On the final day of action the 30-year-old Olympic gold medallist won the men's pursuit in 31min 10.3sec, starting first having won the sprint yesterday in the Belarusian capital.

That time saw him beat Russia's Matvey Eliseev by 28.5 seconds, while Bø's compatriot Haavard Gutuboe Bogetveit came third, almost a minute behind his team-mate.

Afterwards Bø, who missed once at the range, suggested it would have been easier if he had won by less of a margin.

"The flat parts of this course are not easy to conquer when you are on your own," Bø said.

"It was also windy on those parts; it helps when you are in the group.

"But staying away from the group was crucial today.

"I was aware [Dimitry] Malyshko [who finished sixth] was shooting as well as I did until the second standing so I didn't have much room for mistakes either.

"That is why I feel I performed really well, missing just once."

In the women's event Russia’s Ekaterina Yurlova-Percht improved from a sprint silver yesterday to take gold this time out.

She started first as Sweden's sprint winner Mona Brorsson did not compete.

A time of 27:43.4 was fast enough for the Russian to win by 37.5 seconds in front of home favourite and Olympic team gold medallist Iryna Kryuko.

Germany's Nadine Horchler came third, 49.4 behind the Russian.

"It really wasn't easy to be on my own, knowing I am leading the race and that gold medal might be within my reach," Yurlova-Percht, who picked up one penalty, said. 

"I worked hard on the tracks and focused on the last shooting not to squander the lead.

"It seems my standing shooting form is coming back.

"I missed just once and it proved to be enough for a gold medal, my first ever gold at the IBU Open European Championships." 

With the Minsk event over, the IBU World Championships is now less than two weeks away, set to begin on March 7 in Östersund in Sweden.