And France completed a win double in the concluding action of the day at the Slovenian venue with victory in the 4x7.5km mixed relay.

Bescond outshot her rivals in the final standing stage of the single mixed relay to seal victory in a time of 38min 33.4sec.

The French pair used just five spare rounds in their win.

Second place went to Estonia’s Regina Oja and Rene Zahkna, with three spares, 5.9 seconds back.

Long-time Austrian teammates Lisa Theresa Hauser and Simon Eder finished third with six spares, 12.1 seconds back.

Commenting on his first mixed single relay, Jacquelin told the IBU:

“Today with Anais it was amazing.

“It was really tough on the skis because of the snow because it snowed overnight and the track was a little bit slower than the other days.

“In shooting, it was a great battle with Vetle Christiansen.

“After that Anais did a pretty great job; her standing shooting was amazing so thanks to her!”

A day after earning her first individual podium in almost two years – she took bronze in the women’s 15 kilometres event – Bescond said:

“It is super nice and especially the teamwork. 

“I really like it in mixed. 

“It is something special because we have a really strong men’s team in France.”

Canada finished fourth, with six spares, 16 seconds back.

Ukraine, with a penalty and four spares finished fifth, 28.8 seconds back while Switzerland with seven spares finished sixth, 40.7 seconds back.

Quentin Fillon Maillet, whose seventh place in Thursday’s men’s 20km individual event in Pokljuka kept him second in the overall men’s World Cup standings behind compatriot Martin Fourcade, was part of the victorious French team in the second relay of the day.

In company with Simon Desthieux, Justine Braisaz and Julia Simon he helped France record a winning time of 1hr 17min 53.3sec.

Norway took silver, 40.6sec back, thanks to the individual 20km winner Johannes Thingnes Bø, his elder brother Tarjei, Synnoeve Solemdal and Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold.

Bronze went to the German quartet of Philipp Horn, Johannes Kuehn, Janina Hettich and Vanessa Hinz, who were 1min 01.04sec behind the winners.

Russia were fourth 1:24.8 behind and Sweden fifth 1:34.1 back.