Eckhoff was victorious in a time of 29min 55.7sec in the women’s 10 kilometres pursuit, while Lesser powered to the line in 32min 03.8sec in the 12.5km men's pursuit to steal overall victory away from the pursuit standings leader Quentin Fillon Maillet of France. 

Despite the two penalties on the day, Eckhoff pulled off a sprint/pursuit double. 

Marte Olsbu Røiseland of Norway finished second 24.9 seconds back followed by Slovakia’s Paulina Fialkova in third, 50.5 seconds back.

France's Anais Chevalier-Bouchet, with one penalty finished fourth, 59 seconds back and Germany’s Denise Herrmann, with two penalties, ended up fifth, 1:05.2 back.

"I saw Marte and was thinking she is going to hit all the targets and I am going to be number two," said Eckhoff. 

"Then she missed one target; I know the focus is really bad and this is my opportunity.

"I just tried to as fast as I can and tried to hit those targets."

Lesser, who will retire after the mass start event tomorrow, came to the last standing stage of the race in second position but managed to shoot clean while Lægreid missed twice. 

This is the German's first victory after winning the mass start in Ruhpolding in January 2016 from Martin Fourcade.  

"I have no emotions, only lactate and pain," he said. 

"I was fifth yesterday like in 2015 (IBU World Championships where he won the pursuit title) and today clean shooting being the first over the finish line.

"I competed with the best and I beat them today. 

"At the end of my career, that is a very emotional thing."

Second place went to Fillon Maillet, with one penalty and 9.4 seconds back.

Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid with three penalties finished third, 22.7 seconds back.

Sweden’s Sebastian Samuelsson, with two penalties, managed to secure fourth 1:04.9 back, while Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen of Norway finished fifth and 1:09.7 back, with two penalties as well.

Olsbu Røiseland continues to lead the overall women’s standings with 909 points followed by Sweden’s Elvira Öberg with 783 points.

Sweden's Hanna Öberg has slipped from third to fourth with 631 points, while Lisa Theresa Hauser of Austria is in third with 665 points so far.

Chevalier-Bouchet is ranked fifth with a score of 628.

Among the men, the rankings continue to be led by Fillon Maillet with 969 points followed by Samuelsson in second on 687.

Lægreid is in third with 682 points, while Christiansen is fourth on 670.

Émilien Jacquelin of France was second, but now is fifth on 658.

Tomorrow, both women and men have mass start races over 12.5km and 15km, respectively.