Biathlon: Amandine Mengin’s first IBU Cup win, five Frenchwomen in the top 6
Late on Thursday morning, the 2024/2025 IBU Biathlon Cup resumed with the women’s sprint in Arber (Germany). In Bavaria, the French team put on a real show, placing five girls in the top 6.
Despite being without Chloé Chevalier, who has just retired, and Paula Botet, who came up through the World Cup in Oberhof (Germany), Les Bleues are still in first place. The big winner of the day was the surprising Amandine Mengin (10/10) from the Vosges.
Starting with bib 73, she came out of the last shooting zone 1 sec 1 ahead of Sophie Chauveau (9/10). Informed about the gaps, she then managed to increase her margin and finally won by 3 sec 1. A remarkable performance from the Bressaude… This was her first IBU Cup race.
Sophie Chauveau returns to the IBU Cup with a podium finish
On her return to the B circuit, Sophie Chauveau finished on the podium with a solid performance, marred only by a mistake in the prone shot. On the third step of the podium was Italy’s Rebecca Passler (10/10), at 22 sec 5.
The rest of the flower ceremony was totally French, with Voldiya Galmace-Paulin (9/10) fourth at 26 sec 5, Camille Bened (8/10) fifth at 51 sec and Gilonne Guigonnat (8/10) sixth at 55 sec 8. Louise Roguet (7/10), finally, finished forty-first.
The top 10 was completed by Germany’s Lisa Maria Spark (9/10), Norway’s Gunn Tvinnereim (9/10), Sweden’s Annie Lindh (9/10) and Finland’s Erika Jänkä (8/10). Gaia Brunello (8/10), making her second appearance for Brazil, was thirty-sixth.
Full results
IBU Cup general ranking
- The full programme for the IBU Cup in Arber, the fourth stage of the 2024/2025 winter season
- Oscar Lombardot absent, Sophie Chauveau and Gilonne Guigonnat present: eight Frenchmen already selected for the IBU Cup in Arber
- “I hope to return as soon as possible”: affected by compartment syndrome, Oscar Lombardot receives botulic acid injections
- Amandine Mengin, Louise Roguet, Rémi Broutier, Edgar Geny and Jacques Jefferies complete the French squad for the IBU Cup in Arber
- The reaction of 18-year-old Louise Roguet from Haut-Savoie after her first selection for the IBU Cup: “I’m going there without any pressure, with the aim of trying to do the same biathlon as in the French Cup.
- “I’ve made a lot of progress and I’m proud of myself”: this week, Amandine Mengin from Bresse will be taking part in her first IBU Cup in Arber.
