Biathlon: end of selections in Bessans this Sunday with mass-starts
Two days after a first sprint won by Gaëtan Paturel and Paula Botet, the FFS selections in Bessans (Savoie) came to a close this Sunday morning on the snow of Haute Maurienne Vanoise.
For this competition, which closes the week of selections for the first two IBU Cups of the season, the men will open the hostilities at 9.20 am. Then, from 10.10am, the women will take to the track.
Julia Simon, Lou Jeanmonnot, Jeanne Richard, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Gilonne Guigonnat, Sophie Chauveau and Océane Michelon, who will be starting their international winter in the World Cup in a fortnight’ time, will all be present for these group starts.
Caroline Colombo, who told Nordic Magazine in recent days that she was still suffering from symptoms of neuropathy contracted at the end of the summer of 2023, has withdrawn from the race. Antonin Guy, Flavio Guy, Antonin Guigonnat, Emilien Claude, Anaëlle Bondoux, Eva Laine, Pauline Machut and Maëla Correia have decided not to compete.
The complete start list for the FFS biathlon selection mass-starts in Bessans (Savoie)
Men – 9.20am
Womens – 10.10am
The full programme of selections from Bessans (Savoie)
Sunday 17 November
- 8.20am-8.50am: men’s and women’s skis off (no weapons check)
- 8.30am-9.10am: Men’s and women’s shooting trials
- 9.20am: men’s 15km mass-start
- 10.10 am: women’s 12.5 km mass-start
- Sélections de Bessans: Camille Bened makes a strong impression by dominating the second sprint ahead of Gilonne Guigonnat and Justine Braisaz-Bouchet
- Bessans: Axel Garnier wins the second men’s sprint of the selections, Antonin Guigonnat and Gaëtan Paturel on the podium
- IBU Cup selections in Bessans: lessons learned from the first sprint
- Sélections de Bessans: the first women’s sprint for Paula Botet, Chloé Chevalier and Camille Bened follow
- Bessans: Gaëtan Paturel wins the first selection sprint ahead of Antonin Guigonnat and Théo Guiraud-Poillot
- IBU Cup: the full programme of selections in Bessans on 14, 16 and 17 November
- Three places up for grabs for the women and up to five for the men: Stéphane Bouthiaux explains what’s at stake and all the details of the IBU Cup selections in Bessans.
- “Doing specific work at race pace”: the French women’s team launches its final training camp of the preparation period on the snow at Bessans on Friday.
- Julia Simon, Lou Jeanmonnot, Jeanne Richard, Justine Braisaz-Bouchet, Gilonne Guigonnat, Sophie Chauveau and Océane Michelon training on the snow at Bessans: photo album
- “We already made this choice last year”: why the French women’s team decided to finish their preparations in Bessans and not in Sjusjøen with the boys.
- The names of the six French players pre-qualified for the start of the 2024/2025 IBU Cup
- The full schedule for the arrival of the French team groups for their training camp on the snow at Bessans
