in second, while Norway dropped to third, 27.9 behind, after Boe had to reload twice in his final shooting.Austria and Germany finished 30.5 and 31.4 behind, respectively, while Canada in sixth was already 2 minutes, 55.4 seconds off the lead.It was still the best race of the season for Calgarys Nathan Smith, Brendan Green of Hay River, N.W.T., Marc-Andre Bedard of Valcartier, Que., and Reginas Scott Perras.Earlier, Luise Kummer, Franziska Hildebrand, Vanessa Hinz and Franziska Preuss missed eight targets for Germany but avoided the penalty loop before finishing the 4x6K womens race in 1 hour, 11 minutes, 40.4 seconds. It was Germanys first triumph in the discipline since winning in Annecy, France, a year ago.Belarus needed two more reloads and came 21.1 seconds behind. The team, led by triple Olympic gold medallist Darya Domracheva, edged the Czech Republic by 1.1 second for second place.Olympic relay champion Ukraine was seventh after 11 missed targets and one round on the 150-meter penalty loop by Juliya Dzhyma.The Canadian team of Sarah Beaudry and Megan Heinicke, both from Prince George, B.C., Rosanna Crawford, of Canmore, Alta., and Quebec Citys Audrey Vaillancourt were 11th. Two pursuit events conclude the meet in Austria on Sunday. Rob Gronkowski Jersey . James Jones got his turn Sunday. And the lift he brought, combined with the expected playoff showings from LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, have the Heat off and running in these playoffs. Rob Gronkowski Patriots Jersey . "This doesnt end anything," he said. "Weve got 10-1 in our last 11 games, and were going home in first place. 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The two Mercedes were predictably in a different league to their rivals and recorded their second one-two finish in eight days after Hamiltons victory last weekend in Malaysia. With no team orders, the two were allowed to race for the lead and there were several close calls when the pair came inches away from colliding, providing a thrilling spectacle under the lights at the Bahrain International Circuit. "It was very, very fair and it was very hard to keep him behind," Hamilton said. "He was very fast on the option tires and I was on the knife-edge the whole time. ... Me and Nico havent had a race like that since back in our karting days. In our first (karting) race, he led all day and I overtook him on the last lap and won, and I thought for sure he is going to do that to me today." Force Indias Sergio Perez was third in his first podium finish since 2012 and his teammate Nico Hulkenberg fifth. Daniel Ricciardo finished fourth, getting the better of his Red Bull teammate and defending four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel, who finished sixth. Vettel suffered the ignominy of being ordered by his team to let the quicker Ricciardo pass when they were fighting for position early in the race. Williams drivers Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas had looked poised to challenge for a podium place but they were hurt by the timing of a late safety car and finished seventh and eighth, with the Ferraris of Fernaando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen filling the final two points positions in ninth and 10th.dddddddddddd The race was closely fought up and down the field throughout, providing a boost for the sport after a tepid opening two races of the season, and the safety car set up a nail-biting shootout for the final 11 laps. Hamilton was ahead but on the harder of the two tires while Rosberg was on the softer rubber. While behind the safety car, both drivers were cautioned by team racing director Paddy Lowe to race fairly and ensure both cars made it to the finish. Twice Rosberg was able to pull off passing moves at the end of the main straight, but both times Hamilton was able to get better drive out of the ensuing corners and narrowly stayed ahead in some enthralling wheel-to-wheel racing. Rosbergs tires began to wear out and he was not able to mount a challenge over the final three laps. "It was the most exciting race I have done in my career," Rosberg said. "Lewis did a great job defending -- it was a massive fight. I thought Id got him about nine times but it didnt work out; he always got the run back on me." Rosberg did have the comfort of staying ahead in the drivers championship with 61 points compared to Hamiltons 50. 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