Fillon Maillet triumphed in a time of 23 mins 21 secs - a win that helped him to extend his total to 696 points in the overall table.

Norway’s Filip Fjeld Andersen achieved a personal best second place 18.3 seconds behind the Frenchman while Germany’s Johannes Kuehn finished third 29.7 seconds behind.

"The goals for the end of the season is the Globe and continue to have good races," Fillon Maillet said after the race. 

"That is what happened today.

"It was not my perfect day today but I felt good in the head and was confident.

"I was a little bit lucky in the standing shooting because I had two bullets very close to the border."

Fillon Maillet’s team mate Emilien Jacquelin, who finished sixth because of two penalties is second in the overall table with 539 points while Sweden’s Sebastian Samuelsson, who finished fifth today, also with two penalties, is third in the overall standings with 524 points.

Germany’s Denise Herrmann, who bagged the women’s 15km individual gold at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics won her first World Cup of the season as she finished the women’s 7.5km sprint in 20:08.6.

Five seconds behind in second was Norway’s Tiril Eckhoff while Sweden’s Stina Nilsson claimed her first-ever World Cup podium, finishing third, 5.2 seconds back.

Nilsson’s team mate Hanna Oeberg, with one penalty finished fourth, 6.8 seconds back.

Anais Chevalier-Bouchet of France finished fifth, 15.5 seconds back, and German Vanessa Voigt finished sixth, 16.7 seconds behind.