Biathlon: Les Bleues on fire in Antholz
The first time Lou Jeanmonnot won a sprint on the World Cup circuit – in December 2023 in Östersund (Sweden) – she went on to win the pursuit. The final sprint in Jämtland was a magnificent victory over Franziska Preuss.
This weekend, at the Antholz (Italy) venue, which will become an Olympic venue in February 2026, the Doubiste racer did it again. A magnificent winner of the sprint on Thursday afternoon, she put in another demonstration in the pursuit on Saturday lunchtime.
Lou Jeanmonnot set off alone in the lead at the gun and was consistently faster than her rivals on the cross-country track. Equally (very) precise on the mats of the sun-drenched Südtirol Arena, the Franc-Comtoise ran a solo race, winning at 19/20.
A sixth victory this winter
In doing so, she won for the tenth time in her career and the sixth time this winter, equalling the record held jointly by Justine Braisaz-Bouchet and Marie Dorin-Habert. A series of victories demonstrating, if proof were needed, that Lou Jeanmonnot is the boss of the circuit. In fact, at timesthe pursuit resembled the French championships, with the tricoloured gold jumpsuitsdominating the first places.
Julia Simon, back on track with a score of 20/20, climbed from fifth to second place, while Jeanne Richard (20/20) played for the podium in the final round against Franziska Preuss (19/20). More experienced and faster on the final climb of the course, the German finally finished third. Océane Michelon (19/20) was fifth ahead of Selina Grotian (18/20).
The top 10 was completed by Amy Baserga (19/20), Aita Gasparin (19/20), Lotte Lie (20/20) and Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (16/20). Paula Botet (16/20) is thirty-sixth.
DOUBLEHEADED!!! 🤩🇫🇷
Lou Jeanmonnot wins the pursuit at Antholz-Anterselva ahead of Julia Simon, who is impeccable at shooting! 🥳
Jeanne Richard and Océane Michelon also join the party, 4th and 5th. 💪🏼
Congratulations, girls!
📸 Agence Zoom pic.twitter.com/wj0ymBV7ob– FFS – Fédération Française de Ski (@FedFranceSki) January 25, 2025
Full results
- The full programme for the Antholz-Anterselva World Cup, the sixth stage of the 2024/2025 season
- Corinne Niogret: my best memory of… Antholz-Anterselva
- An Oslo-Holmenkollen finish: images of the new configuration of the Südtirol Arena in Antholz-Anterselva
- “I was lucky at the start of my career to race against a legend”: Eric Perrot pays tribute to Johannes Thingnes Boe a few days after announcing his retirement.
- Antholz: Elvira Oeberg (very) doubtful for the sprint
- Elvira Oeberg to skip all Antholz competitions
- This week, Dorothea Wierer will experience her last races at the Antholz World Cup.
- Antholz: fifth success of the winter for Lou Jeanmonnot, winner of the sprint at 10/10
- “I focused on the fact that I wanted to shoot well”: how Lou Jeanmonnot won the second sprint of his career in Antholz.
- “I’ve never experienced anything like it”: Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold’s strange misadventure in the Antholz sprint
- “I found myself again”: in the Antholz sprint, Julia Simon made her comeback at the flower ceremony
- Franziska Preuss takes her first podium in Antholz: “It’s very satisfying”.
- Antholz: Tarjei Boe wins the sprint by a whisker ahead of Sturla Holm Lægreid and Tommaso Giacomel, Eric Perrot in the top 10
- Antholz: second in the sprint, Sturla Holm Lægreid takes the yellow bib from Johannes Thingnes Boe
- A few days after his brother, Tarjei Boe announced the end of his career at the end of the winter.
- “I promised myself that the next time I was at the top, I’d stop”: in tears, Tarjei Boe chose to announce the end of his career after his fifteenth World Cup success.
- “With Kitzbühel? Why is the Antholz World Cup weekend so bizarre, with relays and pursuits staggered?
