Biathlon: the French head for Oberhof
On Monday, three days before the start of the 2025 Biathlon World Cup in Oberhof (Germany), the French men’s and women’s team spent long hours making the interminable journey to Thuringia.
“We’re all on the road all day and we’ll arrive at the end of the afternoon,” Simon Fourcade, fitness coach for the men’s group, confirms to Nordic Magazine. For the boys, an intensity session will be on the programme on Tuesday before a cooler day on Wednesday and then the day before the race on Thursday.
The women, meanwhile, will be on the sprint watch from Wednesday, as they kick off their week on Thursday.
The full Oberhof World Cup programme 🇩🇪
Thursday 9 January
- 2.20pm: women’s 7.5km sprint
Friday 10 January
- 2.20pm: Men’s 10km sprint
Saturday 11th January
- 12.30pm: women’s 10 km pursuit
- 2.45pm: Men’s 12.5 km pursuit
Sunday 12 January
- 12.20pm: Mixed single relay
- 2.30pm: mixed relay
The French selection for the Oberhof Biathlon World Cup 🇩🇪
Women
- Justine Braisaz-Bouchet – DOUANE / Club des Sports des Saisies (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Paula Botet – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / La Bressaude Ski Section (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Lou Jeanmonnot – ARMY OF CHAMPIONS / Olympic Mont d’Or (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Océane Michelon – Bauges Nordic Skiing (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Jeanne Richard – POLICE NATIONALE / Les Gets Ski Competition (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- Julia Simon – DOUANE / Club des Sports des Saisies (Savoie) 🇫🇷
Men
- Fabien Claude – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Basse sur Le Rupt Nordic skiing (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Quentin Fillon-Maillet – DOUANE / Ski Club du Grandvaux (Massif Jurassien) 🇫🇷
- Emilien Jacquelin – DOUANE / CS Nordique Villard de Lans (Dauphiné) 🇫🇷
- Eric Perrot – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Ski Club Peisey-Vallandry (Savoie) 🇫🇷
- Emilien Claude – ARMÉE DE CHAMPIONS / Basse sur Le Rupt Nordic skiing (Massif des Vosges) 🇫🇷
- Antonin Guigonnat – ARMY OF CHAMPIONS / Ski Club Morzine Avoriaz (Mont Blanc) 🇫🇷
- The full programme for the Oberhof World Cup, the fourth stage of the 2024/2025 season
- Paula Botet to replace Sophie Chauveau: the French selection for the Oberhof World Cup
- “She completely deserves to go up”: why the team staff decided to replace Sophie Chauveau with Paula Botet for the Oberhof World Cup
- “I can’t ski with the athletes”: Simon Fourcade, coach of the French men’s team, ruptures the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee
