Andrey Grigoriev, Kirill Veselov and Andrey Lamov guided Russia to victory in the men’s event, clocking a time of 1 hour 29min 13sec in icy conditions.

Swedish trio Martin Hammarberg, Ulrik Nordberg and Erik Rost came second in 1:30:25, while Finland’s Tero Linnainmaa, Jyri Uusitalo and Ville Petteri Saarela rounded out the podium in 1:32:21.

"It was extremely difficult since I knew Erik Rost was behind and doing his stable race," Lamov said.

"The track was hard to run. 

"I set my mind on the medal, showed quick pace at the distance, and was 100 per cent focused; no extra movements, no mistakes and falls. 

"All our team did excellent work."

In the women’s event, the home nation triumphed through the team of Alena Trapeznikova, Polina Frolova and Mariya Kechkina in 1:29:13.

Trapeznikova made a very fast start and established a lead of almost three minutes by the television control on the first leg.

Frolova and Kechkina managed to hold onto what was a comfortable advantage throughout as the Russians beat nearest challengers Mirka Suutari, Marjut Turunen and Salla Koskela of Finland by 3:22.

Czech Republic’s Petra Hancova, Kristyna Kolinova and Hana Hancikova came third in 1:33:07.

Sweden had to withdraw from the women’s race as a result of illness to Magdalene Olsson and Tove Alexandersson.

"It is always more pleasant to win when you compete with the strongest athletes at the distance, so it became sad news for us that the strongest Swedish team representatives did not perform today in the relay race," Kechkina said.

"But anyway, we are glad that we could make an effort to finish the Championships on a positive note."

Sweden topped the overall medal standings with five golds and two silvers, followed by Russia with three golds, six silvers and two bronzes.

Bulgaria won the one other gold medal courtesy of Stanimir Belomazhev's success in the men's middle-distance event on Friday (March 10).

The six days of competition served as a test event for the 2019 Winter Universiade.