The French biathlete won on Saturday the continuation test of the Austrian stage of the World Cup, in front of his compatriot Emilien Jacquelin.
Le Monde
“It’s me the best!” By passing the finish line, Saturday, December 11, after the pursuit test of Hochfilzen (Austria), Quentin Fillon-Maillet let out his joy . Winner in boss, the French biathlete is joined on the podium by his compatriot Emilien Jacquelin – like last year in the same place -, new ex-aequo leader of the World Cup.
If Simon Desthieux has long believed to have completed what was the first podium fully tricolor since the end of 2019, the French has finally been apt of a spatula – and after analysis of the photo finish of the sprint – by the Swedish Sebastian Samuelsson, and ends in fourth place.
🇫🇷 The French triplet!
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Impeccable in the face of the targets, after having benefited from the “goldsmith job” of his team to restore the broken lacrosse of his rifle, Quentin Fillon-Maillet found a smile, who had only won. only podium this season.
“It’s good to change air”, expressed French, Thursday, in a chrono ski maintenance . After two weeks in the almost polar cold of Östersund, the Franc-Comtois looked forward to “finding the brightness and a beautiful snow”, augurusing a “very nice weekend.”
Winner, as last year on the same Austrian track, in front of his compatriot Emilien Jacquelin, “QFM” picks up, 29 years old, his first victory of the season and the seventh of his career.
Author, also, a 19/20 in the shot, Emilien Jacquelin confirms his excellent start of the season. For the third time of the year on the podium, the double champion of the prosecution world ranks ex-aequo of the general classification of the World Cup, behind Sebastian Samuelsson.
After a mixed result during the Sprint test (Jacquelin 6 e , Fillon-Maillet 7 e ), the day before, the tricolor biathletes succeed in the beginning on The Austrian track. Augured, a few months from the Beijing Olympics where the Blues, Orphans de Martin Fourcade, hear continue to shine the French biathlon.