The host nation prevailed in the women’s relay event, with Judith Wyder producing an impressive leg for the first of the two Swiss teams.

Elena Roos was unable to hold on to the advantage as she reached the next changeover one minute behind the second Swiss squad, who benefited from an excellent leg from Simona Aebersold.

The lead would change hands again on the final leg, with Julia Gross coming past the second Swiss team to win the race in a time of 1hr 45min 56sec.

With only one team per nation able to secure a podium finish, the second Switzerland team missed out on a medal.

The silver was instead earned by Sweden’s Lina Strand, Sara Hagstrom and Karolin Ohlsson, who finished two minutes and 11 seconds behind the winners.

Bronze was claimed by Denmark’s Cecilie Friberg Klysner, Ida Bobach and Maja Alm, after they ended a further two seconds back.

Norway triumphed in the men’s competition, with Eskil Kinneberg, Mahne Daehli and Olav Lundanes combining to good effect.

The trio completed the event in a time of 1:55:40.

Switzerland were able to celebrate another medal as Florian Howald, Matthias Kyburz and Daniel Hubmann finished 30 seconds down on the winners to take silver.

France’s Nicolas Rio, Lucas Basset and Frederic Tranchand rounded off the podium, crossing 3:07 down on the time posted by the triumphant Norwegian team.