With his victory, the French biathlete recovers the yellow bib of the leader in the general classification of the World Cup. Earlier, Julia Simon had finished second in women.
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Quentin Fillon-Maillet is not the kind to let count: at the foot of the sprint podium, the day before (4 e ), the Jura had to remind who wants to hear it that it is he, the boss. A week after his imperial victory on the pursuit in Hochfilzen, Austria, “QFM” handed over the cover on Saturday, December 18, on the event spot for the fourth World Cup Handle in Grand-Bornand (Haute-Savoie).
“A World Cup victory is necessarily something, but at home it’s going to mark my career,” he said again moved. “At home”, in front of a numerous and boosted audience, the biathlete is not content to climb on the highest step of the podium, it also recovers the yellow bib of the leader in the general standings of the Swedish shoulders Sebastian Samuelsson ( 11 e this Saturday). French Simon Desthieux congratulated him at the microphone of the team at the end of the race: “It’s beautiful, frankly.”
Party with 21.2 seconds disbursements on the Norwegian Johannes Boe, the Jurassien took advantage of the mistake of the latter during the first pass on the firing step. At the duel with his compatriot Emilien Jacquelin and with the Russian Eduard Latypov at the end of the shots, QFM took the ascendant during the first shot up. With a faultless rifle and a very solid skiing time, he could even release the rhythm in the last loop to pass the entrance line French flag in hand.
Eduard Latypov (18/20 in the shot) finishes second, while the Norwegian vetle christiansen, also author of a faultless, complete the podium. Johannes Boe ranks 5 e (17/20); Emilien Jacquelin, 9 e (15/20).
“It’s a revenge”
A little earlier in the day, in women, Julia Simon had taken the second place of the pursuit, behind the Swedish Elvira Oeberg. After a complicated start of season and an Austrian Channel nightmarish for the biathlete of the seizures, the latter revived by leaving a very specific copy of the shooting (19/20).
Part with 47 seconds late on the head after finishing thirteenth sprint Thursday, she made a fantastic lift to sign the seventh podium of her career.
“It’s great to be able to do that in front of the French public, she reacted at the end of the race. It’s a revenge and it closes the valve of some that had already buried me. I proved that you have to count on me and that I’m back. It’s rage. It’s a reference race in terms of way. “