2023-11-23 16:00:35
This Sunday in Ostersund (Sweden), the biathlete winner of the last big crystal globe will take the start of the first individual event of the season. With the ambition to do as well as last year.
First stage and soon a first podium? The 2023/2024 biathlon season starts this weekend in Ostersund (Sweden). Crowned in the general classification last winter, Julia Simon is preparing to experience a World Cup that is special to say the least. Already because she is the best international biathlete, therefore the target to shoot down for all her competitors. Secondly, because an affair with her compatriot Justine Braisaz-Bouchet disrupted her summer preparation.
“I’m going to go on the offensive”
The world pursuit champion is favorite to succeed her, especially since some of the best biathletes have announced the end of their careers, like the two Norwegians Tiril Eckhoff (big globe in 2021) and Marte Olsbu Roeiseland (big globe in 2022). The Swedish sisters Hanna and Elvira Oeberg, and the Italians Lisa Vittozi and Dorothea Wierer will be her main competitors. “The difference with last year is that I will start again in yellow and that I will surely be more watched and expected,” note the tricolor at Nordic Magazine. Even if all eyes will be on her, the Savoyarde does not intend to change her style of play. “I’m going to go on the offensive. It’s not my biathlon to be on the reserve and defend something, she emphasizes. I’m going to do the biathlon that I love and that I enjoy, leaving expectations aside. We’ll see what happens.”
Last July, the press revealed that complaints had been filed against him for bank card fraud, including one by Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, his teammate in the French team returning this season after giving birth to her first child. . Julia Simon trained alone for a large part of her preparation until the beginning of October. Medalist at the Beijing Olympic Games in mixed relay, the tricolor is preparing to put on her skis and rifle in Sweden with the ambition of “getting back on track”. Just to restart the machine and, perhaps, grab a first individual podium.
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