Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot wins her first World Cup victory

2023-12-01 16:22:37

It was received 10/10. For the second stage of the Biathlon World Cup, in the polar cold of Östersund (Sweden), Frenchwoman Lou Jeanmonnot won, Friday 1is December, the first victory of his career at the high level. Victorious in the sprint event – ​​ahead of the Norwegians Karoline Knotten, second, and Juni Arnekleiv, third – she forged her victory with a flawless shooting.

A year following arriving on the main circuit – quickly signing an individual podium – following having surveyed the second division of world biathlon (IBU Cup, which she won in 2021-2022), the 25-year-old French biathlete is still climbing.

“The levels were jumped quite quickly”, Lou Jeamonnot was surprised last year, following having quickly made his mark at the highest world level. She, who at the start of the season set herself a place in the top 6 in the world at the end of the World Cup, offered the Blues their first individual success of the season on Friday, a week following the victory in the mixed relay for the start of the school year on Saturday November 25.

“It’s very cool, I would do lots of it once more like thatrejoiced the Frenchwoman, at the microphone of La Chaîne L’Equipe. On the last lap, it was really hard, because I left quite quickly, and I was really afraid of not holding on. » She completed a race without any errors, where all her competitors failed in shooting.

Holder of the big crystal globe of the World Cup, her compatriot Julia Simon, thus somewhat missed her race. First Frenchwoman to enter the running, she finished in 16th placee place, and in fourth position for Les Bleues – behind Jeanmonnot, Gilonne Guigonnat (8e) and Chloé Chevalier (12e).

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