16:24. This Friday afternoon, the staff of the French biathlon team announced the composition of the women’s relay team that will be lining up this Saturday from 2.20pm as part of the World Cup in Ruhpolding (Germany).
Depending on the choices made, Paula Botet will start the race for Les Bleues before handing over to Océane Michelon, who will be taking part in her first World Cup relay. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Julia Simon will close the race.
Our blue 4️⃣ for the biathlon relay in Ruhpolding ️
– FFS – Fédération Française de Ski (@FedFranceSki) January 17, 2025
1️⃣ Paula Botet
2️⃣ Océane Michelon
3️⃣ Justine Braisaz Bouchet
4️⃣ Julia Simon pic.twitter.com/PTMbV8HWgf
So, on the eve of the mass-start, Lou Jeanmonnot and Jeanne Richard were left to rest.
- The full programme for the Ruhpolding World Cup, the fifth stage of the 2024/2025 season
- Corinne Niogret: my best memory of… Ruhpolding
- Same old, same old: the French selection for the Ruhpolding World Cup
- Ruhpolding: first World Cup podium for Emilien Claude, second in the individual race won by Vebjoern Soerum
- Emilien Claude on his first World Cup podium in Ruhpolding: “I don’t feel that my life is changing, but that hard work is paying off after four complicated years”.
- “I cried”: how Anna Gandler, his partner in the Austrian biathlon team, felt about Emilien Claude’s first World Cup podium finish.
- “It’s a real nightmare”: 85th in Ruhpolding, Johannes Thingnes Boe put in the worst World Cup performance of his career
- Ruhpolding: another victory for Lou Jeanmonnot, winner of the individual at 20/20
- “I’m proud of myself for having managed to deal with this different pressure than usual”: Lou Jeanmonnot, winner of the Ruhpolding individual race in red, is delighted.
- “It’s really moving”: third in the Ruhpolding individual, Switzerland’s Amy Baserga signs her best career result
- “I didn’t feel ready at all, I was nervous? Anna Gandler recounts her individual race in Ruhpolding, where she finished sixth at the flower ceremony.
